Summary of Light Steel Keels
2024-05-16
Light steel keel is made by galvanizing process, which is cheap for hot-dip galvanizing and expensive for cold galvanizing.
According to the cross-sectional form, there are C-shaped, U-shaped, T-shaped, V-shaped, H-shaped, and L-shaped.
C-type: C50, C75, C100, C150 ("C" represents the cross-sectional form, numbers represent the width dimension, C38 is the C-type keel with a width of 38mm) This keel can be used as a partition wall or as a ceiling.
- Partition wall: Vertical keel (C50, C75, C100, C150), with a general thickness of 0.6mm-1mm.
- Ceiling: load-bearing keel (CB38, CS50, CS60), with a thickness generally ranging from 0.8mm to 1.2mm.
- Ceiling: Covering keel (CB50, CB60), with a thickness generally ranging from 0.5mm to 0.6mm.
Mark with a "B" or "S" after C to indicate use on the ceiling, such as CB38, CS50; The meaning of CB38 is C38+(B=bu no)=do not use human keel, CS50=C50+(S=shang)=use human keel
U-shaped: U38, U50, U75, U100, U150, different from C-shaped keel in thickness (C-shaped thickness: generally 0.3-0.5mm; U-shaped thickness: generally 0.7mm-1.2mm), different uses (C-shaped is mostly used for decorative materials, such as mineral wool board and calcium silicate board, U-shaped is usually used for gypsum board), and different application ranges (generally C-shaped is the main wall keel, U-shaped is the ceiling load-bearing keel).
- Partition wall: Horizontal keel (U50, U75, U100, U150), with a general thickness of 0.6mm-1mm.
- Ceiling: Through keel: U38, thickness generally 1mm.
T-shaped: suitable for soundproof ceiling.
V-shaped: suitable for card type keels.
H-type: suitable for super high span ceilings.
L-shaped: ceiling edge keel
According to the specifications, there are:
Partition wall (Qiang): Q50, Q75, Q100, Q150
(Usually called 50 type, 75 type, 100 type, 150 type, this is a type of 75 partition wall, mainly composed of C75 keel).
Suspended ceiling: D38, D50, D60
The commonly mentioned 50 series and 60 series usually refer to this ceiling process, both of which are card type keels with auxiliary keels of 50mm and 60mm in width, respectively.
50 series (50 * 19 * 0.5) non human keel;
50 series (50 * 20 * 0.6) upper human keel;
60 series (60 * 27 * 1.2) upper human keel;
3. Cost reference:
The market price for each keel is between 12-20 yuan, with a length of 3000-4000mm.
The market price of paper gypsum board (1200mm long * 2400mm high) per sheet ranges from 22 to 30 yuan.
Adding auxiliary materials and labor costs, the unit price of light steel keel gypsum board is generally between 90-150 yuan per square meter.
According to the cross-sectional form, there are C-shaped, U-shaped, T-shaped, V-shaped, H-shaped, and L-shaped.
C-type: C50, C75, C100, C150 ("C" represents the cross-sectional form, numbers represent the width dimension, C38 is the C-type keel with a width of 38mm) This keel can be used as a partition wall or as a ceiling.
- Partition wall: Vertical keel (C50, C75, C100, C150), with a general thickness of 0.6mm-1mm.
- Ceiling: load-bearing keel (CB38, CS50, CS60), with a thickness generally ranging from 0.8mm to 1.2mm.
- Ceiling: Covering keel (CB50, CB60), with a thickness generally ranging from 0.5mm to 0.6mm.
Mark with a "B" or "S" after C to indicate use on the ceiling, such as CB38, CS50; The meaning of CB38 is C38+(B=bu no)=do not use human keel, CS50=C50+(S=shang)=use human keel
U-shaped: U38, U50, U75, U100, U150, different from C-shaped keel in thickness (C-shaped thickness: generally 0.3-0.5mm; U-shaped thickness: generally 0.7mm-1.2mm), different uses (C-shaped is mostly used for decorative materials, such as mineral wool board and calcium silicate board, U-shaped is usually used for gypsum board), and different application ranges (generally C-shaped is the main wall keel, U-shaped is the ceiling load-bearing keel).
- Partition wall: Horizontal keel (U50, U75, U100, U150), with a general thickness of 0.6mm-1mm.
- Ceiling: Through keel: U38, thickness generally 1mm.
T-shaped: suitable for soundproof ceiling.
V-shaped: suitable for card type keels.
H-type: suitable for super high span ceilings.
L-shaped: ceiling edge keel
According to the specifications, there are:
Partition wall (Qiang): Q50, Q75, Q100, Q150
(Usually called 50 type, 75 type, 100 type, 150 type, this is a type of 75 partition wall, mainly composed of C75 keel).
Suspended ceiling: D38, D50, D60
The commonly mentioned 50 series and 60 series usually refer to this ceiling process, both of which are card type keels with auxiliary keels of 50mm and 60mm in width, respectively.
50 series (50 * 19 * 0.5) non human keel;
50 series (50 * 20 * 0.6) upper human keel;
60 series (60 * 27 * 1.2) upper human keel;
3. Cost reference:
The market price for each keel is between 12-20 yuan, with a length of 3000-4000mm.
The market price of paper gypsum board (1200mm long * 2400mm high) per sheet ranges from 22 to 30 yuan.
Adding auxiliary materials and labor costs, the unit price of light steel keel gypsum board is generally between 90-150 yuan per square meter.
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