dURABILITY sTUdY The Westfall Company recently acquired a sample of T-Bar grating from a water reclamation facility which has been in service since the late 1980s. As an effort to study durability, Strongwell and the Westfall Company wanted to see how the grating would still perform against lab testing. Upon initial inspection, the grating was submitted with the original product sticker “AFC, Div. of MMFG” still intact. Although this particular model of T-Bar grating has been discontinued, it was originally designed with a drip edge. Upon closer examination, the grating showed exposed glass fibers on all sides due to prolonged daily exposure to ultraviolet light and hydrogen sulfide gas. Greg Bond, PE, Structural Engineer, was responsible for the flexural failure testin

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