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BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN January 2013 CTS Machine Shop Supplies Anchor Heads for: Smokey Falls Power Generating Station in Kapuskasing, Ontario In late August of 2012, Con-Tech Systems Ltd. was approached by Geo-Foun- dations Contractors Inc. to supply them with the necessary anchors and hard- ware to complete a job. The job was at the Smokey Falls Power Generating Sta- tion in Kapuskasing, Ontario. The customer was Ontario Power Generation. It was going to be an interesting project. There weren’t many anchors, however; the 6 anchors that were required consisted of 37 strands each at over 100’ long per strand. On top of this, each individual anchor had to be remotely monitored by load cells to make sure that there was no shifting of the anchors in the future. This required some custom hardware such as externally threaded anchor heads, load cells, re-stressing tubes, and load cell platens. Due to the complexity of the added hardware, it was deemed necessary to create a 3D model of all the com- ponents. This way, all parties involved could visually see how things worked and fit together before hand so that there would be no issues on the job site. After many meetings, discussions and brainstorming sessions, everyone involved agreed on a plan and production moved forward. ... continued on page 2 Visit us at: DFI/ADSC Anchored Earth Retention Systems Seminar March 21 - 23, 2013 Salt Lake City Utah SuperPile Conference May 15 - 16, 2013 The Hilton Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota EXCLUSIVE North American Supplier of: We are a member of: “Pioneering Geo-Technical Solutions” www.contechsystems.com
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January 2013
CTS Machine Shop Supplies Anchor Heads for:
Smokey Falls Power Generating Stationin Kapuskasing, Ontario
In late August of 2012, Con-Tech Systems Ltd. was approached by Geo-Foun-dations Contractors Inc. to supply them with the necessary anchors and hard-ware to complete a job. The job was at the Smokey Falls Power Generating Sta-tion in Kapuskasing, Ontario. The customer was Ontario Power Generation.
It was going to be an interesting project. There weren’t many anchors, however; the 6 anchors that were required consisted of 37 strands each at over 100’ long per strand. On top of this, each individual anchor had to be remotely monitored by load cells to make sure that there was no shifting of the anchors in the future. This required some custom hardware such as externally threaded anchor heads, load cells, re-stressing tubes, and load cell platens. Due to the complexity of the added hardware, it was deemed necessary to create a 3D model of all the com-ponents. This way, all parties involved could visually see how things worked and fit together before hand so that there would be no issues on the job site.
After many meetings, discussions and brainstorming sessions, everyone involved agreed on a plan and production moved forward.
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This Project a Glance:Owner: Ontario Power GenerationContractor: Geo-Foundations Contractors Inc.Project Location: Kapuskasing, Ont.Project Start Date: August 2012Project Completion: Complete
CTS materials used:• CTS Machine shop• CTS Strand Anchor hardware
Thanks to the new addition of CTS Machining, Con-Tech Systems Ltd.’s machine shop, all machining of hardware was able to be done in-house. This was a huge benefit in time, cost, and design.
The anchor heads were machined from a billet piece of 1045 grade steel primarily on a CNC mill. The machining process in-volves drilling all required holes for the strand to pass through, as well as holes for grouting operations and tapped holes for lifting and restrainer plate bolts. After the basic head was machined, it was externally threaded with a 14”-4 TPI ACME thread so that, should the need ever arise, it could be re-stressed using the CTS supplied Re-Stressing Tube Assembly. The stressing head re-quired was machined from a billet piece of 4140. The original block of steel weighed over 350 pounds and it took over 40 hours to complete the machining. In addition to common parts such as the anchor and stressing head, this project also required CTS to supply some less common parts such as load cell platens and a relatively new design - organizing fingers. This product is use-ful for anchors with a lot of strand and a long tail length. It al-lows the contractor to install the organizer and use it to install the stressing head on the strands, and then be able to remove the organizer, so that it may be re-used again on the next anchor.CTS was honored to work on such a special project and would like to send a special thank you to both Daniel Lees and Gavin Edmunds of Geo Foundations for the opportunity.
Con-Tech Systems Ltd. would like to sincerely thank Geo-Foundations Contractors Inc. for awarding CTS this project.
For more information about this project please contact: Brent Smith: [email protected]
Machining ....
Machined and threaded
Organizing Fingers: Separated
Organizing Fingers: Overlapped
Load cell platens
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1 7/8” 150 KSI 150 - 0118 150 - 0171 150 - 0170
Ultimate: 409 kips $ 6.50 LF $ 30.00 ea $ 28.00 ea Yield: 371 kips
Avail: 7,200 LF Avail: 282 pcs Avail: 474 pcs
1 1/4” 150 KSI 150 - 0095 150 - 0157 150 - 0154 Dome Nut
Ultimate: 191 kips $ 2.95 LF $ 10.00 ea $ 8.00 ea Yield: 168 kips
Avail: 8,800 LF Avail: 400 pcs Avail: 1,400 pcs
# 18 GR 97 120 - 0006 120 - 0005 120 - 0004 Hex Nut
Ultimate: 467 kips $ 8.00 LF $ 45.00 ea $ 20.00 ea Yield: 391 kips Avail: 2,900 LF Avail: 500 pcs Avail: 739 pcs
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Special Announcement:
Service Award: We are pleased to announce that Eric DeVelbiss has received an award for 5 years of Service.Eric works for CTS in Charlotte, NC and is our Plant Manager at this location. Congratulations on 5 hard working years Eric!
“COPiES DOn’T CuT iT” Con-Tech Systems Ltd. is very proud of the fact that we are the EXCLUSIVE SUPPLIER in North America of the famed, and Internationally Registered, ISCHEbECk TITAN HOLLOW bAR which also includes any reference to TITAN bAR, and TITAN THREAD. Please contact us should you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!
New Employees in Blaine : Warehouse Manager: Allen Cerny Production: Robert Giuggio, Andrew Docksteader. Welcome!
Eric Develbiss
Brockville Plant employees: Darryl Gallacher, Pete Stapper, Vince MacDonald, Tony Wilson, Dana StrangWill Tuinstra
RECOGniSinG OuR HARD WORKinG PRODuCTiOn AnD PlAnT STAFF:
Employee’s Corner:
Charlotte Plant employees: Chris Hatley, Roger Bennett, Milburn Mckinney, Shawn barksdale, Jonathan Smith, Earnel brooks
Machine Shop employees: Ryan Donovan, Will Holder, Harry Tuinstra
Delta Plant employees: Milenko Grahovac, Ramon Orpilla,William Zhang
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