Tate Strut is a strong, galvanized steel profile with a white painted finish. Uniquely integrated welded flanges support tiles, light fixtures and return air grilles—removing the need for two separate ceiling systems. The continuous open channel slot allows for full flexibility when suspending cable trays, bus bars, and other heavy accessories from the structural ceiling. Both strut main runners and structural tees are pre-drilled for infill connections based upon application specifications.
12 gauge steel construction.Hot dipped galvanized pretreatment with a white power coat finish.Continuous open top slot to accommodate connection to building structure.Continuous open bottom slot to accommodate connections of cable trays, bus bars, and other heavy accessories.Welded flange to accommodate ceiling tiles, lights and return grilles.Strut profile is pre-drilled for installation of light structural infill to maintain grid for installing ceiling tiles.Refer to the table below for load capacities and corresponding deflections based on various span lengths
| SPAN (cm) |
Max Point Load at Yield Point1 (kN) |
Max Deflection at Yield Point (cm) |
Max Point Load at Various Deflections (kN) | Max Uniform Load (kN/m) |
Max Uniform Load (kN/m2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAN/180 | SPAN/240 | SPAN/360 | |||||
| 120 | 7.792 | 0.41 | 7.79 | 7.79 | 6.29 | 3.25 | 5.41 |
| 150 | 7.792 | 0.81 | 7.79 | 6.04 | 4.02 | 2.60 | 3.46 |
| 180 | 7.50 | 1.34 | 5.59 | 4.20 | 2.80 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| 210 | 6.49 | 1.84 | 4.11 | 3.08 | 2.05 | 1.55 | 1.47 |
| 240 | 5.65 | 2.40 | 3.15 | 2.36 | 1.57 | 1.18 | 0.98 |
| 270 | 4.99 | 3.01 | 2.48 | 1.86 | 1.25 | 0.92 | 0.69 |
| 300 | 4.52 | 3.74 | 2.01 | 1.51 | 1.01 | 0.76 | 0.50 |
1. Maximum point load locations are to be no less than the length of the strut span in any given direction.
2. Maximum point loads are limited by the turnbuckle connections to strut. Turnbuckles are required to be within 300mm of a main runner splice.
Tate Strut Profile
Light Duty Infill Profile
SAFS is an approved Victorian distributor for Tate access flooring systems. We work on projects ranging from $2 000 and a few days’ work to $2 000 000 work carried out over several months.
