Scaffold clamps secure pipes on a metal scaffold structure using nuts and bolts, creating angles or straight lines. They vary in size, shape, and function, with some designed to rotate for custom angles. Steel clamps are stronger than aluminum, and wing nut and quick release systems are available. Care must be taken to ensure proper installation for stability.
A scaffold clamp is a device used at a joint between pipes on a scaffold structure to secure those pipes in place. Scaffolding structures are used on construction sites for workers to climb to higher levels safely and securely, and the scaffolding is usually made of high quality and strong metal such as steel. Each steel tube must be fixed to another to create a strong structure, and at each joint, a scaffolding clamp can be used to create an angle or a straight line and firmly fix the components for use.
The size, shape and function of the scaffolding clamp vary. Angle clamps are often T-shaped to accept three or more scaffold tubes, and once the tubes are in place, the scaffold clamp can be tightened, usually using a nut and bolt system, to secure each component in place. The overall structure is likely to use numerous clamps at each joint or connection point. These points are not necessarily always skewed. Two horizontal pipes can be attached to each other using a horizontal scaffold clamp, for example, and the design of such a clamp will be significantly different from one used at an angle.
Sometimes the scaffolding clamp is designed to rotate. This allows builders to create custom angles or positions of two or more pipes relative to each other. Once the pipes are positioned correctly, the swivel clamp can be tightened in that position. Most often these types of hardware are used when placing stringers between vertical tubes, creating an X shape between the posts. There are other applications for this particular type of clamp as well, and the clamp is one of the most versatile pieces of hardware used on the facility.
Most clamps are made from high quality hardened steel, although an aluminum clamp may sometimes be used. Steel clamps, however, are much stronger and are less likely to snap or otherwise break. Nuts and bolts are usually used to secure components, although wing nut systems and quick release systems are also available. These two systems make installing and removing the clamps quick and easy, but special care must be taken to ensure these systems are properly tightened upon installation; otherwise, the joint could fail and the structure could become unstable. The clamps that allow a platform to be attached to piping are usually only tightened with bolts for added security and protection.
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