Safegrid / Flowforge steel grating comprises of a series of parallel, flat, load bearing bars at equal spacing. These are held upright by 6mm twisted-square transverse bars that are resistance welded into the top surface.
Safegrid / Flowforge has become the industry standard for open mesh flooring when creating raised platforms, mezzanine flooring and steel walkways for various applications such as oil & gas, renewable energies, utilities, road & rail, commercial buildings and conveyor systems to name but a few.
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Raised Platforms
Mezzanine Flooring
Steel Walkways
Mesh Sizes
Load bearing bars and 6mm twisted transverse bars can be spaced at varying distances to provide a wide range of mesh sizes.
| SAFEGRID MESH SIZE OPTIONS | |
| Load Bearing Bar Centres (A) | Transverse Bar Centres (B) |
| W (41mm) | 50, 100mm |
| E (33mm) | 50, 100mm |
| N (30mm) | 50, 100mm |
| NX (20mm) | 50, 100mm |
Loading Criteria
BS4592-0:2006 gives minimum design loads for platform and walkways as per the below table.
| USE OF PLATFORM OR WALKWAY | UDL | CONCENTRATED LOAD OVER AN AREA OF 300MM x 300MM |
| Light Duty (1 person) | 3.0 kN/m2 | 1.0 kN |
| General (regular two way pedestrian traffic) | 5.0 kN/m2 | 1.0 kN |
| Heavy duty (high density pedestrian traffic) | 7.5 kN/m2 | 1.0 kN |