Company Announcement - Andrew Mentis’ open ended system on its RS40 Rectagrid floor grating panels offers customers some unbeatable advantages. Elaine van Rooyen, marketing manager at Andrew Mentis, lists a number of these. “The OES is more cost competitive compared to banded panels, and lead times are also much shorter, especially for customers who usually cut and fit standard panels on site.
“The half pitch on all sides of the panels, because of the manufacturing process, results in an almost seamless walkway. Aesthetically pleasing pattern matching is made possible by the accurate pitching, so that you are presented with a non-jointed appearance when the open-ended panels are joined, van Rooyen explains. “The banding of panels is eliminated by using the OES, and because there is no welding, corrosion is significantly minimised. Customers therefore benefit from both cost effectiveness and simplicity of design and installation.”
Mentis Rectagrid is the result of the unique Andrew Mentis process of compressive locking of bearer bars and transversals, which ensures permanent locking and accurate bearer pitching, producing the industry’s safest available grating. Rectagrid is manufactured in compliance with the international ISO 9001 quality management system.
The Rectagrid grating’s maximum width is 1 440 mm and maximum length 4 760 mm. All transverse bars on the Rectagrid OES are 7.5 mm in diameter, while the RS40 Rectagrid panels finish on half pitches in both directions, with allowance for a 4 mm clearance between panels. Saddle clamps automatically hold panels at full-pitching spacing, allowing calculations to be based on full pitches in both directions without having to make allowances for clearance between panels.