CINTEC AMERICA LAUNCHES NEW EARTHQUAKE ANCHOR

CINTEC America will launch a new anchor system at Restoration '95 San Francisco to be held at San Francisco Hilton Towers December 10 - 12 1995. 'Spinetec' is an innovative anchor system specially designed to help protect buildings from the rigours of seismic movement and earthquakes.

The new product creates a steel spine within the structure of a building providing support to withstand seismic shocks without affecting its external appearance.

Spinetec comprises conventional CINTEC anchors, which incorporate a stainless steel section in a mesh fabric sleeve into which a specially designed cementitious grout is injected under controlled pressure.

The grout is contained within the fabric sock, which expands to about twice its normal diameter, moulding itself into the shape of any voids and providing a positive bond.

A small amount of bonding agent included in the grout mix passes through the stitches in the fabric sock and forms a chemical bond between the sleeve and surrounding material.

A combination of vertical, horizontal or diagonal anchors are linked together using special fixings, creating an internal spine of steel within the structure to be strengthened.

The horizontal anchors have intersecting rings, squares or rectangles attached to the main body of the anchor, with either welded or screw fixings. The diameters of these rings can be varied from 40mm to 200mm depending upon the loads required and the strength of the parent material.

The horizontal anchors are installed first and then the vertical or diagonal anchors are positioned throughout the structure, passing through the rings, linking them together.

Each set of anchors is then injected under pressure and as the grout expands it forms a seal around the ring. The anchors can also be articulated at the joints, allowing a degree of movement in the event of a seismic shock.

Issued by
CLS CINTEC America Inc.
North America Customer Services
38 Auriga Drive
Nepean, Ontario
Canada K2E 6A5
Phone: 1-800-363-6066
FAX: 1-800-461-1862

September 12 1995