Swage Locked Bar Grating

Swage-locked Grating is manufactured with optional “I” or rectangular bearing
bar. These metal bars are permanently locked to the crossing rods with a
swaging process which reshapes the metal rods.
Structures and Comparing of Swaged I Bar and Rectangular Bar Gratings:
The I-bars are permanently locked to the cross rods (positioned every 2" or 4")
by a swaging process.
Swage-Locked Rectangular Bar Grating uses the swaging process to permanently
lock the cross rods (positioned every 2" or 4") to the rectangular bars. There
are mainly two reasons that make Swage-locked I-bar grating more popularly used
compared with Rectangular grating. One is I-bar swage-locked is lighter weight
and less costly than a rectangular bar grating with the same bar thickness,
though I-bars reduce the open spaces of the grating because of the flange
width. Second reason is that I-bar swage-locked maintains load ratings, it
provides the strength equal to a rectangular bar of the same depth, but at far
less weight.

Rectangular swage-locked bar grating is available with the cross rods flush
with the top of the bearing bars, or with the cross rods near the middle of the
bearing bar. These options are available if a specific look is desired.

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