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System M - 50mm Drop in Stainless Anchors with swaged terminal studs

Price: $14.20 per run + wire + GST

 

This is a professional looking, slimline stainless wire balustrade for use with concrete or masonry anchor points. System M should not be used with cavity bricks or hollow core masonry blocks. The fittings can be pre-swaged to the wires in our factory to your exact measurements or you can hire one of our easy to use hydraulic swaging tools and swage them yourself. When properly installed into solid concrete or masonry, the M6 x 50mm drop in anchors have a tensile working load of 2.1Kn.

 

Helpful Tips

System M is easy to install. All you need is a ruler, masonry drill, masonry drill bit, hammer, rod or setting tool and spanner.

  1. Use the template to mark your holes.
  2. Drill 8mm diameter holes to a depth of exactly 50mm. A piece of tape can be wrapped around your drill at this depth.
  3. Insert the Drop in Anchor into the hole and push down until it bottoms.
  4. Insert a rod or setting tool (punch) into the mouth of the anchor and hit it with a hammer to drive the expander plug down and lock the drop in anchor into the hole. The shoulder of the punch should finish level with the top of the anchor.
  5. The LHT/RHT swage studs are then screwed into the inserts at each end to tension the wire. They can only be tightened until the thread "bottoms" on the expanded plug.
  6. To cover any damage caused by drilling the holes, stainless washers can be inserted between the swage studs and the anchor points.

We recommend 3.2mm 1 x 19 stainless steel wire rope which is the smoothest and strongest wire for balustrading.

This system is suitable for runs up to 10 metres.

Wires can be spaced 80mm apart provided the distance between the intermediate posts is no greater than 1200mm.

Do not bend wire around corners. It can damage the wire, put excessive stress on the anchor posts and make it difficult to tension.

The tension of the wire can be checked by hanging a full 2lt milk container on the wire in the mid-point between the posts and measuring the deflection. If the wire deflects more than is allowed by the BCA Guidelines then it will need to be tensioned further. Be careful not to over tension the wires as this will put excessive strain on your anchor points.