Here's a quick note regarding Vent Hole Plugs. The large majority of customer requests are for aluminum Vent Hole Plugs. However, they are also available in zinc. There are several reasons a fabricator will request zinc rather than the less expensive and more malleable aluminum. The foremost reason would be potential corrosion. Mind you, we would be talking about corrosion over a very long period, possibly 20 to 30 years... but some jobs will call for the plug to be zinc.
Tags: Aluminum Plug, Galvanized Vent Plug, Galvanized Vent Hole Plug, Vent Hole Plug
This blog applies to setting threaded studs, handrail posts, anchor bolts, rebar, etc.
Tags: EZ Sleeve, Anchor Bolts, Rebar Anchor, Rebar Coupler
Things are changing a bit for both structural and miscellaneous steel fabricators. In the past, they have mostly stayed away from anything to do with concrete and the masonry side of the business, including rebar. Their interaction was often limited to welding masonry anchors onto columns and beams. This applied to items such as the wire tie, the Hohmann & Barnard Gripstay or the slotted channel.
Tags: Masonry Anchors, Rebar Anchor, Rebar Coupler
One of the most overlooked factors in anchor bolt manufacturing is the bend in a hooked bolt. We’ve seen them done using a variety of methods, but the one to be careful with is the press brake.
Tags: Anchor Bolts, Bent Anchor Bolts
We get a lot of questions about cutting and drilling slide bearings. Under the typical pressure of time constraints, fabricators will frequently purchase our stock sheets and do the cutting and drilling themselves. If time allows, they will often elect to have our professionals at The Steel Supply Company deliver the bearings cut to size with holes and slots already done.
Tags: Slide Bearings
Perhaps the second-simplest looking products we manufacture are slotted steel shims (see below for the #1 simplest).
Tags: Steel Shims
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Closing or sealing vent holes in any steel that has been Hot Dip Galvanized can be time consuming and expensive. If the closure is done by welding the Vent Hole shut, the welding process will also do a lot of damage to the galvanized surface.
Tags: Galvanized Weep Hole Plug, Aluminum Plug, Galvanized Vent Plug, Galvanized Vent Hole Plug, Vent Hole Plug
