Blast Window Retention Anchor Systems offer safety

Words: Jennifer MorrellCINTEC America of Baltimore, Md., a structural masonry retrofit company, says its Blast Window Retention Anchor Systems offer a customized solution for each application and masonry substrate to provide maximum resistance to explosions.

At the site, the CINTEC Blast Window Retention Anchor Systems, fashioned out of a steel bar enclosed in a mesh fabric sleeve, are inserted into the masonry and then connected to the frames. A non-polymer, cementitious grout is then injected into the sleeve under low pressure. The grout fuses with the mesh, expands and shapes itself around the steel to fit the space. CINTEC uses low-volume wet diamond drilling techniques to reduce or even eliminate water damage associated with conventional concrete wet drilling.

CINTEC says a wide range of the Blast Window Retention Anchor Systems is available to suit specific window needs. After analyzing the complex loadings and reactions that take place where the window frame meets the supporting facade, each CINTEC system is designed to meet the conditions under which it must perform. The customizing process is unique to the masonry lay-up. Extensive in-situ load testing on various sizes and types of CINTEC Blast Window Retention Anchor Systems has proven that large blast loads can be resisted successfully, while providing a reliable, secure and fool-proof fixing in all types of masonry substrate.
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