Ground Anchor Construction

Jig for Straightening PC Steel Strands (Part 3) | On-Site Use

2018/12/23

Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

Our year-end party the other day was a huge success, and there’s now less than a week left in the year.

Let's stay focused and do our best!

But that's beside the point.

The PC steel wire guide spacer I designed in 3D CAD the other day is now complete.

PC Steel Wire Guide Spacer

Since there was a risk that the numbers might become illegible, I replaced them with symbols.

PC Steel Wire Guide Spacer 10 mm

I tried making 7 mm and 10 mm ones.

PC Steel Wire Guide Spacer 10 mm

I actually plan to use 10 mm, but I wanted to verify the strength of the 7 mm version.

However, since this is made of plastic, it’s this thick, but if it were made of steel, it could probably be made much thinner.

It's a bit pricey right now, lol.

Just under 1,000 yen each!

Well, prototyping does cost money, after all.

 

Tomorrow, I'll attach this to the actual anchor body and run a test.

Does it work or not?

Experiments like these are what make development so exciting.

 

See you later.

A Jig for Stretching PC Steel Wire as Straight as Possible (Part 1)

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