What certifications should I check when importing Steel Props from China?

To ensure site safety and regulatory compliance, look for: EN 1065 Certification: The European standard for adjustable telescopic steel props. SGS/TUV Load Test Reports: Independent verification of the Ultimate Load capacity. ISO 9001: For manufacturing quality consistency. Mill Test Certificate (MTC): To verify the raw material grade (e.g., Q235B or Q345B).

How to maintain the self-cleaning function of the Collar Nut?

Our props feature a Self-Cleaning Thread design. To maintain this:Ensure the nut is rotated fully through the thread after each use to expel dried concrete slurry.Do not apply heavy grease, which can trap abrasive sand; instead, use dry lubricants or simply keep the threads clear of physical debris.

How does the "Safety Clearance" design prevent hand injuries?

A professional steel prop should have a 100mm safety gap at the top of the outer tube. This prevents the inner tube from dropping completely and crushing the operator's hand during dismantling.

How to maintain the threads on adjustable shoring props?

Keep threads clean of concrete splatter. Our props feature a Self-cleaning Thread design that ejects debris during rotation. We recommend applying a dry lubricant periodically; avoid heavy grease which can attract abrasive sand and dust.

What is the difference between Light Duty and Heavy Duty Steel Props?

The distinction lies primarily in tube diameter, wall thickness, and material grade. Light Duty: Typically features a 48mm outer tube and 40mm inner tube with a wall thickness of 1.5mm to 2.0mm. Best for residential shoring. Heavy Duty (EN 1065 Standard): Uses 60mm outer and 48mm inner tubes with thicknesses up to 4.0mm. These are designed for industrial infrastructure and high-rise slab formwork where loads exceed 20kN per point.

Steel Props (Shoring Posts)

We spent one month testing all types of steel props and had the most realistic test data.
Flexible adjustment of post shore height.
Certified height adjustment.
Extend tube to required height. Set pin through hole of inner tube. Obtain exact height by sliding the screw position for minor adjustment.

Shoring props take more weight than timber props. They can be placed up to 2mters apart depending on circumstances and less number are used makinig it economical.
Fewer scaffolding props means less labour involved and ease of assembling also saves time.

SGS Test Report

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Producing 660,000 Heavy Duty Steel Props a Year

The production process of scaffolding steel prop is complex and cumbersome, including the following:

Inner tube: Cutting Tube→ Punching→ Welding Bottom Plate.

Outer tube: Cutting Tube→ Rolling Threaded Tube→ Punching Oval Hole→ Welding Threaded Tube→ Welding Bottom Plate.

Accessories: G pin→ Forged Pin→ Nuts (coated sand/precision casting)→ Handles.

Surface Treatment: Hot-dip galvanized.

Assembly→ Reaming→ Labeling→ Palletizing (steel tape) →Labeling→ Loading Container→ Make Inspection Photos→ Make Loading Photos.

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The Advanced Supplier of Acrow Props

EK scaffolding manufacturer was established in 2011 in Nanjing. With many outstanding companies, which involve in research, development and production, huge amounts of Scaffolding & Formwork products are shipped overseas each year. Scaffolding system, formwork system, and building materials are essential components in the construction industry, ensuring the successful completion of various projects.

EK Scaffolding Manufacturer currently possesses two sets of aluminum cutting equipment, two sets of aluminum welding equipment, two welding robots, one fully automatic bending machine, one semi-automatic pipe bending machine, two chamfering machines, 26 other welding equipment, and several mold processing equipment.

All parts of EK scaffolding props are produced by ourselves, which can guarantee the delivery time and quality of each order of customers. All of our EK production equipment are the world's top brands. All inner tubes of the post shore are laser cut instead of punched with a regular punch. All our welders meet EU welding quality requirements. The welding machine is a Panasonic welding machine. So the shoring post jack each weld seam perfectly.
All products from EK are subject to strict production process inspection and pre shipment inspection. Each time delivered is equipped with special supervisors for on-site supervision and guidance to ensure the smooth operation of the loading.
In the past ten years, EK has always adhered to the customer demand-oriented; relying on the pursuit of high quality products, timely and efficient service to customers won the reputation of the market. In the future, we will continue to work hard to provide the best quality service to our global customers.

EK scaffolding manufacturer mainly do Scaffolding Steel Props, Safety Gate, Trap Door, Frame scaffolding, Base Jack, Steel Plank, Cuplock System, Aluminum Beam, Brace and any other scaffolding welding parts.

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Scaffolding Steel Props Laser Cutting

Our laser cutting equipment can produce a hole in 0.8 seconds and cut an inner tube in 50 seconds. This allows us to easily achieve an annual production capacity of 660,000 heavy-duty steel props.

All tubes of the scaffolding shoring posts are laser cut instead of punched with a regular punch. All our welders meet EU welding quality requirements.

EK Scaffolding manufacture currently has 4 laser cutting machines. The cut ends of the post shore steel pipes are smooth and burr-free after cutting, reducing the time of manual grinding. It can realize the automated production of post shore, including automatic loading, cutting, unloading of steel pipes, and the cutting speed of post shore can be adjusted. Using laser cutting machines can improve work efficiency, save costs, and provide customers with the most cost-effective post shore.

