Availability of Aluminum Molding provides components for DIY or professional industry projects

Whether you are at home and trying to figure out the best way to hang the new center piece of art over your fire place or you are a general contractor on a job searching for the most efficient way to hang panels or partitions on a wall, you likely have come across the term Panel Clips or Panel Z Clips through your online research. In hanging anything on a wall, the main objective becomes stability and installation of the product. Second to that is its functionality. These aluminum extruded clips are lightweight and very user friendly. Contractors and do it yourself advocates can take comfort in knowing that a product like this is readily available.

Aluminum extruded material is cost effective because it is a light weight metal but the usability of these Panel Clips provides a hanging solution to a variety of industries. The demand of aluminum extruded material continues to grow and the availability of practical products on the marketplace provides useful solutions to your job. These clips are a fast and easy method to hang material as the “Z” shaped clips wedge together locking the panel or partition in place. The stability of these clips largely depends on proper installation. With a variety of standard sizes from lightweight clips to heavy duty clips, there is a product for every need. Lightweight frames and pictures that are not high weight barring products can use lightweight, thin clips. Cabinets, mirrors and other large partitions and panels that are heavier can use the heavy duty clips. When properly installed with the clips being fastened to the wall, there is no reason for the clip not to work for your job.

The design of these clips, also commonly referred to as the hanging cleat or French cleat, allows for easy removal of the product for any future need without the use of tools. Functionally this eliminates any permanency of the hung product. Critical dimensions such as offset (how far the product sits off the wall) and drop (how far the clips drop/wedge together) allow the installer to determine which product is best for the job. Pre drilled holes on the clips eliminates additional on the job time consuming finishing.
Panel clips are a simple and cost effective product that can be used to hang anything from elevator panels and cabinetry in commercial settings to mirrors and picture frames in residential settings. Orange Aluminum supplies these clips, among other aluminum extrusions as standard products that are in stock and ready to ship to your job site.