Gratings for United States projects, made in India
What it takes to land gratings on a United States site: the port they clear through, the standards a consultant will hold them to, and the paperwork that has to travel with them.
Getting gratings into United States
American buyers rarely doubt Indian capacity. They doubt whether the paperwork survives an ASTM review, which is a fair doubt, because plenty of it does not. We galvanize to ASTM A123 and ship the mill test certificates with the container, so the check happens on your desk instead of on trust.
Port of entry
Port of Houston, TX
Also cleared through Port of Los Angeles / Long Beach, CA, Port of Newark, NJ.
Shipped FOB, CIF, CFR.
Standards that apply here
- ASTM A123
- ASTM A36
- NEMA VE-1
- UL Listed
- ISO 9001:2015
- IS 2713
- BS 4592
Every shipment travels with mill test certificates against the grade specified on your order.
Who buys this in United States
Oil & Gas · Solar & Renewable Energy · Data Centres · Automotive & CNC · Construction · Utilities & Power
Trade picture
USA is the #1 importer of steel structures from India. 54% share, 434 shipments under HSN 7308. #1 for solar module mounting structures. CNC cables grew at 44% CAGR FY17–FY24.
Electroforged Gratings
Vajra International is an electroforged grating manufacturer and exporter in Kolkata, India, producing electroforged and press-locked steel gratings to IS 2713 for walkways, platforms and industrial flooring. Bearing bars and cross rods are fused into a rigid, hot-dip galvanized panel with matched stair treads, clips and nosings, load tables and bar pitch configured to span and duty, shipped direct on FOB/CIF terms.
Before you write the enquiry
The technical detail behind the decisions on this page.
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- Export
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- Technical Guide
Electroforged Grating Specification: Load Tables & Bar Size Guide
Most grating buyers over-specify the bearing bar by one size. How to read a load table and size grating for actual UDL, not worst-case theoretical load.
- Export
India Metal Export HS Codes 2026: Cable Trays, Earthing & Busbars
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Other lines going into United States
Gratings into United States — the questions that come up
Answered by the people who make the product, not a sales desk.
There's no fixed minimum internationally. Gratings commonly travel in the same container as cable tray, steel supports or handrails. Panel size, up to 1000×6000 mm, and the bearing-bar spec set the weight per panel, so tell us your total m² and destination port and we'll work out the most economical shipment.
Standard bearing-bar and pitch configurations typically ship in 3 to 5 weeks from order confirmation. Custom panel sizes, non-standard bar pitch or large stair-tread quantities extend that. Share the layout drawing early; bar pitch and panel-cutting detail is usually what sets the schedule.
IS 2713 is the Indian standard for steel gratings, covering bearing-bar and cross-rod dimensions and load classification. BS 4592 is the British standard, widely referenced on Gulf and Commonwealth-market tenders, covering similar load-table and open-area requirements but with different reference tables. A manufacturer working to both can certify the same panel against either; tell us which one your project specifies.
Standard bearing-bar and cross-rod configurations give roughly 55 to 70% open area, depending on bar pitch and cross-bar spacing, enough for drainage, ventilation and light transmission while holding load capacity. Tighter pitch at 30 mm reduces open area but suits finer mesh needs for dropped-object protection. Wider pitch at 60 mm increases open area for maximum ventilation and drainage.
We supply electroforged gratings to four main segments: refinery and petrochem expansions (Reliance, IOCL, BPCL, Gujarat and Andhra sites), specialty-chemical plants (Aarti, Deepak Nitrite, PI Industries), power generation (NTPC FGD retrofits), and solar O&M platforms. We cut site-specific openings and assemble custom panel units in the factory, which speeds up EPC schedules. Export to GCC, East Africa and Vietnam is growing.
Send us the gratings spec for your United States job.
Drawings, a BOQ line, or the standard you have been given. You will get back specification, finish, lead time and a landed price to Port of Houston.
- MTC · COO · inspection reports
- ±0.01 mm precision · in-house QA
- FOB · CIF · CFR to all major ports

