Industrial Stairs & Platforms
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Southern Metal Fabricators walk you through creating custom-fabricated industrial stairs and platforms following a straightforward six-step process.
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Industrial Stairs & Platforms
- 1. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com P.O. Box 743 Frazier Rd. Albertville, AL 35950 (800) 989-1330 www.southernmetalfab.com INDUSTRIAL STAIRS & PLATFORMS
- 2. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com WHO USES CUSTOM INDUSTRIAL STAIRS & PLATFORMS? Industries that often require custom fabricated industrial stairs and platforms include: • Automotive • Feed & Grain • Marine • Mining • Oil and Gas • Power Generation
- 3. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com WHY CUSTOM METAL FABRICATION? Industrial access equipment needs to be custom fabricated when your application is: • Specialized or unique • Subject to industry-specific rules and regulations
- 4. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com FABRICATING INDUSTRIAL STAIRS & PLATFORMS Creating custom-fabricated industrial stairs and platforms follows a straightforward six-step process.
- 5. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com Evaluate a customer’s design or assist in creating a viable design that meets a customer’s application requirements. STEP ONE
- 6. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com STEP TWO If design work is required, provide design drawings for customer review prior to fabrication. Alternatively, produce shop drawings from customer’s design drawings and present shop drawings for approval.
- 7. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com STEP THREE Once drawings are approved, confirm the production schedule.
- 8. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com Release shop drawings to determine the following production requirements: • Fit-up • Weld-out • Finishing STEP FOUR
- 9. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com STEP FIVE Administer in-process quality control (QC) inspections to ensure that design requirements, industry standards, and quality expectations are met and maintained.
- 10. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com Conduct final QC inspections and prepare for shipment. STEP SIX
- 11. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com STAIRS Industrial stairs are crucial tools for providing safe access to above-ground areas where inspection, maintenance, and production work is conducted at industrial facilities.
- 12. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com SPIRAL STAIRS • 8’ diameter, 60’ high • A36 carbon steel • Galvanized These spiral stairs required complex engineering as well as fabrication.
- 13. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com LADDERS Ladders provide access to high places in situations where stairs can’t be supported, don’t fit, or aren’t required.
- 14. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com Two of these aluminum ladders were fabricated using stock grating in just three weeks. • 2’ W x 13’10” T • Bare aluminum • 3-to-6-week turnaround LADDERS
- 15. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com PLATFORMS Platforms provide areas where workers can rest and are required components for stairways that cover long distances, climb steep heights, or change direction mid- course.
- 16. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com These platforms and handrails were made for a boiler manufacturer’s facility. • 85” L x 129” T x 48” W • A36 carbon steel • Primer and paint enamel PLATFORMS
- 17. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com ADDITIONAL RESOURCES For more information about custom fabricating industrial stairs and platforms, please take a look at these articles from our blog: • “A Glossary of Industrial Staircase Terms” • “Production Options for Custom Fabricated Industrial Stairs and Platforms” • "OSHA Rules for Fabricating an Industrial Spiral Staircase" • "OSHA Rules for Fixed Ladders Simplified” • "Custom Industrial Stairs, Ladders, and Platforms" And if you’d like to see more examples of stairs or platforms we’ve made, please visit this page on our website.
- 18. © 2016 Southern Metal Fabricatorswww.southernmetalfab.com THANK YOU! Southern Metal Fabricators (800) 989-1330 | www.southernmetalfab.com