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ABOUT THE PocketShear ®

The PocketShear ®, Model 501HC, now allows the engineer of record on any concrete structure to specify concrete coverage over Post Tension Tendons to meet building codes, even in tight beam and banded configurations.

The PocketShear ®, Model 501HC, is a patented, open-throat, cold shear, that slips over the strand at the end of the pocket and slides into the pocket up to the anchor. It is then hydraulically actuated to cold-shear the strand approximately 1" from the face of the anchor.

In High Corrosion environments, a 2" pocketformer is commonly used and the PocketShear ®, Model 501HC, will then provide 1" concrete cover over the end of the Tendon.

Consider the alternatives:

PocketShear ®

Model 501HC

Only the PocketShear ® Model 501HC can assure you of adequate concrete cover, no heating of the Tendon or the Wedge set and a clean cut end for possible Lift-Off, if necessary.  It also alleviates the need for a "fire watch" or Hot Work Permits.
Abrasive Saw Blades

Typically these devices can get no more than 1/16" into the pocket, thereby affording little or no protection and certainly do not meet any building codes.
Oxyacetylene Cutting Torches

These devices Heat the Tendon and possibly the wedges in the anchor if the cutting takes place deep in the pocket.

Even if the correct cut length occurs, the Tendon has been heated and the ends are left jagged, impossible to grab for a "Lift-Off."

Without any controls there is no assurance that there is much, if any, cover on the end of the Tendon.

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