standard grating panel,standard grating panel sizes

As manufactured, grating panels are provided with open ends. Optional trim banding, a metal flat bar welded to the open ends of the panel, provides additional transverse stiffness and a finished architectural appearance. Banding should be specified for all removable grating panels as the closed ends provide additional worker safety during handling.

Gratings subject to vehicular loads should always be specified as banded. In these applications, the band bar helps reduce impact stresses by transferring loads to adjacent bearing bars and resists deformation caused by repetitive traffic patterns on open end gratings.

Load banding, where each bearing bar is welded to the band bar, helps distribute load throughout the grating panel.
Trench banding, where the band bar is elevated above the bottom of the bearing bars, is appropriate for drainage applications. The elevated band bar allows for efficient drainage and will not trap liquids between the band bar and the grating support.