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Serving The Concrete Construction Industry For 15 Years

GATEWAY manufacturers a variety of accessories for the concrete forming and shoring market.  Click on any item below to view the data sheet.

A-Clamp Assembly

W-Clamp Assembly

Taper Tie Plugs

Concrete Panel Repair Plugs

  A-CLAMP ASSEMBLY

A-Clamps secure beam to beam, beam to stringer, stringer to stringer, beam to strongback, etc.  Shown in the drawing above right, the A-Clamp clasps 6½” aluminum beam to a pair of Strongback Channels.

 Beam and Strongback contain T-head A-Bolt slots which allow the ease of self-locking bolts.  A-Clamps come assembled with these self-locking bolts.

The lip of the A-Clamp pad is specially designed to snugly fit the foot of nearly all beam used in the field (and Strongback Channels).

The versatility of the A-Clamp makes it a most popular choice in shoring systems throughout the world.

GATEWAY also sells the T-Head A-Bolt without the aluminum clamping pad.  The A-Bolt comes assembled with the T-Head bolt, washer and zinc-galvanized nut.

  W-CLAMP ASSEMBLY

W-Clamps secure slotted beam to any flat surface of concrete shoring and forming members.  Shown here, a W-Clamp clasps 6½” aluminum beam to a steel I-beam.  The W-Clamp could be used here, or to connect to a flat stringer beam base. 

Beam and Strongback contain T-head A-Bolt slots which allow the ease of self-locking bolts.  W-Clamps come assembled with these self-locking bolts.

The lip of the pad is specially tapered to clamp down on any flat surface.  W-Pads are also sold separately for joining steel or aluminum to wood via a lag bolt.

The versatility of the W-Clamp makes is a most popular choice in shoring systems throughout the world. 

  TAPER TIE PLUGS

Taper Tie Plugs are used when taper ties are removed from concrete that is expected to be made water tight.

 TT Plugs are made of an elastic rubber alloy that allows the plug to distort and elongate as it is forced into the tapered hole left by the tie.

 With the proper insertion tool, the plug can be set either flush with the face of the concrete, or recessed a pre-defined depth.  The plugs have a concrete gray color that allows them to be flush mounted such that they are not obvious. 

 These drawings show the plug recessed into the concrete.  Once recessed, the plug can be grouted over to create a smooth concrete face.  The inside of the plug is ribbed to provide a positive grip for a grout application.

 Plugs come in a variety of sizes, with the most popular being 1”, 1-1/4”, 1-3/8”, 1-1/2”.  A plug insertion tool is also available.  Most sizes are in stock for immediate shipment.

 CONCRETE PANEL REPAIR PLUGS

GATEWAY INDUSTRIES provides a cost effective, time saving Concrete Forms Panel Repair System that replaces the old time-intensive bondo procedure.  Rather than grinding and/or sanding, backing, mixing automotive body putty, bondo applying, waiting to set, grinding or sanding, our system is as easy as drilling a hole in wood.  With bondo, cycle-time-to-complete ranges from a few to many minutes to hours and requires messy chemicals/materials. With our system, cycle-time-to-complete ranges from a few to many seconds with no mess and no additional materials.  With this system, holes are drilled into the panel that encompass the panel’s damage (or pre-existing hole) and a custom designed plastic plug is snapped into place. 

 The system consists of: 

• Panel Plugs, made of high strength engineered plastic and ribbed for a strong interference fit
• An ordinary 3/8” hand drill (generally 1200 rpm or more)
• A custom, carbide-tipped Drill Bit With Counterbore to create a lip that will perfectly fit the head of the plug
• A pre-assembled Drill Stand configured to guarantee accurate drilling and plug depth every time

 Properly configured, this simple-to-use system will create drilled holes that are a perfect match for the geometry of the plugs. Once snapped in place, the head of the plugs create a perfectly flush surface on the face of the concrete forming panel.  Unlike bondo, these plugs do not expand and contract with the weather and will not fall out of the panel.

 Panel Plugs (and Drill Bits) come in two sizes:  1-5/16” and 1-9/16”.  Irregular holes larger than 1-9/16” can be plugged by drilling/snapping one plug into the panel, then drilling a second hole that encompasses the remainder of the damage and cuts into the first plug.  Just snap a second plug into place. 

We also carry Plastic Drive Rivets that can be used to either plug holes of ½” or smaller, or to rivet new panels to old frames*.  Like aluminum rivets, Plastic Drive Rivets will strip under force, yet unlike aluminum, will tend not to destroy the panel's face. Drill Bits are available for rivets and are made up of ¼” high speed twist drills pre-assembled with countersink and stop.  Aluminum Rivets in the same size aree also available.

*The plastic rivets were designed with exceptionally strong engineered plastic compound, to be used in place of aluminum rivets. Although plastic does not have the strength of aluminum, they can be used in conjunction with aluminum rivets to provide the necessary strength.