Bolts and Bolting

Chapter 1: Strength of Expansion Bolts

Feb 23rd, 2009 | By patrick | Category: Bolts and Bolting, Featured Page

This is Chapter 1 of Patrick Andre’s series of articles on Bolting and Bolting safety.

First of all – unless you are a bolting guru (and then you do not need to read this article anyway) – I want you to thoroughly read the Bolt Guidance Document from the BMC. This very good article provides the necessary basis to delve into more technical details and some anecdotes of our beloved Malaysia.

The BMC doc talks about various types of bolts used in the market.
In Malaysia the following types are used:
• Expansion Bolt (in the BMC article The Through or Wedge Bolt)
• Chemical Bonded Bolts

While [...]

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Patrick Andrey’s Series on Bolting Safety

Feb 23rd, 2009 | By putra | Category: Bolts and Bolting, News

In response to the article “The Dangers and Risks of Haphazard Bolting“, Malaysia’s resident bolting sensei, Patrick Andrey of BlocX and Stretchmarks Asia has decided to lend his time into witting a bit about bolting safety and also a history of bolting in Malaysia and its safety concerns. Pictured left in a not so flattering picture taken by Angeline Yan (Sorry Patrick… I couldnt find any other, you might have seen him prowling Camp5 if you are there often enough,

He shall be doing this in a series of posts separated into chapters for easier reading under the category “Bolts and [...]

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