Architectural Gratings
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Architectural Gratings Pressure Locked and Electrofused Products

is one of the oldest companies in Scotland; its history as iron merchants in Greenock dates back to 1781. From those early days it developed into an important supplier of steel to the UK shipbuilding industry, often carrying steel from the mills in its own ships. The business has progressively evolved from this background in steel stockholding, fabrication and shipping and today operates as a supplier to the construction industry, employing a young team from engineering and surveying backgrounds. The Company’s main sales and technical office is based in Edinburgh with a presence and...

Our Products At Lang+Fulton we understand the difficulties of choice overload in the decision making process. We have therefore categorized our vertical gratings into 11 product ranges, each of which has a distinctive characteristic, so that the architect can more easily select the best grating to convey their vision. Our Technical Team can draw upon a wealth of experience to propose the exact product that will deliver the desired aesthetic and the most costeffective, code-compliant solution for a particular project. Steel is a sustainable material with 100% recyclability. The overall...

Electrofused Grating Electrofused gratings offer the most economical solution where there is a requirement for a large size of panel, either as a wall cladding material or as a security screen. The overall size of panel is only limited by the practicalities of on-site handling. Composition & Appearance: for all vertical applications the mild steel gratings are made from flat bars and attractive plain round bars, rather than the utilitarian twisted round bar which is more suited to industrial floor grating. Manufacturing Process: high voltage electricity combined with pressure totally...

Pressure-Locked Grating The process of pressure-locking produces a very high quality material with perfectly formed intersections, resulting in the most aesthetic grating for vertical applications. The flexibility of this method of manufacture means that all panels are made to custom sizes, with the economy of little or no wastage. Production can also be readily adapted to provide gratings to non-standard specifications of weight, aperture and performance. It is therefore often the grating of choice for all types of projects: from prestigious developments to practical industrial flooring....

Steel grating is an extremely low cost type of wall cladding which can provide a strong visual statement as well as fulfilling many practical functions: • ventilation • protective barrier • security • bird screen • natural daylight The grating panels can either form a solid, free-standing screen or be used as a decorative cladding to introduce shape, colour and texture to a concrete or blockwork substructure. The framed panels are designed with either bracket fixings or holed for bolting into a secondary framework. The choice of aperture and depth of flat bar will determine the degree of...

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Phases I & II Terra-34 grating panels Architect: Sutherland Hussey 2016 award winner: Galvanizing in Architecture

The challenge of designing a utility building such as a car park is to conceal its functionality and to soften its structural impact so that it may be sympathetically integrated within the surrounding built environment. Often this must be achieved within the constraints of strict budget limitations. Grating is economical and meets all the required objectives of providing security, natural light and ventilation, while also obscuring the internal structure of the levels or ramps which may not conform to the exterior elevation. The grating panels can be used in several different ways: to...

STEREO-KINETIC Wall Cladding The STEREO-KINETIC system has been uniquely developed by Lang+Fulton for screening and wall cladding. It's striking appearance is achieved by using hundreds of stainless steel tiles which are suspended from grating panels. Gusts of wind or the movement of traffic cause the metal rectangles to ripple in an ever changing display. The system can be adapted to achieve a particular effect such as: • a continuous facade • a featured area • a pattern • an arrangement to allow the passage of natural daylight Each tile is suspended with a specially designed fixing within...

Grating panels can be used effectively wherever there is a requirement for security. The size of the panel may determine the type of grating. Lang+Fulton would recommend that smaller panels such as window grilles are made from pressure-locked grating, while electrofused grating may be more appropriate for the continuous screening of an undercroft. Sliding screens and gates can be integrated with fixed panels to provide a continuous yet versatile facade. The aperture and weight of grating should be chosen according to the function, the overall size of the area to be secured and the required...

Plant Housing Compounds, enclosures and plant housing for the screening and safe protection of heating and air conditioning systems or power-supply equipment are individually designed from electrofused or pressure-locked gratings, as well as steel louvres. The comprehensive range of apertures provides different levels of performance: from 22x22mm or 25x25mm for antiprojectile to 124x132mm for maximum free area. Pressure-locked gratings can be supplied with different depths of flat bar. A greater depth of flat bar will increase the level of visual screening. Each installation is supplied...

Gratings for balcony balustrading have the advantage of providing a semiprivate yet see-through space with the aperture determining the relative openness of the structure. Lang+Fulton will work with the architect to design and supply the secondary steelwork as well as the framed panels, which are made to exacting dimensions to fit within a structural framework. Pressure-locked gratings are especially suitable for balconies as the particularly neat intersection of the flat bars is ideally suited to a residential environment. In addition, the custom sized panels are manufactured with little...