This tie breaks 2 into the wall and solves any thermal bridging that can occur with steel in the concrete wall.
Wall ties concrete forms.
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Wtf offers a wide variety of concrete form accessories designed to increase efficiency no matter what application.
Today we produce and ship over 30 million ties a year and over 200 000 aluminum concrete forms to 45 countries worldwide.
Wall thickness from 6.
When properly fitted with cones or other they hold the wall forms at the proper distance to create the desired concrete wall thickness.
The pin and wedge system is simple and fast allowing unskilled labor to be quickly trained in the use of the equipment.
Once the concrete has been placed the tie is broken using the wtf tie breaker.
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A form tie contains two parts namely internal tension member and external holding device.
Emi construction products is your source for construction supplies including concrete forms concrete accessories plywood forms wall ties aluminum forming supplies and a variety of other construction materials.
14 gauge galvanized use two 3 1 2 long wedges for each tie.
This is designed for use with the wtf foam and tie retainer.
Their 5 8 wide formed v design for rigidity allows accurate form spacing and support.
The cones allow the snap tie to be broken off inside the concrete for surface patching.
Not recommended for wall pours greater than 4 high.
Steel plywood product categories 1.
A form tie is an accessory used in formwork used to hold the concrete wall forms firmly against the lateral pressure of freshly placed plastic concrete.
Base ties are used in conjunction with base tie bolts typically in forming situations where steel ply style concrete forms are set up against an existing concrete masonry bricks wall or similar structure.
The world s largest aluminum concrete forms manufacturer and supplier wall ties forms inc is the premier designer of aluminum concrete forming systems and concrete formwork accessories.
The first breakback is 2.
They maintain equal space between the forms which results in uniform thickness of walls.
From the standard pin and wedge to custom concrete forming accessories wtf offers the widest product line available today.
This tie has two different breakback points.
The simpson strong tie wt 6 wedge form ties are designed for low foundation wall applications with a 6 width.
Over 40 years ago as a new business wtf manufactured wall ties thousands of them.
The second breakback is 5 16.