UNIT -2

NON STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF STEEL

• Mild steel WINDOWS

• Fire rated METAL DOORS

• Mild steel VENTILATORS

• Grill Designs for Windows / Ventilators

• M.S. GATE DETAILS

• COLLAPSIBLE GATES

• ROLLING SHUTTER
 METAL WINDOWS

M.S. TOPHUNG / FIXED M.S. OPENABLE / FIXED

WINDOW WINDOW
 WHY METAL WINDOWS?

• IT IS ECONOMICAL

• IT GIVES LARGE GLASS AREA SINCE IT HAS SIMPLIFIED SECTIONS

AS AGAINST WOODEN JOINERY

• IT IS MANUFACTURED IN FACTORY WITH GREAT PRECISION AND

QUALITY CONTROL

• IT IS MORE STRONGER AND DURABLE THAN WOODEN WINDOWS

• THERE IS NO CONTRACTION OR EXPANSION DURING ADVERSE

WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 FIXING OF METAL WINDOWS

• LUGS BOLTED TO THE FRAME

IS INSERTED TO THE HOLE CREATED
IN THE MASONRY WALL AND IT IS PACKED
USING CEMENT MORTAR

• FIXING USING WOODEN

SUB FRAME
• IN RCC WALLS ,WOODEN PLUGS
ARE GROUTED INSIDE AND METAL
FRAMES ARE SCREWED TO THIS
PLUG
METALDOORS
COLLAPSIBLE GATES
ROLLING SHUTTERS
 ROLLING SHUTTERS

TWO TYPES – ROLLING SHUTTERS

• PULL PUSH TYPE SHUTTERS

• MECHANICAL GEAR TYPE

SHUTTERS
ROLLING SHUTTERS
CONSISTS OF

• A FRAME

• A DRUM (DIA 200-300MM)

HAS HORIZONTAL SHAFT &
SPRINGS

• A SHUTTER MADE OF THIN

STEEL SHEETS KNOWN AS
LATHS OR SLATES OF 1 TO
1.25 MM THK INTERLOCKED

• A STEEL GUIDE ON THE

SIDES