Aickinstrut Specifications Aickinstrut Fiberglass Framing System
5.0 Standards 5.1 Glass reinforced and PVC channels covered in this specification shall have a flame spread rating of 25 or less when tested per ASTM E84 and meet the requirements of UL 94V0 thereby qualifying them as Class 1 material in the Uniform Building Code. 5.2 Glass reinforced channels covered in this specification shall comply with the requirements of ASTM D 3917 and ASTM D 4385 which govern the dimensional tolerance and visual defects of pultruded shapes. 6.0 General 6.1 Aickinstrut Nonmetallic Channel Framing shall be furnished as a system which includes all the necessary fasteners, channel splice plates, brackets, sealants, hangers, pipe clamps, etc.
6.2 Nonmetallic fasteners shall be manufactured from long glass fiber reinforced polyurethane to ensure maximum strength and corrosion resistance. 6.3 All components of the Aickinstrut Channel Framing System shall be nonmetallic except where type 316 stainless steel hardware is used as part of the assembly. 6.4 Aickinstrut is manufactured by Aickinstrut, a subsidiary of Atkore. 6.5 The manufacturer shall not have had less than 10 years experience in manufacturing strut systems. 6.6 Most products are manufactured in the United States of America. Some items are outsourced where deemed necessary.
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