Adjustable Decking Hangers for Fast Repositionable Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of hanging components like lights, HVAC, and pipes from structural decking is time-consuming and requires multiple steps, often involving drilling into the decking and concrete, with potential need for repositioning leading to repair of concrete and decking.
Innovation Solution
The use of decking hangers with adjustment mechanisms and keys, such as continuous and discontinuous keys, that allow for secure attachment to structural decking, providing multiple points of connection and resistance to lateral and longitudinal movements, enabling easier installation and repositioning without damaging the decking or concrete.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional drilling and multi-step installation process is used, then secure attachment is achieved, but installation time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The decking hanger incorporates pre-formed keys and adjustment mechanisms that are prepared during manufacturing, eliminating the need for on-site drilling and complex assembly steps. The hanger is designed with predetermined attachment features that align with the decking structure, allowing for rapid installation while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The decking hanger is divided into distinct functional components including keys for insertion, adjustment mechanisms for positioning, and attachment points for securing. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and facilitates easier assembly and installation without requiring complex multi-step processes.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional drilling into concrete and decking is performed, then hanger installation is achieved, but risk of damage to decking and concrete increases
Solution Approach 1:
The decking hanger uses keys that insert into pre-formed openings or slots in the decking structure, serving as an intermediary attachment method that avoids direct drilling into the decking or concrete. This intermediary mechanism distributes loads through the keys rather than relying on drilled holes, reducing the risk of structural damage while maintaining installation ease.
3Adaptability or versatility
If hanger repositioning is required, then adaptability is improved, but installation process must be repeated and repairs are needed
Solution Approach 1:
The decking hanger incorporates adjustment mechanisms that allow the hanger to be dynamically repositioned and reconfigured after initial installation. These mechanisms enable the hanger to adapt to different positions and loading conditions without requiring removal and reinstallation, eliminating the need for repairs to decking or concrete. The adjustable features maintain secure attachment throughout the repositioning process.
Data Source
AI summary
Decking hangers (e.g., strut hangers, flexible hangers, combinations thereof, or the like) are utilized along with keys (e.g., continuous keys, discontinuous keys, combination thereof, or the like) to hang decking components from structural decking (e.g., fluted steel structural decking, or the like). The decking hangers may be rigid and/or flexible, and include an adjustment that allows one end of the hanger to move with respect to another end. The keys may be continuous and run longitudinally parallel with the direction of the webs of the flutes of the decking. Alternatively, the keys may be discontinuous having a continuous side (e.g., continuous perimeter), or multiple sides, that enclose a corresponding connector at an end of a hanger. The keys provide different locations for installing the hangers and/or providing multiple (e.g., two or more) points of connection on at least one end of a single hanger.