Bar grating has many uses and many applications. It has been used for applications such as walkways, drainage decks, stairways and marine applications, among many more. Bar grating is so diverse because of the many styles that are readily available:

• Welded bar grating is assembled by electro forging. Electro forging is a machine process combining hydraulic pressure and heat fusion to create the welded bar grating.

• Dove tail bar grating is assembled in egg-crate fashion and hydraulically pressed together to form a tightly locked, rigidly stable panel grid.

• Swaged bar grating is assembled by mechanically locking the cross bars at right angles to the bearing bars at a maximum of 4” on center.

• Pressure locked bar grating is bar grating in which the cross bars are mechanically locked to the bearing bars at their intersections by distorting or twisting the metal.

Bar grating is also available in a “slip resistant” option, serrated bar grating. Serrated bar grating can provide slip resistance, but also can wear smooth in time. Serrated bar grating can cause the injuries it was meant to prevent because of the uneven walking surface and the uneven wear over time. There are many options available to add slip resistance to bar grating. SlipNOT^® Metal Safety Flooring has been proven the most durable and reliable slip resistant option for bar grating because of its guaranteed slip resistance in every direction as well as 100% surface coverage. SlipNOT^® is an all-metal slip resistant coating that is permanently applied to smooth bar grating only, whether it is aluminum bar grating, steel bar grating or stainless steel bar grating. There are also many “slip resistant” bar grating options ranging from fiberglass grating to patterned safety grating.

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