What is Unistrut Channel

Unistrut is a brand name of the construction material, strut channel. Functionally, strut channel is a series of threaded rod and metal channel used to form a ceiling-mounted support structure for anything from lighting, to injectors, to overhead system components. Unistrut Cable Tray Support Structures. Cable Tray systems are often used to support electric power, signal, control, instrumentation and communication cables used for power distribution and communication. Hutaib Electrical manufactured

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Advantages of Using Unistrut Channel

A big advantage of using strut channel in construction applications is the multitude of options available for quickly and easily connecting lengths together and other items to the strut channel, using various strut-specific fasteners. Channel can be assembled quickly with minimal tools and inexpensive labor, which reduces costs significantly in many applications. A strut channel installation can be modified or added-to easily if necessary. The expensive alternative to strut channel for many applications is custom fabrication using steel bar stock that require welding and/or extensive drilling and bolting.

The inwards-facing lips on the open side of strut channel are used to mount channel nuts, braces, connecting angles, and other types of fittings to join lengths of strut channel together or to connect pipes, wire, threaded rod, bolts, or walls into the strut channel structural system.

The most popular strut channel sizes are 1 5/8” x 1 5/8″ and 1-5/8” x 13/16. The material used to form the channel is typically 12 gauge or 14 gauge thick sheet metal. Several variations are available with different hole patterns for mounting to walls and supports. Solid channel has no holes predrilled, and must be drilled on site. Punched channel has round holes, large enough for threaded steel rod or bolts, punched in the top of the channel at regular 1 7/8 inch centers. Half-slot channel has short, rounded end rectangular slots punched out on 2” centers. Slot channel has longer slots on 4” centers.

To form stronger structural elements, shapes are manufactured with two lengths welded together back to back, or three or four welded together in various patterns Strut is mostly manufactured out of sheet steel with electro plated, perma-gold, pregalvanized and hot dip galvanized coatings. Strut channels is also manufactured from stainless steel or aluminum alloy, in cases where rusting might become a problem or where weight is an issue.

How to Install Unistrut Channel ?

Take your channel and insert the nut anywhere along the continuous slotted channel. The rounded nut ends make it easy to insert into the channel.

Turn the nut 90 degrees clockwise and align the grooves in the nut with the inturned edges of the channel. Step three of making a Unistrut connection: connecting a channel fitting. Place a fitting over the nut and insert the bolt through the fitting and into the nut. This will hold the nut and fitting in place.

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