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  2. Anchor bolt - Wikipedia

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    torque controlled: the anchor is inserted into the hole and secured by applying a specified torque to the bolt head or nut with a torque wrench. A particular sub-category of this anchor is called wedge type. As shown in the figure, tightening the bolt results in a wedge being driven up against a sleeve, which expands it and causes it to ...

  3. Screw piles - Wikipedia

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    Helical anchors consist of an extendable steel shaft with helical bearing plates. Piles or piers refer to strong base elements that withstand or transfer vertical/horizontal loads. Anchors are piles utilised only in tension applications like restraining wall tiebacks or vertical ground anchors made to resist overturning forces.

  4. Tieback (geotechnical) - Wikipedia

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    Grouted tiebacks can be constructed as steel rods drilled through a concrete wall out into the soil or bedrock on the other side. Grout is then pumped under pressure into the tieback anchor holes to increase soil resistance and thereby prevent tiebacks from pulling out, reducing the risk for wall destabilization.

  5. Pipe support - Wikipedia

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    A pipe anchor is a rigid support that restricts movement in all three orthogonal directions and all three rotational directions, i.e. restricting al the 6 degrees of freedom This usually is a welded stanchion that is welded or bolted to steel or concrete. [2] In case of anchor which is bolted to concrete, a special type of bolt is required ...

  6. How Nutcrackers Became a Classic Symbol of Christmas

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    There are so many enduring symbols of Christmas: the trimmed tree, stockings hung by the chimney with care, and of course, jolly Ol' Saint Nick.But for Ree Drummond, there's one Christmas ...

  7. Martin Scorsese Shares the Hilarious Reason Why He ... - AOL

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    The Oscar winner talked to PEOPLE ahead of the premiere of his new faith-based anthology series 'Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints' The boy who’d grow up to direct The Last Temptation of ...

  8. Damar Hamlin's life was saved by an AED. Here are 5 things ...

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    His medical event isn’t an isolated one. Hamlin spent several days in critical condition in the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after collapsing during a game ...

  9. Powder-actuated tool - Wikipedia

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    Ramset powder-actuated tool. A powder-actuated tool (PAT, often generically called a Hilti gun or a Ramset gun after their manufacturing companies) is a type of nail gun used in construction and manufacturing to join materials to hard substrates such as steel and concrete.