Theoretically Reducing Tension Time | Improving the Efficiency of Anchor Tensioning
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. My eyes look like Colonel Muska’s. (See *Castle in the Sky*.) But anyway, to all you anchor installation supervisors out there—you aren’t actually waiting 60 or 180 minutes for the anchors to set, are you? Cycle, test load, minimum measurement…
When You Mess Up the Precise Head Position of a Tie-Down Anchor (Part 3)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Picking up where I left off last time, here’s a solution for when the SEEE head housing is too short to apply tension. There’s actually something like this! It’s a sort of bushing that you slip over the SEEE-specific head housing. Now, a bushing is…
When You Mess Up the Precise Head Position of a Tie-Down Anchor (Part 2)
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. The rain we had the other day—our first in a while—made the pollen situation a lot more bearable, but as it gradually gets warmer, it’s probably going to turn into hell lol. It would be perfect if only there weren’t any pollen… Anyway, back to where we left off the other day. Installing the head module is a pretty precise process…
When You Mess Up the Precise Head Position of a Tie-Down Anchor (Part 1)
Hi everyone, this is Enta. It’s not something that happens very often, but I just finished a construction project on a mountain where a landslide was actually happening lol. The mountain was shifting almost every day! lol. That’s definitely not something you get to experience very often, is it? It had shifted a few millimeters in just a few days after we arrived. We started drilling…
Temporary Anchor Removal Process (Extraction)
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta. Isn’t this just beautiful? This is the mark left by gas cutting the bracket for a temporary ground anchor. You can see an indescribable flow where the molten iron solidified as it spurted out. I ended up taking several shots of just this one photo, lol. Actually…
Temporary Anchor Removal Process (Cleanup)
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. It’s cold because of the cold snap, but the Nagoya area still feels warmer than other places. If I go somewhere like Nagano while I’m used to these temperatures, it’s pure hell lol. I really need to take care of my health, but pollen season has already started! I can definitely tell!!…
What Is the Basic Exam? | Basics of the Anchor Exam
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’ve been conducting preliminary tests at a job site for the past few days. Have you ever done a preliminary test for ground anchor work? When performing this kind of ground anchor work, the key factor is the anchorage layer. This preliminary test is designed to verify that…
Dealing with a Loose Anchor (Part 1) | Identifying the Cause
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. Something a bit troublesome happened on site the other day! I’m keeping my cool, though lol. Well, not really, but it’s the same issue I wrote about the other day! An anchor came loose lol. It was a failure of adhesion near the design load. The rock was in really bad shape…
For Those Who Can't Sleep Because Their Anchor Is Missing | Coping Strategies and Mindset
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. We had a good downpour the other day, didn’t we? My crotch got cold in that raincoat with a tear in the crotch lol. Not that it matters at all, though lol. Anyway, moving on—there’s a “dangerous-looking” pile here that we’re installing as part of the ground anchor work! By “dangerous-looking” here, I mean one that might come loose under tension…