{"id":2732,"date":"2018-05-24T18:51:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T18:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.directmetals.com\/?page_id=2732"},"modified":"2024-06-13T20:43:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T20:43:05","slug":"bar-grating-glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.directmetals.com\/products\/bar-grating\/bar-grating-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Grating Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMetal Grating Catalog<\/a> (Interactive)
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/em><\/p>\n

Anchor:
\n<\/strong>
\nA device by which bar grating<\/a> is attached to its supports.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Band<\/div>A flat bar welded to a side or end of a grating panel or along the line of a cutout and extending neither above nor below the bearing bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">Band<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA flat Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">bar<\/a> welded to the end of a bar grating<\/a> panel, or along the line of a cutout, and extending neither above nor below the bearing bars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bearing Bars<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nLoad<\/div>The amount of weight measured in pounds per square foot that the grating will support. There are two types of load measurements; point and whole bar.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">Load<\/a>-carrying bars made from steel strip or slit sheet or from rolled or extruded aluminum and extending in the direction of the bar grating<\/a> Span<\/div>Span is the length of the grating across two consecutive bar grating supports. Span includes both the supported and unsupported sections of the grating.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">span<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bearing Bar Centers<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nThe distance center to center of the bearing bars<\/a> in a bar grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Carriers:
\n<\/strong>
\nFlats or angles which are welded to the grating<\/a> panel and nosing<\/a> of a stair tread<\/a> and are bolted to a stair stringer to support the tread<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Clear Opening<\/a>:
\n<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe distance between faces of bearing bars<\/a> in a rectangular bar grating<\/a>, or between a bent connecting Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">bar<\/a> and a bearing Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">bar<\/a> in a riveted<\/a> grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cross Bars<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nThe connecting bars made from steel strip, slit sheet, or rolled bars, or from rolled or extruded aluminum, which extend across the bearing bars<\/a>, usually perpendicular to them. They may be bent into a corrugated or sinuous pattern and, where they intersect the bearing bars<\/a>, are welded, forged or mechanically locked to them.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cross Bar Centers<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nThe distance center to center of the cross bars<\/a> in a bar grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Curved Cut:
\n<\/strong>
\nA cutout following a curved pattern.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cutout:
\n<\/strong>
\nAn area of bar grating<\/a> removed to clear an obstruction or to permit pipes, ducts, columns, etc. to pass through the grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Electro-forged:
\n<\/strong>
\nA process combining hydraulic pressure and heat fusion to forge bearing bars<\/a> and cross bars<\/a> into a panel grid.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Finish<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nThe coating, usually paint or galvanizing, which is applied to the bar grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Floor Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Floor grating<\/a> is another term for bar grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Flush Top Aluminum Bar Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA type of pressure-locked aluminum bar grating<\/a> in which the cross bars<\/a> and bearing bars<\/a> are in the same plane relative to the top surface<\/a> of the metal grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bar Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nAn open grid assembly of metal bars, in which the bearing bars<\/a>, running in one direction, are spaced by rigid attachment to cross bars<\/a> running perpendicular to them or by bent connecting bars extending between them. Direct Metals®<\/sup> has many different types of bar grating<\/a> to choose from, such as aluminum bar grating<\/a>, carbon steel<\/a> bar grating<\/a>, and stainless-steel bar grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hinged Panels:
\n<\/strong>
\nGrating<\/a> panels which are hinged to their supports or to other grating<\/a> parts.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Aluminum I-Bar Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nAn extruded aluminum bearing Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">bar<\/a> having a cross sectional shape resembling the letter “I”.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Length<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nThe dimension of a bar grating<\/a> panel measured parallel to the bearing bars<\/a>. Also referred to as Span<\/div>Span is the length of the grating across two consecutive bar grating supports. Span includes both the supported and unsupported sections of the grating.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">span<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Load<\/div>The amount of weight measured in pounds per square foot that the grating will support. There are two types of load measurements; point and whole bar.