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Scaffolding Steel Props Welding

All welding processes for scaffolding acrow props are machine-automatic welding, rather than manual welding, which improves production efficiency and quality.The threaded sleeve and base plate of the shoring post jack will be welded by the shoring post jack welding machine. This welding method can be directly welded without any joints, which can improve the productivity and accuracy of the shoring post jack.

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Heavy Duty Scaffolding Props Inner Tube Reaming

For heavy scaffolding steel props, we ream the inner pipe of the scaffolding props according to the actual requirements of customers, which can ensure that the inner pipe will not fall off during use, which is more convenient for operators to use during construction, and also improves product safety.

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Measurement of Zinc Thickness by Hot-dip Galvanized Scaffolding Props

The Hot-dip galvanizing quality of the scaffolding props is very important, which will affect the service life of the post shore when it works outdoors, so most customers who have high surface treatment requirements choose the hot-dip galvanizing process. EK scaffolding manufacturer cooperates with the largest local galvanizing factory with the best galvanizing quality. And each batch of scaffolding props has a special person to supervise the process of galvanizing. After the scaffolding props is galvanized, our workers will inspect and repair the galvanized quality of each shoring post jack to ensure that every steel acrow props produced from our factory meets the quality requirements 100%.

Measurement of Zinc Thickness by Hot-dip galvanized Steel Props

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Details of Scaffolding Prop Pallet Packing

Our scaffolding props are packed with brand new steel pallets.
In order to ensure the stability of the pallet after scaffolding props are packed, each pallet is bound and fixed with steel straps.

We placed cardboard under each steel strip to greatly reduce the probability of damage caused by friction between the steel strip and the scaffolding props surface.

In order to better ensure the safety of acrow props, we will provide professional, environmentally friendly, convenient and efficient acrow props packaging services in bundles.

Details of Scaffolding Prop Pallet Packing

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Bulk Stock Steel Props

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Loading of Scaffolding Steel Props

When the production of the steel props ordered by the customer is finished and all the packaging is completed, the packing of the goods is according to customer's requirement or the general way of export packing. EK professional QC documentary staff will take photos, and the sales staff will send them to the customer, and inform the customer of the packing time.

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Inspection Process of Scaffolding Prop

After the raw materials arrive at the factory, we will first conduct the first inspection of the raw materials, and only after all the dimensions meet the product specifications will they be officially put into production. The whole production process is supervised by professional producers. Each time a production process is completed, corresponding dimensional and quality inspections will be carried out. The data and results of each process inspection will be reported and entered into the system one by one. After each size of the final product has no problem, an inspection report of post shore will be made according to the detailed pictures of the inspection and provided to the customer, and finally the product will be packaged and loading container.

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The Most Striking Advantage As Below

Steel Prop Most Striking Advantage As Below

We spent one month testing all types of scaffolding props and had the most realistic test data.

Flexible adjustment of steel support height.

Certified height adjustment.

Easy to Assemble:

Extend tube to required height

Set pin through hole of inner tube.
Obtain exact height by sliding the screw position for minor adjustment

Economical to Use: Shoring Prop take more weight than timber props. They can be placed up to 2 meters apart depending on circumstances and less number are used making it economical.

Time Saving: Fewer scaffolding support means less labour involved and ease of assembling also saves time.

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The Types of Scaffolding Props

Steel Props

Name	Pic	Code No.	Adjust Height	Tube&Plate size	Finish
LIGHT DUTY PROPS		PSL01	1080-1790	40/48 48/56 48/60	Pre-gal Elec-gal HDG Painted
		PSL02	1800-3150
		PSL03	1950-3350
		PSL04	2570-3880
		PSL05	3200-4890
HEAVY DUTY PROPS		PSL01	1080-1790	48/60	Pre-gal Elec-gal HDG Painted
		PSL02	1800-3150
		PSL03	1950-3350
		PSL04	2570-3880
		PSL05	3200-4890
HEAVY DUTY PROPS		PSH01	1080-1790	63/76	Elec-gal HDG Painted
		PSH02	1800-3150
		PSH03	1950-3350
		PSH04	2570-3880
		PSH05	3200-4890

Head Steel Props

Name	Pic	Code No.	Adjust Height	Tube&Plate size	Finish
U TYPE HEAD PROPS		PSU01	1600-2900	40/48 48/56	Elec-gal HDG Painted
		PSU02	1800-3200
		PSU03	2000-3600
		PSU04	2100-3800
		PSU05	2200-4000
T TYPE HEAD PROPS		PS01	1600-2900	40/48/60 48/56/60/75	Elec-gal HDG Painted
		PS02	1800-3200
		PS03	2000-3600
		PS04	2100-3800
		PS05	2200-4000

Steel Props Accessories

In addition to the difference in diameter and thickness of inner/outer tubes for steel prop, the most important difference is the type of nut, which usually comes in three types.

STEEL PROP COMPOSITION

In addition to the difference in diameter and thickness of inner/outer tubes for steel prop, the most important difference is the type of nut, which usually comes in three types.

