Stel to Steel
Stel to Steel
(OP)
Anyone run across any certified lab tested and rated epoxies for joining structural steel shapes that have the allowable shear and tension values suitable for presenting to a building official for a permit?
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering





RE: Stel to Steel
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Stel to Steel
RE: Stel to Steel
What are you holding together?
I love epoxy, but if I were a building official and was presented with an epoxy spec sheet of a few perfectly prepared substrates I don't think I'd approve using epoxy holding up anything but name plates on doors.
Epoxy anchors are a system with specific instructions, load ratings developed from testing, and potentially destructive test procedures to verify installation was done correctly, and we still manage to foul them up sometimes.
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RE: Stel to Steel
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Stel to Steel
The unknowns are, how long corrosion takes to creep under the edges of the epoxy joint.
Will the joint creep under a cnstant loading?
B.E.
RE: Stel to Steel
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I researched a steel to steel epoxy several years ago. There were several products that were surprising in the strength category. But, they could not provide sufficient data on the lifespan and deterioration over time, or the effects of temperature/climate changes.
Good luck
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RE: Stel to Steel
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Stel to Steel
I have a very strong suspicion that you are considering cutting those steel panels, and bracketing to the structure.
B.E.
RE: Stel to Steel
I think I have convinced them (Architects, uggh!) to locate the antennas elsewhere...
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering