Precision Grouting: Base Plates, Machinery and Anchors

This seminar explains how grout transfers load, how cementitious and epoxy grouts behave and are tested, how to detail and place a grouting job so it achieves full bearing, and how to specify, install and verify bonded anchors and starter bars.

Learning objectives

1. Explain how grout transfers load from base plates, bearings and machinery to the foundation, and how flow, bleed, volume change and effective bearing area decide success
2. Compare cementitious and epoxy grouts and select between them by gap, load, vibration, temperature and chemical exposure
3. Design the grouting detail, including gap and shoulder dimensions, formwork, head box, venting, expansion joints and placement method
4. Specify anchoring of bolts and starter bars with resin or cementitious anchor grouts, including installation, curing and testing

Modules0 of 5 done

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How grout carries the loadLoad paths, bearing area and why a thin layer under a machine matters · About 11 min · 8 min video

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Cementitious grouts and testingNon-shrink grades, consistency, volume change and hot-weather placing · About 11 min · 6 min video

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Epoxy grouts and grout selectionEpoxy grout properties and testing, and choosing between epoxy and cementitious · About 11 min · 6 min video

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Designing the grouting detailGap, shoulder, formwork, head box, venting, joints and placement method · About 11 min · 5 min video

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Anchoring bolts and starter barsResin and cementitious anchor grouts: design, installation, curing and testing · About 16 min · 7 min video

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Assessment10 questions · pass mark 80% · 2 attempts