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Heavy-duty floor grating
Heavy-duty floor grating panels are made in a wide range of apertures with alternative sections of bearing and transverse bar to meet loading, span and ventilation requirements. Cross-pressed gratings provide greater strength when subjected to stress and are therefore recommended for areas such as the turning point of a fork-lift truck or heavy
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PLX-15x88/70x3 pressured grating for heavy-duty vehicle loading – Zig Zag Building, London SW1
Heavy-duty floor grating panels are made in a wide range of apertures with alternative sections of bearing and transverse bar to meet loading, span and ventilation requirements.
Cross-pressed gratings provide greater strength when subjected to stress and are therefore recommended for areas such as the turning point of a fork-lift truck or heavy vehicle.
Gratings are supplied with fixing clips to clamp the panel to the support structure.
Panels and support steelwork are supplied hot-dip galvanised with an option for an additional polyester powder coating to any RAL colour.
Type PLX (pressure locked) cross pressed gratings are manufactured from flat bars of an unequal depth, both of which are notched to produce a secure joint to withstand stress. Available in 22×66, 33×33, 33×66, 25×66 and 66×33mm mesh sizes (c/c). The bearing bar can vary from 30×4 to 150×6mm, and the transverse bar from 15×4 to 30×6mm.
Contact the company's Technical Office for information on vehicle loading/max spans:
Class 2: vehicle with total mass of 3000kg, normally a car, and a dynamic load of 10kN on a wheel imprint of 200x200mm.
Class 3: vehicle with total mass of 6000kg, normally a rigid lorry, and a dynamic load on the front axle of 15kN and 30kN on the rear axle on a wheel imprint of 400x200mm.
Class 4: vehicle with total mass of 45,000kg, normally an articulated lorry, and a dynamic load on the rear axle of 90kN on a wheel imprint of 600x250mm.
