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A seemingly innocuous but ingenious fixing has solved a dilemma for contractors when installing steel framing systems manufactured and supplied by the Hadley Group and is expected to save considerable sums by reducing build time and snagging costs.

Slip-Klip*, designed and developed by ASF and Hadley Group, is a simple but highly effective alternative to the traditional method of ‘blocking and bracing'.

Where steel frame ‘infill' walling is created from stud and track sections and in order to facilitate floor deflection within the building, it has been normal practice to allow the vertical stud to move within its head track. This often involves the inclusion of expensive and time consuming ‘blocking and bracing'.

Slip-Klip* solves this problem by simply being able to move freely in the head track until ‘locked' into position to hold the vertical stud firmly and securely.

Consequently, Slip-Klip* is quicker, cheaper and more reliable than alternative methods of fixing.

Class leading UltraPRO (trademark) and UltraCAM (trademark) detailing software programmes, developed in - house by Hadley Group are available free of charge to design team professionals.

* Slip-Klip  is the subject of UK Patent Application No 0421108.2 (Foreign Rights Reserved).

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