"Simon" wrote in message
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"Essjay001" wrote in message
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Simon wrote:
I am pretty sure I remember scaffold tubes come with a colour code
for Aluminium and steel poles, can anyone tell me what they are and
describe them for me?

Other than colouring poles for company identification you will find that a
colour code is used for the identifcation of the material from which the
pole is made. Certain grades of aluminium are coded yellow/blue. This
applies to all metals. In much the same way various gas bottles are coded,
grey for nitrogen, black for carbon dioxide etc there is a chart which
lays
down the coding system. Try as I might I cant find it through google.

yep ..... tried a search too ...... I am pretty sure it is red for steel
....
but i have to make a lightweight prop of a scaffold pole ... and being a
perfectionist ...... i don't want to just spray it with metal colour and
sprinkle cocoa on it if it should have colour coding too.



I think you'll find that scaffolding equipment is stamped or etched and not
colour coded, unless in company colours, with a roll number for steel and an
extrusion number for aluminium.

The stamping codes are set for tensile and flex qualities for that
particular material, and is set by the construction industry standards. A
piece of scaffolding equipment in use everyday would not be able to keep any
painted coding for long and this is why it has its quality stamped into it
while still at the manufacture stage.

The only time colour coding is used is in the selection of bits by
individual companies more than likely using their own colour schemes.

Hope this helps a bit.


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