Everything you need to know about
Unistrut Channel.

Unistrut Channel is a standardized formed structural system used in the construction and electrical industries for light structural support, often for supporting wiring, plumbing, or mechanical components such as air conditioning or ventilation systems.

A unistrut is usually formed from a metal sheet, folded over into an open channel shape with inwards-curving lips to provide additional stiffness and as a location to mount interconnecting components. Increasingly, struts are being constructed from materials that are highly corrosion-resistant and are lightweight, has strength and are rigid. Struts usually have holes of some sort in the base, to facilitate interconnection or fastening strut to underlying building structures. Several pre-drilled holes in the channel allow for a flexible choice of where to fasten it, and its interconnectivity accommodates a vast length of channel and perpendicular junctions.

Strut channel is manufactured from stainless steel for use where rusting might become a problem (e.g., outdoors, facilities with corrosive materials), from aluminium alloy when weight is an issue or from fiberglass for very corrosive environments.

Types of channel:

Several variations are available with different hole patterns for mounting to walls and supports. Solid channel has no holes predrilled, and must either be drilled on site or mounted in another fashion. Punched channel has round holes, large enough for 5/8 inch 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 inch centers. Slot channel has longer slots on 4 inch centers.

If you’re in need of a sturdy yet flexible framework that can easily be altered to your needs, our

Hutaib Electricals Unistrut Channel system

is the perfect solution. It’s slotted so that various fittings, brackets and hardware can be attached to it, and there are also a number of different channel styles that can be mixed and matched depending on your exact needs.

The main advantage of strut channels in construction is that there are many options available for rapidly and easily connecting lengths together and other items to the strut channel, using various specialized strut-specific fasteners and bolts. They can be assembled very rapidly with minimal tools and only moderately trained labor, which reduces costs significantly in many applications. A strut channel installation also can often be modified or added-to relatively easily if needed. The only alternative to strut channels for most applications is custom fabrication using steel bar stock and other commodity components, requiring welding or extensive drilling and bolting, which has none of the above advantages.

In short, it’s an incredibly versatile light construction support product that, thanks to the number of fittings, different types of channel bracketry and sizes, can be used in a variety of applications.

Strut channel is used to mount, brace, support, and connect lightweight structural loads in building construction. These include pipes, electrical and data wire, mechanical systems such as ventilation, air conditioning, and other mechanical systems. Objects can be attached to the strut channel with a bolt, threaded into a channel nut, that may have a spring to ease installation. Circular objects such as pipes or cables may be attached with straps that have a shaped end to be retained by the channel. Unistrut channel is also used for other applications that require a strong framework, such as workbenches, shelving systems, equipment racks, etc.