500PLUS® REIDBAR™
500PLUS® REIDBAR™ is a hot-rolled continuously threaded steel reinforcing bar and coupler system which can be cut and joined at any point, greatly improving steel flexibility. It’s a solution well suited to commercial construction.
500PLUS® REIDBAR™ is a hot-rolled, continuously threaded, steel reinforcing bar and coupler system. The rugged threads are resistant to damage and permit rapid coupling on site enabling continuous reinforcing through the slab.
OneSteel Reinforcing offers 500PLUS® REIDBAR™ in most reinforcing bar diameters (12, 16, 20, 25 & 32mm), while Reid Construction Systems provides an extensive range of couplers and construction accessories such as nuts, threaded inserts, foot plates, grout sleeves and nailing plates, enabling the 500PLUS® REIDBAR™ system to be used in a wide variety of applications.
Smaller diameter bars can easily be cut using bolt cutters or an abrasive cutting wheel, while larger diameter bars may be cut using an oxy-acetylene torch.
No special tools are necessary to tighten 500PLUS® REIDBAR™ components. Provided the bar is screwed tightly against the centre stop, or fully through the component, whichever is appropriate, the full breaking strength will be developed.
Onsite benefits of using REIDBAR™ include:
- Economical to splice without specialised equipment
- Design flexibility and simplified detailing
- Wide variety of construction and ground support applications
- Can be substituted for ordinary N Class rebar
- Reduces congestion of reinforcing
- Increases productivity
- Minimises waste
The versatile applications of REIDBAR™ include:
- Staged construction
- Wall to floor connections
- Wall to wall connections
- Column to wall connections
- Beam to slab connections
- Slab penetrations
- Starter bars
- Shear reinforcing
- Tilt-up/precast concrete
- Refurbishment and rectification works
- Wind bracing
- Hold/tie down bolts
- Ground stabilisation
- Rock bolting
- Soil anchoring
Additional product design and application information is available in the comprehensive OneSteel Reinforcing 500PLUS® REIDBAR™ Technical Manual.
The speed and simplicity of coupling using 500PLUS® REIDBAR™ can be seen in a recent featured project.