Our technical department is the engine of DURA-DECK, with Research & Development playing a pivotal role. Our engineers have hands-on experience with scaffolding systems and thus are familiar with all the practical issues involved.

DURA-DECK should be light and easy to handle. Based on this fundamental concepts, the teams has already produced a prototype of the DURA-DECK with the DURA-LOCK systems. These systems are so efficient that they reduce the construction time and eliminate the usage of metal wire.

The construction procedure also put safety first as the deck will only be accessible once it has been locked onto the scaffold.
 
i) Principle of the test
Loads there were close to 100kg, 200kg, 250kg and 300kg were put consecutively onto central part of the galvanized-iron sample. The vertical deflection of various parts of the sample from the table top were then measured. The amount of the deflections of the various parts of the sample will indicate the strength of the sample with respect to static, vertical load.

ii) Load applied
The load was progressively increased by adding circular lead weights, lead bricks and clay bricks onto the central part of the galvanized-iron sample.

 
     
he galvanized-iron sample was first placed horizontally (using a spirit level) on four circular steel pipes as shown in the diagram below.
 
 
Another static load test was done on the galvanized-iron scaffolding sample G1. In this experiment only the two steel bars near the two ends of the sample were used. The experimental set-up is as shown in the diagram below:
 
 
he vertical deflections from the table top were measured at similar positions along the sample as for the other galvanized-iron samples. These deflections close to the various loads 100kg, 200kg, 250kg, and 300kg are shown in table 5.
 
 
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