Shade accessories
Membrane end plate with tension bolts
Curved plate at the membrane end, with threaded tension bolts and nuts that pull the fabric toward the structure.
The membrane end plate is a curved steel plate, commonly stainless or galvanized, fixed at a corner or at the end of a membrane edge. A row of bolt holes runs along the curved edge for the clamping strip that holds the fabric, and a slot window is cut in the plate. Threaded tension bolts with a flat eye (lug) end pass through and are tightened with nuts, pulling the membrane toward the structure. Each bolt can be adjusted on its own. Plate shape, thickness, hole pattern and bolt size on request.
Also called membrane end plate, edge end plate, tension bolt plate
Where it is used
- Corners of tensile shade membranes
- Ends of membrane edges fixed to the structure
- Tensile and parking shade structures
- Replacing worn plates and bolts when re-fabricing
Materials and sizes
Commonly stainless steel or hot-dip galvanized steel, with tension bolts and nuts to match. Plate shape, thickness, hole pattern and bolt size on request.
Questions about this part
How do I order the right end plate?
Send a photo or drawing of the old plate with the hole spacing, the plate thickness and the bolt size, or a photo of the membrane corner. Shapes and sizes are made on request.
End plate or corner plate assembly: which one do I need?
The corner plate assembly is the full corner kit with clamp, edge-cable lugs and U-bolt. The end plate is a curved plate with a row of holes for the clamping strip and threaded tension bolts that pull the membrane toward the structure. Send a photo of your corner and we will tell you which one fits.
Stainless or galvanized?
Stainless is chosen for visible corners and near water. Hot-dip galvanized is more economical and common on painted steel frames. Try to keep the bolts and nuts in the same metal as the plate.
Other accessories
- U tension hook with steel pin
- Wire cup
- Corner plate (angle plate)
- U-bolt set
- J-bolt (J-hook)
- Turnbuckle (rigging screw)
- D-shackle
- Wire rope & clamps
- Steel wire rope (galvanized / stainless)
- Aluminium keder profile
- Swaged threaded terminal (threaded stud)
- Swaged eye terminal
- Swaged fork terminal (clevis end)
- Membrane corner plate assembly
- Clevis pin with split pin
- Wire rope eye with thimble and pressed ferrule