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Cement Anchor Screws
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The following information refers to the Tapcon brand cement anchor screw:
Standard Sizes
Diameter - the cement anchor screw comes in two standard diameters of 3/16” or 1/4”
Length – the 3/16” diameter comes in 7 standard lengths of 1-1/4”, 1-3/4”, 2-1/4”, 2-3/4”, 3-1/4”,3-3/4” and 4” the 1/4” comes in 9 lengths of 1-1/4”, 1-3/4”, 2-1/4”, 2-3/4”, 3-1/4”,3-3/4”, 4’, 5” and 6”.
Large Diameter Sizes
Diameter- the large diameter cement anchor screws come in
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Nov 5th 2011
Double Expansion Anchor
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Applications
Designed for use in solid concrete, brick, hollow block and solid block for medium to heavy-duty fastening.
Design
The double expansion anchor is designed with two wedges at opposite ends of the anchor. Once a bolt is inserted and rotated, the two wedges expand the anchor body evenly outwardly against the walls of the hole in the base material. The even expansion of the anchor body eliminates high-stress points, which makes it an ex
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Oct 31st 2011
Flat Head Sleeve Anchors
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Parts
A flat headed sleeve anchor is a special type of masonry fastener made up of four parts: an internal stud that is flared outwardly and cone shaped on one end with the other end threaded, a sleeve that fits over the internal stud, and a flat countersunk head that threads onto the stud. All parts of the flat-headed sleeve anchor are zinc plated and are packaged assembled.
Working Principle
The flat-headed sleeve anchor is an expansion-type anchor that
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Oct 24th 2011
Powers Fasteners Zamac Nailin™ 3/16” x 7/8” Mushroom Head – 2802
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The 3/16” x 7/8” Mushroom Head Powers Fasteners Zamac Nailin anchor is designed for anchoring very thin and light material to normal weight concrete, hollow concrete masonry (CMU), brick masonry or natural stone.Listings
Federal GSA Specifications are met by the Powers Fasteners 3/16” x 7/8” Mushroom Head Zamac Nailin listed as FF-S325C, Group V, Type 2, Class3 and CID A-A 1925A, Type 1.Material Specifications
The materials used in the manufact
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Oct 24th 2011
Drill Bits for Tapcon
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Configuration
The flat end of the Tapcon drill bit is on the opposite end of the carbide tip and is the end of the bit that is inserted into the installation tool kit. This flat end of the Tapcon bit is aligned flat side out when inserted into the installation toolkit so that a set screw can be tightened against it, holding the Tapcon bit tightly in the installation tool.
Standards
Any carbide tipped masonry bit that is manufactured to meet
ANSI standa
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Oct 5th 2011