Plan Bearings – Series EF

Cotton duck fabric reinforced pad
Load: 14 MPa
Movement: None

APPLICATIONS

Series EF bearings can be used for bridges, viaducts, buildings, crane rail pads, seismic and vibration isolation pads, and shock-absorbing applications.

MATERIALS

Series EF bearings are made of multiple layers of 8-ounce cotton duck with 64 folds per 25-mm thickness, impregnated and bonded with a top quality elastomer and compressed into resilient pads of uniform thickness by compression and vulcanization.

This material meets the requirements of the following standards:

• ASSHTO
• LRFD Bridge Design Specifications (SI) 4th edition
• Tested in accordance with MIL-C-882 procedures
• Hardness, Shore A: 90 ± 5

Available thicknesses:

• 3.2 mm (1/8 in.), 6 mm (15/64 in.), 8.7 mm (11/32 in.), 12.7 mm (1/2 in.),
• 15.9 mm (5/8 in.), 19 mm (3/4 in.) and 25.4 mm (1 in.)
• Other thicknesses can be obtained by cold vulcanization

For technical information, download the brochure.