TRIPOD & FORK HEAD

EK's scaffolding Tripod is to adjust and support the steel prop. When steel prop are used for concrete and beam formwork, the Tripod serves to stabilize the steel prop. Maximum safety is guaranteed. EK's scaffolding tripod is made of square tube and round tube.

Fork Head is also one of the scaffolding products used with steel prop. It is placed on the top of the steel prop, which also plays the role of adjusting the steel prop and fixing the formwork system.

We can also customize Tripod and Fork Head for customers according to their requirements.

TABLE HEAD

Scaffolding table head is a connector used to fix H20 beams on top of scaffolding steel props.

The scaffolding table head is fixed and connected to the 4 holes on the H20 beam through bolts and nuts to ensure the firmness of the ground and the table head.

The Scaffolding table head only needs to be quickly assembled and disassembled by hammering.

Adjustable Steel Props (Shoring Posts) Technical Data Table

Name	Adjust Height(mm)	Base Plate(mm)	Inner Tube(mm)	Out tube(mm)	Materical	Wight(kg)	Load(kN)
Heavy Duty Props	1900-3500	1201208	63.5*2.6	76*2.6	Q355	20.20	39.88
Heavy Duty Props	2150-4000	1201208	63.5*3.0	76*2.6	Q355	23.67	45.51
Medium Duty Props	1980-3350	1501506	48.3*3.2	60.3*3.0	Q355	17.65	24.90
	1080-1790	1501506	48.3*3.0	60.3*3.0	Q345	10.34	25
	1800-3150	1501506	48.3*3.0	60.3*3.0	Q345	15.48	14
	1950-3350	1501506	48.3*3.0	60.3*3.0	Q345	16.38	11
	2570-3880	1501506	48.3*3.0	60.3*3.0	Q345	19.52	8
	3200-4890	1501506	48.3*3.0	60.3*3.0	Q345	23.22	7
Light Duty Props	1600-3000	1201204	40*1.4	48*1.6	Q235	8.64	10
	2200-4000	1201204	40*1.4	48*1.6	Q235	10.69	10
	1800-3200	1201204	48*1.6	56*1.8	Q235	11.53	10
	2000-3600	1201204	48*1.6	56*1.8	Q235	13.62	10
	2200-4000	1201204	48*1.6	56*1.8	Q235	13.70	10
	3000-5000	1201204	48*1.6	56*1.8	Q235	16.37	10

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How to Properly Install Adjustable Steel Props

When you choose to use steel supports, you must first know the height of the building so that you can choose a scaffolding props with a suitable adjustment range.

Adjust the inner tube to the desired approximate height. Keep the outer tube stable by placing the foot on the bottom plate.

Insert the pin through an adjacent hole in the inner tube.

After the pillar is vertical, the height can be adjusted slightly by turning the collar clockwise. This will rotate the inner tube.

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Application of Scaffolding Props

All support systems must be adjustable in height so that the formwork can be placed at the correct height and removed after the concrete has cured. Usually formwork steel props is used to support the formwork system. There are also some formwork systems that use a metal frame to support the tower, to which a steel plank is fastened. In this method, the adjustable formwork steel props is bolted through the adjustment holes.

Formwork system is an essential component in the construction industry, serving as a temporary structure used to support building materials during the construction process. Steel formwork system play a crucial role in providing stability and strength to the formwork, ensuring that it can withstand the weight and pressure of the building materials. These high-quality steel props are adjustable and reusable, making them a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution for various construction projects.

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Steel Props（Shoring Posts）FAQ

What certifications should I check when importing Steel Props from China?

To ensure site safety and regulatory compliance, look for: EN 1065 Certification: The European standard for adjustable telescopic steel props. SGS/TUV Load Test Reports: Independent verification of the Ultimate Load capacity. ISO 9001: For manufacturing quality consistency. Mill Test Certificate (MTC): To verify the raw material grade (e.g., Q235B or Q345B).
How to maintain the self-cleaning function of the Collar Nut?

Our props feature a Self-Cleaning Thread design. To maintain this:Ensure the nut is rotated fully through the thread after each use to expel dried concrete slurry.Do not apply heavy grease, which can trap abrasive sand; instead, use dry lubricants or simply keep the threads clear of physical debris.
How does the "Safety Clearance" design prevent hand injuries?

A professional steel prop should have a 100mm safety gap at the top of the outer tube. This prevents the inner tube from dropping completely and crushing the operator's hand during dismantling.
How to maintain the threads on adjustable shoring props?

Keep threads clean of concrete splatter. Our props feature a Self-cleaning Thread design that ejects debris during rotation. We recommend applying a dry lubricant periodically; avoid heavy grease which can attract abrasive sand and dust.
What is the difference between Light Duty and Heavy Duty Steel Props?

The distinction lies primarily in tube diameter, wall thickness, and material grade.
Light Duty: Typically features a 48mm outer tube and 40mm inner tube with a wall thickness of 1.5mm to 2.0mm. Best for residential shoring.
Heavy Duty (EN 1065 Standard): Uses 60mm outer and 48mm inner tubes with thicknesses up to 4.0mm. These are designed for industrial infrastructure and high-rise slab formwork where loads exceed 20kN per point.

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