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Most Bechtel 2008 Highlight Projects Use Squirters

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Squirters: Technology For a Modern World
The times they are a-changin” — Bob Dylan. There was a day when, if you wanted a steel erector to “snug” a connection, mark it, then hold the bolt head and rotate the nut either 1/3rd, ½, or 2/3rd turn, it would happen. Today, it probably won’t... Read Full Article (pdf)

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Bolting Contructability: in 3D3D
3D Interactive Bolting Technology: helping to prevent global warming, solve world hunger, bring our troops home, and all the while making for Better Constructability.
Read the "Boltzitzer" Prize* nominated article:

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"Emailing Interactive 3-D Bolting Pictures Makes for Better Constructability"

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North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC)
The Steel Conference
Hosted by American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
Nashville, TN
April 2 - 5, 2008

Please stop by and drive a Squirter at booth #1015

www.aisc.org/nascc/

WindPower 2008
Conference and Exhibition
Hosted by American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
Houston, TX
June 1 - 4, 2008

After seeing our ads run for almost a year, come drive a Squirter DTI at our booth #3156.

Also, try our Torque to Tension Demo in a calibrated Skidmore-Wilhelm. Apply the prescribed torque value to an M36 jobsite bolt and guess what the bolt tension will be...

www.windpowerexpo.org

24th Annual Ironworkers Instructor Training Program
Hosted by the National Apprenticeship and Training Program
& International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Ironworkers
a.k.a. Ironworkers
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
July 14 - 18, 2008

www.ironworkers.org/events

November 2007 Squirter DTI's Specified for Dubai's new Jebel Ali airport project.

The steel frames for Dubai's existing airport terminal stuctures, Terminal One, then Terminal Two, have used Squirter DTI's. In 2005 Cleveland Bridge Middle East proposed Squirter DTI's for the first parts of the Dubai International Airport structures, some 29,000 tonnes of steelwork. The consultant, DAR of Cairo asked CBME to test the Squirters extensively to be sure the silicone squirt could be a reliable indicator of bolt tension. CBME then went on to use them and throughout the project, now with Terminal Three about 42,000 tonnes. Squirters gave the owners visual assurance the connections were done right, and the Squirt feature helped avoid overtensioning the A490 bolts.

Now the next Dubai airport is beginning construction, and Squirter DTI's are to be used again.

Visit DAR's Site:
http://www.dargroup.com/

May 2007 Applied Bolting Celebrates Opening of their new Squirter Room

The twenty employees of Applied Bolting took a break for lunch, and then toasts with champagne, to celebrate the official opening of their new Squirter DTI production room. After five years in much smaller accommodations, the added 3000 square feet of space will make the operation of the three silicone deposition robots and the associated curing equipment much more economical and worker-friendly.

Australian Steel Institute Lectures

The Australian Steel Institute, who are convinced that Squirter DTI's make steel construction more economical, have arranged a series of lectures around various cities in Australia to promote fully tensioned bolts, using Squirter DTI's. Applied's Christofer Curven is one of two featured speakers. More information and Schedule | Australian Steel Institute Website

They Said it Couldn't Be Done...

They said it couldn't be done - to stamp a 5/16" thick 16 bump Squirter to fit an M64 (2 1/2"+) diameter bolt and to generate 1680 kN of force (!!). But we did it, and now we are continuing to perfect the Squirt action on bolts of these diameters. Call for information.

"You have a formidable Quality System."

— PRI/NADCAP Lead Auditor — June, 2006

The QA Lab at Applied Bolting did it again in June. For the fifth time in eight years, (accreditations last for two years, in case you are wondering) we have achieved accreditation to the demanding requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. By meeting this standard, we show the world that the quality of our products and services stands up under stringent independent evaluation. This type of evaluation keeps us sharp and enables us to give you, the customer, a constantly improving level of quality in all that we do for you.

If you have any questions regarding our QA Lab, its accreditation or the services we can offer you, call me — John Herr — Director of Quality Assurance at 1-800-552-1999.

Read More: Quality at Applied Bolting Technology

SQUIRTER FAQ: What to include in Inspection Test Plans (ITPs)

Bolt Coating Thickness and Nut Overtapping — A Lesson in Practical Necessity

Applied Bolting Helps Union Ironworkers Apprentice Program

Here's what some have to say about Squirters and Applied Bolting's
benefit to the industry of structural steel bolting.
We are truly flattered.
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Recommended Wrench Capacity & Make

Use of DTI Washer in Accordance with ICC Specifications

Squirter use helps CBE and DAR achieve bolting and inspection in record time at Dubai International Airport

The first 8000 tons of the new terminal building used standard DTI's. When Cleveland Bridge began their portion, they began to use Squirter DTI's. Now, several hundred thousand Squirters later, they would not change back. The project has three levels of inspection: Cleveland Bridge, the outside inspection company, and the inspectors from the owner's consultant DAR. Despite all this inspection, CBE state that they get their bolting done and approved in record time, and they tell us that's because of the visual comfort that Squirters afford the site staff. As the bolts approach full tension, the installers and inspectors can see it, and they don't go too far. Once CBE finishes a point, it gets inspected, and there are never call-backs.

View The Dubai International Airport project page

Visit the DAR Group website

Coated Bolts Can Improve Constructability

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Direct Tension Indicators: Squirter DTI's and Constructability

Bolting can consume 30 percent of all field labor to erect steelwork. Inspection labor would be in addition to this.

Technologies make a lot of sense that reduce field installation and inspection labor, and that?s what constructability is all about. Read more here.

M36 Euro Squirter DTIs- Cheaper, Better Than Torque

Here's some work we did on proving the M36 DTI made specially for the windpower industry really works:
Read more here.

Other Companies Mentioning Squirters

There are a number of companies out there who either have adopted squirters or have them featured on their websites. Among them A. W. Chesterton, and Cooper & Turner in the UK. Click here for a list of more.

A. W. Chesterton now has information on our specially manufactured Squirters intended for B7 studs on pipe flanges, called "DTS" washers by Chesterton, up on their all-new website at http://www.chesterton.com/products/mp/product/?product=DTS

Have a look, call the Chesterton dealer near you, and get some to try.

BULLETINS

Bolt Clinic CD-ROM. Applied Bolting's newest way for you to get technical help in the field. Now available online or for download!
Click here to get one for your site

See a brief powerpoint presentation on our development of a custom Squirter for the M36 DIN 6914 bolts used in many wind turbine shafts
Download Presentation (14MB)
(Self-Running PowerPoint...PowerPoint not needed)
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Squirter DTI's selected by Doosan on Vietnam's Phu My 2 Heat Recovery Stream Generator - more

New Spanish squirter Installation and Calibration sheet - click here

Revolutionary in concept, Conxtech Structural Steel Frames - take a look

Squirters and Squirter-Twist Bolts Win Modern Steel Hot Products Competition! -
The results are in! Attendees at the North American Steel Construction Conference in Long Beach California were invited to vote for products that they thought merited a "People's Choice" award. They voted, and the winners were both Squirter-Twist bolts and Squirter DTI's. Congratulations to us at Applied Bolting Technology. Now, what do we win?

Application Advisory: Weathering Steel DTI's on Bridges

World's Tallest Flagpole Assembled with Squirter DTI's - take a look

"Tell-Tale" SQUIRTER™ DTIs. Inexpensive, low pre-load, just to tell that some tightening was done on the bolt. click here