Universal Bypass Clips (UBC)

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Product Highlights

• Eliminates shims and scabs.
• Provides vertical movement up to 3" (1-1/2" up and 1-1/2" down) when installed as a deflection application.
• Specially designed to simplify welding installation.
• Fast, one-piece universal installation. No left or right handed clips.
• Proprietary deflection screws provide frictionless slip connections. One bag (80 screws) included.

• Includes one bag of 80 proprietary deflection screws per bucket
• Material Structural Grade 50 Type H (ST50H), 50ksi
• Coating G90 (Z275) hot-dipped galvanized coating
• See submittals for product weights

Installation

Installation: Connections to the building can be made with screws, welds powder-actuated fasteners. Mechanical fasteners shall be located on the embossed marks given on the scored line of the 1-7/8" flange. Attach building anchors to the structure according to the manufacture’s instructions. Anchors shall be installed through the embossments on the scored line of the clip as shown on the attached drawings. In no case shall anchors be installed more than 3/4" from the bend on the short leg of the clip. In cases of discrepancy between this information and the Design Engineer’s details, the Design Engineer’s details shall be followed. For a Rigid Connection: Attach the Universal Bypass Clip to cold-formed steel framing members using (6) #10-16 minimum self-drilling screws (not included) for the 14ga clip and (6) #12-14 minimum self-drilling screws (not included) for the 12ga clip through the clip holes into the steel framing. For a Deflection Connection: Attach the Universal Bypass Clip to the cold-formed steel framing using (3) #14 proprietary deflection screws (included) through the (3) slotted holes and positioned to allow for the appropriate building deflection. Proprietary Deflection Screws: Many of the ClarkDietrich deflection clips include our proprietary deflection fastener that has been specifically designed to provide friction-free deflection. These fasteners eliminate drag, binding or resistance that can often occur with common fasteners.

ClarkDietrich Suggests Instead

Connectors they list as alternatives for this connection.

• Extended FastClip™ (FCEC)
• Extended Uni-Clip™ (UXRC)

Documents

Served straight from ClarkDietrich so you always get the current revision. Each code's own submittal sheet is on its row in the table above.

• SustainabilityPROSustainability
• UBC Deflection Design GuideDocument
• UBC Rigid Design GuideDocument
• IAPMO ER-0729Document
• SFIA ConnectorDocument
• AISI S100-16 (2020) w/S2-20Code report
• SDS For ASTM A1003 Steel Framing ProductsSafety data sheet
• AIA / CEUDocument
• CAD Details LibraryCAD detail
• Clip Express Product CatalogCatalog page
• Architectural SpecsSpecification
• CAD DetailsCAD detail

CAD Details

5 details for this connection, each published as a PDF to read and a DWG and DXF to draw with.

• CD UBC-D1PDFDWGDXF
• CD UBC-D2PDFDWGDXF
• CD UBC-R1PDFDWGDXF
• CD UBC-R2PDFDWGDXF
• UBC-ChartPDFDWGDXF