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Proven. Easy to Install. Cost-Effective

Since 1998, contractors and engineers have used the Load Plate Basket^® assembly in saw-cut contraction joints to achieve superior load transfer in concrete slabs. PNA's Load Plate Basket^® assemblies provide a more efficient way to deliver the durable, maintenance-free slabs your customers expect.

The Load Plate Basket^® assembly helps you:

• Optimize the amount of steel in a project
• Collect retainage
• Reduce call backs
• Save labor
• Deliver serviceable slabs-on-ground
• Shorten construction schedules

Design Advantages

• Provides an increased bearing area of steel at the joints for superior load transfer
• Limits differential deflection across joints to minimize joint spalling
• Load Plate Basket^® clips hold foam in place to allow lateral movement to accommodate slab shrinkage and act as a de-bonding agent
• Can be located up to within six inches of a joint intersection

Installation Advantages

• Requires fewer man hours for installation than historical methods
• Easy to handle - can be carried and installed by one person during concrete placement
• Allows for easy subgrade leveling at any point prior to concrete placement to prevent rutting, restraint and cracking
• Construction tolerances allow for misalignment without causing restraint in the panels
• Fully welded assemblies, offering stable dowel support during installation
• Bundled and shipped on skids for easy shipping and handling on the jobsite
• Custom and stock baskets available through national distribution network

Dowel size and spacing for construction and saw-cut contraction joints

Source Material: ACI 360R-06, Design of Slabs-on-Ground, Tables 5.1 & 5.2; ACI 302.IR-04, Guide for Concrete Floor and Slab Construction, Tables 3.1 & 3.2
* Total dowel length includes allowance made for joint opening and minor errors in positioning dowels
** Rectangular plates are typically used in saw-cut contraction joints
*** Construction tolerances required make it impractical to use diamond-shaped load plates in saw-cut contraction joints
Note: Table values based on maximum opening of 0.20 in.(mm). Dowels must be carefully aligned and supported during concrete operations. Misaligned dowels may lead to cracking.

Round Dowel/Rectangular Plate Dowel Conversions for Equivalent Load Transfer

Source Material: "Plate Dowels for Slabs on Ground". Wayne W. Walker and Jerry A.
Holland. ACI Concrete International, July 1998.