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#374: STEEL-WICH "Original Telescoping Rebar Positioner"® (TRP)

This new unique device holds and precisely centers rebar in a block core. The STEEL-WICH "Original Telescoping Rebar Positioner"® (TRP)allows for unlimited vertical movement of the rebar during block wall installation!

The Steel-Wich
(TRP) equips the mason with the new capability to "Telescope" or adjust, rebar during block wall construction. This allows reinforcing steel to be installed with ease, within the area of a masonry wall, which was difficult to do before.

"The Buffalo News" Steel-Wich Article

BAC Journal article Sept/Oct 2005 on Steel-Wich Rebar Positioner

Construction Specifer Magazine article "Preventing Safety Failures" October2006

 
 

Patent No. 6240688, 6141937
Canadian Patent No. 2254003
Made in the USA

 

Advantages of the "STEEL-WICH METHOD"®:

  • Increases a Mason's Productivity and Reduces Labor costs, with NO overrun costs whatsoever!
  • No Overhead lifting of heavy block over Rebar, "No Rebar in your face"!
  • Ability to install reinforcing steel with limited overhead clearance through the use of "Telescoping Rod Action".
  • Eliminates Rebar Waste, by accurate and secure placement method.
  • Provides superior structural strength in masonry wall construction by precise location of vertical reinforcing steel.
  • Full tensile strength of rebar may be realized, thus meeting specified building codes and designs.
  • Eliminates the need to grout block wall cores in sections and allows for a monolithic pour of grout.
  • Block integrity preserved, no waste of grout, controls the flow of grout, and provides containment within the vertical core.
  • Selective vertical and horizontal positioning of rebar possible, ensuring natural and mechanical bonds with grout.
  • Allows vertical Rebar to "cross" horizontal bond beam rebar at the top of masonry walls.
  • No problems with mechanical systems interfering with reinforcing steel.
  • Customize Rebar reinforcement on every job, without the extra cost.
 
STEEL-WICH® Installation Video
 
STEEL-WICH®: Town Hall Meeting with
Governor David A. Paterson
 
STEEL-WICH® Installation at Walmart Jobsite
Three sizes available :
374-S for #3, #4 and #5 bar
> HEAVY DUTY
374-L for  #5 and #6 bar
374-XL for #7 and #8 bar
 
Material: AISI C1065 Spring Wire with electro plated finish
 
   

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Steel-Wich™ Installation Instructions
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STEEL-WICH® Inventor's Message

 
 
STEEL-WICH® 24 LIN. FT. WALL USAGE CHART
24 lin ft. wall (total # trp's required) 5'4" - key
Total
Number
TRP's
Required
Wall
Height
288
152
104
56
8
48'
252
133
92
49
7

42' - 8"

216
114
78
42
6
37' - 4"
180
95
65
35
5
32'
144
76
52
28
4
26' - 4"
108
57
39
21
3
21' - 4"
72
38
26
14
2
16'
36
19
13
7
1
10' - 8"
8" OC
16" OC
24" OC
48" OC
6' rebar
©1999
 
TYPICAL WALL APPLICATION
 
Achieve Shift Load Transfer with state of the art hooked bond beam configuration using the STEEL-WICH®.
 

The STEEL-WICH® allows the mason to vertically adjust the hooked rebar into place over the horizontal bond beam rebar and lock it down.

     
       
Rebar Positioners

#376: Rebar Positioner

Available in Mill galvanized and Hotdip Galvanized for 8" (203 mm), 10" (254 mm), and 12" (305 mm) blocks. Assists in centering rebar. Eye is 1" (25.4 mm) in diameter.

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#377: Center Cage Vertical Rod Positioner
 
#378: Double Restraining Rebar Positioner
 
#379: Centering Clip for Horizontal Rods
 
 
 
           
 
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