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PACO Special Moment Frame (SMF) System PACO Steel and Engineering Corp. has developed a state-of-the-art pre-engineered, pre-fabricated and cost-effective Special Moment Frame to resist both lateral and gravity loads. Special Moment Frames allow the architect to design large clear openings and provides the Engineer of Record a frame capable of maintaining structural integrity. Using PACO Steel's lightweight sections, for the SMF, the installation is fast, performed by the standard framing crew (no welders), fits into standard 2x4 or 2x6 wood walls and is less expensive than site-built wide flange moment frames. PACO Moment Frames are compatible with wood, LGS or heavy structural framing systems. PACO will provide the EOR, calculations, submittal documents and detail drawings for the moment frames and their attachments to the foundation. This will reduce design time for the engineer and provide a cost-effective solution for large clear span openings. PACO Special Moment Frame Connections PACO unstiffened extended end plate connection has an end plate that extends beyond the outside of the connecting PACO beam flanges. The end-plate is shop-welded to the end of a PACO beam and is then field-bolted to a PACO column flange with four rows of high-strength bolts using a total of 8 bolts. The excellent inelastic response capacities of the PACO SMF beam-column connections have been validated through numerous tests conducted at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VirginiaTech) utilizing the testing protocol per Appendix S of 2005 AISC Seismic Provision. Test results for the PACO SMF beam-column connection configuration indicate that the connection is capable of sustaining an interstory drift angle of more than 0.04 radians, exceeding code requirements. The measured flexural resistance of the connection, determined at the column face, was greater than 0.80 Mp, where Mp=(1.1 Ry Zx Fy), of the connected PACO beam at the interstory drift angle of 0.04 radians. SMF General Information -Allows Architect to design large clear openings. -Provides Engineer a frame capable of maintaining structural integrity.