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Bolting to Channel Flange

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bookowski

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Is it allowed to bolt to channel flanges (tapered), are shims required to level the taper? Reviewing some shop drawings for a very lightly loaded channel running over the top of an HSS tube.
 
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They make sloped washers to match I sections and channel flg. slopes.
 
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You can use Bevel Washer which is designed for the sloping flange face. See attached PDF for code reference.

anchor bolt design per ACI 318-11 crane beam design
 
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