Construction materials today surround us everywhere. Everything that parts for machines and mechanisms are made of, many polymer, abrasive, some types of paints and varnishes - all this relates to structural materials. One of the striking examples is the cellular gratings, which were originally used in the chemical and heavy industry for moving at heights in order to ensure the safety of staff. Today, the scope of their use has greatly expanded. So, they began to be used in shipbuilding, civil and industrial construction, in the construction of roads, bridges, tunnels, overpasses, in the oil refining industry, agriculture and in mining plants .
Slatted flooring - long-term safety
Structural materials, including cellular lattices, are distinguished by high physical and mechanical properties of the metal, which allow it to be used in cases where the use of other materials to ensure long-term safety and reliability is impossible.
Grating with unique properties is an excellent material for use both indoors and outdoors. It perfectly resists not only strong physical exertion, but also an external aggressive environment (under adverse weather conditions in the form of rain, snow, hail or frost), despite the fact that the very design of the slatted flooring is only 20% metal, and everything else Free usable space is occupied by air. However, it withstands a uniformly distributed surface load of up to 700 tons, which allows it to be used as access roads for heavy vehicles.
Construction materials. Features of cellular flooring
The design of a cellular flooring is integumentary and bearing elements that have a different shape. The latter are located parallel to each other, while the coverslips serve as connecting ones, thereby forming a monolithic structure with air space, characterized by high strength characteristics.
The manufacture of gratings is carried out in two ways - by welding and by pressing. The second method covers elements are pressed into bearing under pressure of 500 tons, thereby providing high strength, practicality and durability of the product. This manufacturing method allows the use of cellular flooring not only to solve the necessary practical problems, but also as a decorative element in the design of buildings and structures.
The universal mechanical properties of materials, due to which they have become widely known and popular, also have gratings made by welding. For this, low-carbon steel is used, which subsequently undergoes additional processing with special compounds to impart anti-corrosion properties, which further increases its service life.
Structural materials used in the manufacture of cellular gratings allow the creation of anti-slip coatings, which is especially important in places where oils are constantly used or icing occurs in the cold season.
The wide range of applications of such structural material as slatted flooring, due to its resistance to exerted loads and the possibility of using a variety of design solutions, allows it to be used for industrial ramps, platforms, in the construction of oil rigs, in the construction of energy facilities, storage terminals.