Specifying and Ordering

Tension & Compression Systems

Ancon Tension Systems are supplied as full systems and are not available as individual components.

System lengths are measured between the centres of the pins in the forks. The maximum bar lengths available should be considered when determining the system length.

The Ancon Tension System can be specified as follows:

System/size/system length/material/finish

A fully polished Ancon 500 stainless steel system using 16mm diameter bar, 2750mm between the pins would be specified as:-

Ancon 500/16/2750/SS/6

The material and finish codes are from the following table.

CODE	MATERIAL	BAR	FORK & NUT	COUPLER	DISC
CS/1	Carbon	Untreated	Zinc Plated	Zinc Plated	Untreated
CS/2	Carbon	Zinc Plated	Zinc Plated	Zinc Plated	Zinc Plated
CS/3	Carbon	HDG	Zinc Plated	Zinc Plated	HDG
SS/4	Stainless	Bright Drawn	Electro- polished	Machined	Machined
SS/5	Stainless	Bright Drawn	Satin-Polished	Satin-Polished	Satin-Polished
SS/6	Stainless	Hand Polished	Hand Polished	Hand Polished	Hand Polished

This table includes Ancon's standard finishes. Other finishes are available on request. Carbon steel systems can be supplied painted to customer requirements. HDG = Hot Dip Galvanised.

Corrosion Resistance

Electrodeposited zinc coating Fe//Zn12//A to EN 12329 on bars and discs will provide some protection against corrosion, but is only intended for systems that are internal installations. Hot-dip galvanizing to EN 1461 will provide greater protection but should be considered as only part of the overall protection treatment. Stainless steel affords the greatest protection and does not require any further treatment.

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