Steel Doors & Frames - Fleming Door Products

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STEEL DOOR FRAMES
Set-Up and Welded frames (abbreviated as SUW) are assembled at the factory or the
distributor’s shop. The contractor places the assembled frame in position, anchors it to the
floor and constructs the required partition around it.
They can be used in new unit masonry or drywall partitions in either wrap-around or butted
applications. For existing walls, set-up and welded frames are used in a butted application
only.
Set-up and welded frames can be masonry or drywall profile.
Knocked-down components can be converted to a set-up and welded frame. As shown in
Figure 38, the top portion of the jamb corner clips are removed and the jambs and head are
assembled in the usual manner. The remaining jamb rabbet clip tabs, inserted through the
head slots, are bent over. The intersecting face miter joints are continuously welded on the
inside of the profile.
When transom, sidelight or window frames are required, this is the assembly method
employed. Intersecting face miters and sill butt face joints are continuously welded on the
inside of the profile, where as mullion and center rail faces are butted and continuously
welded on the outside and ground smooth.
All exposed face miters and butted face joints are body filled, ground to a smooth, uniform
finish and touched up with a zinc-rich primer.
Fleming F, A, Miter and Notch and Stick Series product can be assembled using the set-up
and welded method.
Welded Inside Face
Seamless Exposed
Face Miter
Figure 34 : Set-Up and Welded Frames
Figure 38 : Set-Up and Welded Frames
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Date
Mar ‘05