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">Load<\/a>-Carrying Band<\/div>A flat bar welded to a side or end of a grating panel or along the line of a cutout and extending neither above nor below the bearing bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">Band<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA Band<\/div>A flat bar welded to a side or end of a grating panel or along the line of a cutout and extending neither above nor below the bearing bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">band<\/a> used in a cutout to transfer the Load<\/div>The amount of weight measured in pounds per square foot that the grating will support. There are two types of load measurements; point and whole bar.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">load<\/a> from unsupported bearing bars<\/a> in the cutout to the supported bearing bars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Metal Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nAn open grid assembly of metal bars, in which the bearing bars<\/a>, running in one direction, are spaced by rigid attachment to cross bars<\/a> running perpendicular to them or by bent connecting bars extending between them. Bar grating<\/a> is assembled into panels, or metal grates<\/a>, that can be fabricated to specification and\/or fastened together as steel flooring, planks, ramps and platforms.<\/p>\n


\n<\/em>Nosing<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA special L-section member serving as the front or leading edge of a stair tread<\/a>, or of grating<\/a> at the head of a stair.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pressure-locked Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nBar grating<\/a> in which the cross bars<\/a> are mechanically locked to the bearing bars<\/a> at their intersections by deforming or swaging<\/a> the metal.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Radially Cut Bar Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nRectangular bar grating<\/a> which is cut into panels shaped as annular segments, for use in circular or annular areas.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reticuline Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">Bar<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA sinuously bent connecting Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">bar<\/a> extending between two adjacent bearing bars<\/a>, alternately contacting and being riveted<\/a> to each.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Rivet Centers<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nThe distance center to center of rivets along one bearing Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">bar<\/a> in a bar grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Riveted<\/a> Bar Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nMetal grating<\/a> composed of straight bearing bars<\/a> and bent connecting bars, which are joined at their contact points by riveting.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Serrated Bar Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nMetal grating<\/a> which has the top surfaces of the bearing bars<\/a> or cross bars<\/a>, or both, notched.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Span<\/div>Span is the length of the grating across two consecutive bar grating supports. Span includes both the supported and unsupported sections of the grating.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">Span<\/a> of Bar Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nThe distance between points of grating<\/a> support, or the direction of this dimension. Also referred to as length<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Straight Cut:
\n<\/strong> <\/em>
\nThat portion of the cut edge or cutout of a bar grating<\/a> which follows a straight line.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Steel Grating<\/a>:<\/strong>
\n<\/em>
\nThis type of metal grating<\/a> is a kind of open steel member with bearing bars<\/a> and cross bars<\/a> joining at their intersections. Steel grating<\/a> is often used as floor grating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Swaging<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA method of altering the cross-sectional shape of a metal Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">bar<\/a> by pressure applied through dies.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Toeplate<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA flat Bar<\/div>Metal grating products constructed with a series of load bearing bars that are attached together in a specified pattern by cross bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">bar<\/a> attached against the outer edge of bar grating<\/a> or rear edge of a tread<\/a>, and projecting above the top surface<\/a> of grating<\/a> or tread<\/a> to form a lip or curb.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bar Grating<\/a> Stair Tread<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA panel of bar grating<\/a> having carriers and nosing<\/a> attached by welding and designed specifically to serve as a stair tread<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Trim Band<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nA Band<\/div>A flat bar welded to a side or end of a grating panel or along the line of a cutout and extending neither above nor below the bearing bars.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">band<\/a> which carries no Load<\/div>The amount of weight measured in pounds per square foot that the grating will support. There are two types of load measurements; point and whole bar.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">load<\/a> but is used chiefly to improve appearance.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Welded Bar Grating<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nBar grating<\/a> in which the bearing bars<\/a> and cross bars<\/a> are joined at their intersections by a weld.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Width<\/div>This characteristic identifies one dimension of an item. It is commonly used in inches.\" class=\"glossaryLink \">Width<\/a>:
\n<\/strong>
\nThe overall dimension of a grating<\/a> panel, measured perpendicular to the bearing bars<\/a>, and in the same direction as the cross bars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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