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• How to: Install a Chemical Resin Anchor

  by Matthew Wang July 18, 2022
  What is a Chemical Resin Anchor? In some situations, using a traditional expanding plug, screw or anchor fixing in a breakable substance (concrete, brick or cement) can cause splitting or cracking. This is often the case towards the edge of the material and would therefore affect the strength, effi...

• What is the difference between rock bolt and rock anchor?

  by Matthew Wang June 24, 2022
  An anchor is a system used to transfer tensile loads to the ground. Soil nails and rock bolts are bar anchors that are normally passive, although they can be active, or be prestressed with a small load. How do rock anchor bolts work? Rock bolts work by ‘knitting’ the rock mass tog...

• The Types of Rock Bolts and Reinforcements Used with Rock Bolts

  by Matthew Wang June 9, 2022
  The Types of Rock Bolts Grout-Anchored Rock Bolt A grouted rock bolt is a threaded bar made of steel, or rebar bolts. Once drilling is done and this steel bolt is inserted, cement grout or resin grout can be used as the grouting agent. For reinforcement, a cable bolt made of steel wires ...

• What are self drilling anchors?

  by Matthew Wang May 9, 2022
  Self drilling anchors are special type of rod anchors. Self-drilling anchor consists of a sacrificial drill bit, hollow steel bar of the appropriate outer and inner diameter and coupling nuts. The anchor body is made of a hollow steel tube with an outer round thread. Steel tube has the sacrificial ...

• What are Rock Bolts?

  by Matthew Wang April 10, 2022
  Rock bolts were a game changer for safety in the mining and excavation industries. These long trusted anchors have undergone continual advancements, are simple to install, cost effective, and work well to keep rock in place and people and equipment safe.   What are Rock Bolts? Mining and the...