nomenclature for structural steel shapes
 

nomenclature for structural steel shapes
our company is trying to standardize the way we call out structural steel in the bom of our drawings. is there a specific standard or publication that covers this?
example: c5 x 6.7 x 12 for channel iron or l3 x 3 x 1/8 x 12 for angle iron.
the shapes we use most often are channel, angle, "i" beams, wide flange beams, square/rectangular tubing, flat bar, plate, and round tubing (not pipe).
thanks!
james
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i use the same as what ms calls out.
pull out your machinery's handbook and look up the table for structural steel shape designations.
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ben loosli
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the bible for structural steel is the aisc (american institute of steel constuction) handbook. it defines exactly how to specify various steel shapes, wide flange, light, and i- beams, channels, angles, tees. beams and channels are normally specified by depth and weight (per foot) e.g. c8 x 15 for 8" high by 15# per foot. don't have my aisc handbook here, but a google search should help.
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