Patent ID: 8683774
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: E04B,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a light steel structural member defined by a predetermined shape and the predetermined shape of the structural member includes a web portion having a web face and a pair of flange portions each extending from each end of the web portion, the flange portions each being in a plane that is generally parallel to the plane of the other, each flange having a flange face, the method comprising the steps of: forming surface treatment in a piece of sheet material, wherein the surface treatment includes one of knurling, etching and a combination thereof and whereby the surface treatment is formed in the sheet material such that it will cover one of the flange faces and the web portion; forming a plurality of embosses over the treated surface in the sheet material wherein each emboss is integrally connected around a periphery thereof to the sheet material such that the embosses have the surface treatment therein; and shaping the sheet material into a predetermined shape to form a light steel structural member.