Yearly Archives: 2010
Diagram of Post Tensioning Slab
Your typical Unbonded Post-Tensioned concrete slab will require the following items: Post-Tensioning Tendon Anchorage Devices (at stressing, intermediate, fixed ends) Reusable Pocket Formers (at stressing ends) Split Pocket Formers (at intermediate ends) Wedges (at stressing, intermediate, fixed ends) Stressing Equipment … Continue reading
Shipping Post-Tension Tendons
AMSYSCO Inc. ships its post-tensioning tendons primarily via flat-bed trucks (as seen in the picture above). The tendon bundles have the “eye to the sky” and are on top on dunnage. Usually, the bundles are unloaded using a overhead crane at the … Continue reading
Historical Timeline of Anti-Dumping with Prestressed Concrete Strand
Historical Timeline of Anti-Dumping (AD) and Countervailing Duties (CVD) associated with Prestressed Concrete (PC) Steel Wire Strand. December 8, 1978: U.S. Treasury issued antidumping findings on PC strand imports from Japan. February 3, 1999: After its first review, U.S. Department … Continue reading