TABLE 4-1
RECTANGULAR DUCT HANGERS
MINIMUM SIZE
MAXIMUM Pair at 10 ft Spacing Pair at 8 ft Spacing Pair at 5 ft Spacing Pair at 4 ft Spacing
HALF OF
DUCT WIRE/ WIRE/ WIRE/ WIRE/
PERIMETER STRAP ROD STRAP ROD STRAP ROD STRAP ROD
10 ga. 10 ga. 12 ga. 12 ga.
P/2 = 30" 1" x 22 ga. 1" x 22 ga. 1" x 22 ga. 1" x 22 ga.
(.135") (.135") (.106") (.106")
P/2 = 72" 1" x 18 ga. 3/8" 1" x 20 ga. 1/4" 1" x 22 ga. 1/4" 1" x 22 ga. 1/4"
P/2 = 96" 1" x 16 ga. 3/8" 1" x 18 ga. 3/8" 1" x 20 ga. 3/8" 1" x 22 ga. 1/4"
P/2 = 120" 1 1/2" x 16 ga. 1/2" 1" x 16 ga. 3/8" 1" x 18 ga. 3/8" 1" x 20 ga. 1/4"
P/2 = 168" 1 1/2" x 16 ga. 1/2" 1 1/2" x 16 ga. 1/2" 1" x 16 ga. 3/8" 1" x 18 ga. 3/8"
P/2 = 192" Not Given 1/2" 1 1/2" x 16 ga. 1/2" 1" x 16 ga. 3/8" 1" x 16 ga. 3/8"
P/2 = 193" up SPECIAL ANALYSIS REQUIRED
WHEN STRAPS ARE LAP JOINED
SINGLE HANGER MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LOAD
USE THESE MINIMUM FASTENERS:
STRAP WIRE OR ROD (Dia.)
1" x 18, 20, 22 ga. - two #10 or one 1/4" bolt 1" x 22 ga.-260 lbs. 0.106"-80 lbs.
1" x 16 ga. - two 1/4" dia. 1" x 20 ga.-320 lbs. 0.135"- 120 lbs.
1 1/2" x 16 ga. - two 3/8" dia. 1" x 18 ga.-420 lbs. 0.162"-160 lbs.
Place fasteners in series, not side by side. 1" x 16 ga.-700 lbs. 1/4"-270 lbs.
1 1/2" x 16 ga.-1100 lbs. 3/8"- 680 lbs.
1/2"-1250 lbs.
5/8"-2000 lbs.
3/4"-3000 lbs.
NOTE:
1. Dimensions other than gage are in inches. 5. Allowable loads for P/2 assume that ducts
are 16gs. maximum, excepts that when max-
2. Tablesallowsfor duct weight, 1 lb./sf insula- imum duct dimension (w) is over 60" then
tion weight and normal reinforcement and p/2 maximum is 1.25 w.
trapeze weight, but no external loads!
6. For upper attachments see Fig. 4- 2.
3. For custom design of hangers, designers my
consult SMACNA' s Rectangular Industrial
7. For upper attachments see Fig. 4- 2.
Duct Standards, the AISI Cold Formed Steel
Design Manual and the AISC Steel Contrac-
tion Manual . 8. For trapeze size see Table 4- 3 and Fig. 4- 5.
4. Straps are galvanized steel; other materials 9. 12, 10, or 8 ga. wire is steel of black an-
are uncoated steel. nealed, bright basic, or galvanized type.
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