X'inhu Boltijiet tal-Ankra?

Ankorboltialsonamedfoundationboltsareboltswhichareusedtoconnectobjectsandstructuralelements
toconcrete.Theymayuseusefinverythingthingfromboltingahome, factorysteelstructuretobuilddamor
powerstationaswellasattachingsomeheavymachinerytothefloor.Lotsofmanufacturers (Pring Metal)
anchorboltsaroundtheworld.Thereareseveraldifferentstylesavailablefordifferentapplications.When
ithasbeeninstalledcorrely, theseboltsformaverystrong, solidconnectionwhichwilllastformore
minn għaxar snin.

TheclassicAnchorboltsisacastinplaceanchorbolt.Theseboltsareinseededintoncretetimeitis
stillwet, withthethreadedpartoftheboltstickingup.Whentheconcretehardens, theboltissetinplace,
andobjectscanbebolteddownwithheuseofanutwhichconnectstothethreadedsection.Theseanchor
boltijietareoftenusedinnewproġetti ġodda ta 'kostruzzjoni, fejnstabbiliment tal-ħitanandotherelementswhichneed
tobebolteddowniswellknown.

TheothertypeofAnchorboltsisaboltwhichinsertedintotheconcreteafteritsets.Theseboltsrequire
toqba adrilled, andheycanbefastenedinplacewithepoxy, orwithawedgewhichexpandstotrapthebolt
whenitistightened.Forretrofittingandsimilartasks, thesetypesofanchorboltscanbeveryuseful,
għalkemmitimportanttoinstallthemproperlyortheymayfail, f'xi żmienjastastrofikament.