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Air Handling Ceiling Support Structure Design and Installation for the Restaurant Industry

At Unistrut Service Company, we routinely field inquiries from customers looking to suspend heavy equipment overhead.  We work in a variety of markets, including the medical, industrial, and comm...

Unistrut Closure Strips

Unistrut closure strips or filler strips are ideal for covering the open portion of Unistrut Channel.  Perfect for creating a finished appearance that is pleasing to the eye, Unistrut Closure Str...

Unistrut Service Company Launches New Website

Unistrut Service Company is proud to announce the launch of our new website.  Although our old site was widely praised in the industry, it was showing some signs of age, and it was time to make sig...

Designing Unistrut Support Systems For Radiology and Medical Applications: Common Problems

We often receive calls from Contractors, Architects and Engineers wanting to play an active role in the design of a Unistrut Medical Equipment Support System. Since one of the most common applicati...

Unistrut Overhead Support Structure / Storage Rack System Installation

The Akron Art museum recently contacted Unistrut Service Company to design and install an overhead support structure/storage racking system.  Aluminum extruded Spacesaver rails attached to the su...

A Challenging Ceiling Grid Installation: Post-Tension Concrete

Anchoring ceiling grids to concrete is sometimes easier said than done.  Concrete slabs are often strengthened using a process called post tensioning.  This method makes use of embedded high stre...

Fiberglass Unistrut Channel, Fittings, & Clamps: Catalog Download

For highly corrosive environments, Fiberglass Unistrut Channel, fittings, and clamps are ideal alternatives to steel and aluminum Unistrut products.  Strong and light-weight, Fiberglass Unistrut is...

Unistrut Metric Channel Nuts

Customers often ask us about metric Unistrut channel nuts.  Although you won't find information about Unistrut metric channel nuts in General Engineering Catalog 17, the chart below illustrates ava...

Unistrut 1-5/8" Channel Catalog Download

Although Unistrut Framing Channel comes in a wide range of sizes, finishes, and configurations, 1-5/8" channel is one of the most common sizes requested by customers.  If you need technical informa...

Unistrut Pipe and Conduit Supports and Clamps Catalog

If you are seeking technical information on Unistrut Pipe and Conduit Supports and Clamps, this catalog is for you.  The Unistruit Pipe and Conduit Supports and Clamps Catalog features 20 pages of ...

Unistrut General Fittings Catalog Download

Need more information about Unistrut General Fittings?  Feel free to download our Unistrut General Fittings Catalog in PDF format.  Please note that this is a big file.....30 pages to be exact....s...

Download the Unistrut Nuts and Hardware Catalog

We often get customer requests to make portions of the Unistrut catalog available for download via PDF, including the Unistrut Nuts and Hardware Catalog.  We are pleased to make the Unistrut Nuts a...

Unistrut General Engineering Catalog 17: Available For Download

Unistrut Service Company is proud to offer the Unistrut General Engineering Catalog 17 for download in PDF format.  Please note that this is a large file (20MB and 244 pages), so it may take a wh...

Unistrut for Hospital Applications: Suspending X-Ray Equipment, Monitors, and More

Dan Shingler of Crain's Cleveland Business recently stopped by to interview our very own Jeff Schneid.  Dan was interested to learn how Unistrut Service Company has managed to thrive in a challengi...

Selecting the Proper Anchor for Precast Concrete Decks

Care Needs to be Taken When Specifying Anchors for Precast / Hollow Core Concrete Decks Here is a picture that we recently took in the field. Another contractor tried to use a standard anchor to...

OSHA Compliant Rooftop Walkway Constructed With Unistrut Framing Channel

This installation features an OSHA compliant rooftop walkway constructed from Unistrut channel and other related materials.  The facility is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the picture s...

Unistrut Engineering Catalog 16 Download Now Available

Unistrut Service Company is pleased to announce the latest addition to our PDF Library.  The 16th edition of the Unistrut General Engineering Catalog offers 204 pages of detailed product and spec...

Unipier Rooftop Pipe Support System

We are pleased to announce the addition of the Unipier® Rooftop Pipe Support System Catalog to our engineering library.  The Unipier system is geared toward rooftop pipe support solutions includi...

Unistrut Framing Channel For Medical Support Structures

Unistrut Framing Channel is specified and used for a wide range of medical and hospital applications, including over head X-Ray machine supports for radiology rooms, supports for operating room lig...

United Interlock Grating: Rooftop Walkway Applications

This installation shows a rooftop service walkway fabricated from United Interlock Grating part numbers 11282 and 12282.  Rooftop walkways are often used by building trades to service equipment wit...

Telespar Telescoping Square Metal Tubing

Telespar Telescoping Tubing is ideal for a number of applications, including racks, shelving, ceiling grids, conveyor systems, interior partitions, adjustable platforms, material handling devices, ...

Unistrut Beam Clamp Submittal Data Sheets

In an attempt to create a site with detailed product information, we are now making Unistrut Beam Clamp Submittal Data Sheets available on our website. Some of the most common Unistrut beam clamps...

Unistrut: Proudly Made in the USA

We recently received an e-mail from one of our customers asking about the domestic content of Unistrut framing channel and fittings.  Our customer has approximately 2000 feet of strut, plus hundred...

Unistrut: How to Attach Slotted Framing Channel to Threaded Rod

We often receive phone calls and e-mails from contractors asking how to attached threaded rod to Unistrut.  The procedure is relatively simple, and it demonstrates the versatility of Unistrut frami...

Unistrut: Recycled Content and LEED Rating

We periodically field questions from architects and contractors about the percentage of recycled content and the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating of Unistrut materials. The US Green Build...

Unistrut Submittal Data Sheets

/unistrut-submittal-sheetsWe often take calls from contractors requesting Unistrut Submittal Data Sheets in PDF format.  In order to serve our valued customers better, we have decided to build a PD...

Unistrut P1001

P1001 - 1-5/8" x 1-5/8", 12 Gage Channel, Solid One of the more common 1-5/8" Unistrut framing channels is Unistrut P1001.  Unistrut Service Company of Ohio supplies the P1001 along with all oth...

Boom Supports and Boom Support Engineering, Design, and Installation

"Unistrut Service Company of Ohio is an industry leader in boom support engineering, design and installation. Whether it’s a lighter anesthesia boom, or a heavy, 11,000 ft lb moment boom with seve...

Professional Engineering Drawings Now Available for Sale from Unistrut Ohio

Unistrut Service Company of Ohio is proud to announce that professional engineering drawings are now available for a nominal fee.  We have always prided ourselves on stocking the Unistrut framing c...

Unistrut MRI Shielding System: P1000SL Channel

A Unistrut Support System for MRI Shielding[/caption]This picture shows a Unistrut support system for MRI shielding that was installed in a Cleveland hospital.  P1000SL was anchored to the concre...