GRIP STRUT® Safety Grating: Slip Resistant Walkways, Platforms and Treads

GRIP STRUT® Safety Grating has been engineered to provide maximum safety underfoot, exceptional load-carrying capacity, and lightweight, self-framing, one-piece construction. Available in two types - regular duty and heavy duty. Heavy Duty GRIP STRUT® Safety Grating has all the features of the regular product plus added load-carrying capacity and longer service life. GRIP STRUT® Grating helps meet OSHA standards for walking/working surfaces and is ideally suited for most types of work platforms, open flooring, catwalks, balconies, storage areas, walkways and stair treads. It has been used extensively by the transportation, pulp and paper, chemical, mining, food processing, waste and sewage treatment and oil industries for these and other applications. Also highly suited for renovating worn concrete, checker plate and bar grating floors to provide a non-slip surface.

GRIP STRUT® Grating has reticulated and formed metal cross struts arranged in a diamond pattern with integrally formed channels at the edges. The cross struts form a slip-resistant, resilient walking surface with sufficient open area to provide ample passage of light and air. Other features include:

Types and Functions: GRIP STRUT® Gratings are manufactured in regular and heavy duty types and in various channel depths and gauges to accommodate design loads needed for pedestrian traffic or those encountered in light storage or equipment installations. GRIP STRUT® Grating is produced in galvanized steel, carbon steel, aluminum and stainless steel. GRIP STRUT® Grating products include:

Galvanized Steel - hot-dip galvanized before fabrication, ASTM A525 (G-90) standard; also available hot-dip galvanized after fabrication on special order. With pregalvanized sheets, cut edges are protected by the electrochemical action of the zinc.

Safety Surface: The unique surface pattern makes GRIP STRUT® Safety Grating slip-resistant in all directions. Both types meet anti-slip values set forth in Federal Specifications

RR-G-1602-latest version.

Calculated Open Area: Over 52% open area in the reticulated tread surface.

Install grating according to manufacturers recommendations and shop drawings. Position grating sections flat and square with ends bearing minimum 1-1/2" on supporting structure. Keep sections at least 1/4" away from vertical steel sections and 1/2" from concrete walls. Allow clearance at joints between sections of maximum 1/4" at side channels and maximum 3/8" at ends. When specified, band random cut ends and diagonal or circular cut exposed edges with a minimum 1/8" thick bar welded at contact points.

Join abutting walkway sections with GRIP STRUT® Splice Plates bolted to outside of side rails or welded as specified.

Grating Attachment: Attach grating without warp or deflection as follows:

Good Design Practices: These specifications are presented as a general guide to the architect or structural engineer in preparing project specifications. Allowable loads, spans and other limiting conditions presented in this folder offer product data for use in design and construction. These products must not be used without prior structural design by a qualified engineer or architect.

Supports: Supports should provide a smooth, level 1-1/2" minimum bearing surface, free of burrs, bridging, welds or irregularities.

Banding: Random cut at ends, diagonal or circular cut exposed edges should be banded with a 1/8" or thicker bar equal to the overall grating depth welded at contact points.

Bolted Connections: With the exception of stair or ladder tread attachment to stringer channels, bolted connections may be replaced by welded connections that develop the same strength.

A nationwide network of over 75 local, stocking distributors can be contacted. Authorized distributors can be located in the Yellow Pages under the "GRIP STRUT® Distributor" listing. Distributors will quote pricing and delivery along with providing technical information. GS Metals may be contacted for referral to local sources.

All goods sold by seller are warranted to buyer to be free from defects in material and workmanship.

The foregoing warranty is non-assignable and in lieu of an excludes all other warranties not expressly set forth herein, whether express or implied by operation of law or otherwise, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness.

Seller shall not be liable for incidental or consequential losses, damages or expenses, directly or indirectly arising from the sale, handling or use of the goods, or from any other cause relating thereto, and seller’s liability hereunder in any case is expressly limited to the replacement (in the form originally shipped) of goods not complying with this agreement, or, at seller’s election, to the repayment of, or crediting buyer with, an amount equal to the purchase price of such goods, whether such claims are for breach of warranty or negligence.

Any claim by buyer with reference to the goods sold hereunder for any cause shall be deemed waived by the buyer unless submitted to seller in writing within (30) days from the date buyer discovered, or by reasonable inspection should have discovered, any claimed breach of the foregoing warranty.

Seller shall not be liable under the foregoing warranty if any loss or damage is caused by improper application or use of the goods, or if the goods are not applied and used according to the seller’s current printed directions and specifications, free copies of which are available upon request.

Permits quick drainage of fluids, chips, grease and mud. Any ice accumulation shears easily under normal foot pressure. Open design allows convenient access for cleaning. It is easily cleaned with brush, liquid or air spray to minimize overall maintenance.

High strength-to-weight performance is achieved through depth of section and structural design. Bridged struts with integral side channels form a plank that can support loads with minimum transverse and longitudinal deflection. There are no rivets or pressure joints to break or loosen.

For technical assistance, complete product information, allowable load and deflection data and other design details, contact a GRIP STRUT® Grating Distributor or phone toll-free (800) 472-8007.

Fabrication Service: On large jobs, GS Metals estimates, quotes, details and fabricates to your requirements. Lump-sum quotations are made from submitted plans and specifications. After receipt of order, a bill of materials and necessary layout drawings are prepared. Grating is supplied with special cutting, banding and toe plates installed where needed. Stair treads are also available fabricated. This fabrication service is available through GRIP STRUT® Safety Grating Distributors.

• SPEC-DATA®II

• For specific product information, dimensions and allowable load and deflection data, see GRIP STRUT® Safety Grating catalogs G-60 (regular) and G-715 (heavy duty).

• Miniature "Specifications Drawings" of GRIP STRUT® Grating Products, G-413, and full-scale "Design Drawings for Stair Systems", G-404, are available, at no cost, for use in design and drawing preparation.

• Also available, GS Metals folder "OSHA Standard for Walking Working Surfaces," G-583, to help designers comply with regulations. Contact Marketing Services at (800) 472-8007 for these and other publications.