Light Gauge Steel Framing

Light-gauge steel framing members are manufactured by a cold-forming process in which sheets of steel are put through a series of roll forming dyes and formed into desired widths, lengths, thicknesses, and shapes. The strength of cold-formed sheet steel comes from the thickness of the material and how it is shaped. When a sheet is formed into a “c”-shape, its bends act as stiffeners and increases the strength of the sheet many times over. Strength-to-weight ratios can be highly favorable.