PC (Pre-stressed Concrete) Wire
PC (Pre-stressed Concrete) wire has usage in many fields, such as cement poles, pre-stressed concrete, pressure pipes, spun poles, hollow core slabs, railway sleepers, etc.
These Wires have very high order of uniformity in tensile strength, close size tolerances, and long life which makes it applicable in various fields.
Strength of PC Wire:
- In-built quality checks in all stages of manufacturing - steel making, rolling and wire drawing
- Narrow tolerances
- Consistency in properties
- PC Wire used in pre-stressing of concrete railway sleepers.
- Brings down the amount of steel required by 10%
- Lowers the concrete requirement due to reduced size of structural members
- PC Wire eliminates the necessity of extra post tensioning treatment with thermo-mechanical processing
Benefits of PC Wire
- Higher fatigue
- Corrosion resistance
- Better performance at elevated temperature
- Can give full play to the performance of the material
- Improve crack resistance
- Anti-permeability
- High tensile strength
- Saving steel