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Cast-In Anchoring
Round Ferrule

37.1 Round Ferrules

GENERAL INFORMATION
PERFORMANCE RELATED MATERIAL INSTALLATION RELATED

Product Lt
15 mm

The Round Ferrule is a heavy duty, Cast-In Ferrule.

db
Benefits, Advantages and Features
Economical: L

~ Simple cost effective design.

Outstanding exterior durability:
~ 42 micron Hot Dip Galvanised coating.
Versatile:
~ Use in near face, far face or side face applications with our Principal Applications
range of accessories.
~ Structural connections.
~ Panel to panel connection.
~ High shear load applications.
~ Temporary precast panel bracing
points.

Installation

1. Fitted in a chair, to suit panel thickness.

2. Fixed to casting bed with a nailing plate.
3. Bolted through formwork.

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Installation and Working Load Limit performance details
Installation Details Minimum dimensions* Working Load Limit (kN)
Ferrule
Tightening Edge Anchor Structure Tension, Na
size, db x L Required Torque, Tr distance, ec spacing, ac thickness, bm Shear, Va Concrete Strength, f’c
(mm) cross bar (Nm)** (mm) (mm) (mm) 20 MPa 32 MPa 40 MPa
M12 x 96 N12 x 300 mm 30 130 250 130 8.2 22.6 25.3 27.7
M16 x 75 75 100 200 110 15.6 14.8 16.5 18.1
N12 x 300 mm
M16 x 96 75 130 250 130 15.6 22.6 25.3 27.7
M20 x 75 144 100 200 110 24.5 14.8 16.5 18.1
N12 x 300 mm
M20 x 96 144 130 250 130 24.5 22.6 25.3 27.7
* For shear loads acting towards an edge or where these minimum dimensions are not achievable, please use the simplified strength limit state design process to verify capacity.
** Recommended tightening torques are based on the use of grade 4.6 bolts.
Note: Confirm bolt capacity independently of tabulated values.

37.2 DESCRIPTION AND PART NUMBERS

Ferrule Effective Thread Part No.
Ferrule length, L depth, h length, Lt Cross hole
size, db (mm) (mm) (mm) to suit Zn Gal
M12 96 81 49 N12 FH12096
75 60 35 FH16075 FH16075GH
M16 N12
96 81 49 FH16096 FH16096GH
75 60 35 FH20075 FH20075GH
M20 N12
96 81 49 FH20096 FH20096GH

Effective depth, h (mm)

Read value from “Description and

Part Numbers” table.

37.3 ENGINEERING PROPERTIES

Stress area Carbon Steel Section
Ferrule at cross hole, As modulus, Z
size, db (mm2) Yield strength, fy (MPa) UTS, fu (MPa) (mm3)
M12 234 330 430 2224.0
M16 234 330 430 2071.0
M20 234 330 430 1747.0

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37.4

STEP 1 Select anchor to be evaluated

Table 1a Indicative combined loading – interaction diagram

50 Notes:
~ Shear limited by Gr. 4.6 bolt capacity.
~ Tension limited by the lesser of steel capacity
and concrete cone capacity.
Design tensile action effect, N* (kN)

40
~ No edge or spacing effects.
~ f'c = 20 MPa

30

M20 x 96
20

M16 x 75
10
M12 x 65

0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Design shear action effect, V* (kN)

Table 1b Absolute minimum edge distance and anchor spacing values, em and am (mm)
Ferrule size, db M12 M16 M20
am, em 40 50 60

Step 1c Calculate anchor effective depth, h (mm)

Effective depth, h (mm)

Read value from “Description and Part

Numbers” table on previous page.

Checkpoint 1 Anchor size determined, absolute minima compliance achieved, effective depth (h) calculated.

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STEP 2 Verify concrete tensile capacity - per anchor

Table 2a Reduced characteristic ultimate concrete tensile capacity, ØNuc (kN), Øc = 0.6, f’c = 20 MPa
Ferrule size, db
Ferrule length, L (mm) Effective depth, h (mm)
M12 M16 M20
65 50 19.7
75 60 26.6 26.6
96 81 40.7 40.7 40.7

Table 2b Concrete compressive strength effect, tension, Xnc

f’c (MPa) 15 20 25 32
Xnc 0.87 1.00 1.12 1.26

Table 2c Edge distance effect, tension, Xne

Ferrule size, db M12 M16 M20
Ferrule length, L (mm) 96 75 96 75 96
Effective depth, h (mm) 81 60 81 60 81
Edge distance, e (mm)
40 0.53
45 0.56 0.64 0.56
50 0.59 0.68 0.59 0.68 0.59
55 0.62 0.72 0.62 0.72 0.62
60 0.65 0.76 0.65 0.76 0.65
70 0.70 0.84 0.70 0.84 0.70
80 0.76 0.91 0.76 0.91 0.76
90 0.82 0.99 0.82 0.99 0.82
100 0.88 1 0.88 1 0.88
125 1 1 1

Table 2d Anchor spacing effect, end of a row, tension, Xnae

Ferrule size, db M12 M16 M20
Ferrule length, L (mm) 96 75 96 75 96
Effective depth, h (mm) 81 60 81 60 81
Anchor spacing, a (mm)
40 0.58
50 0.60 0.64 0.60
60 0.62 0.66 0.62 0.66 0.62
70 0.64 0.69 0.64 0.69 0.64
80 0.66 0.72 0.66 0.72 0.66
90 0.69 0.75 0.69 0.75 0.69
100 0.71 0.77 0.71 0.77 0.71
125 0.76 0.84 0.76 0.84 0.76
150 0.81 0.91 0.81 0.91 0.81
175 0.86 0.98 0.86 0.98 0.86
200 0.91 1 0.91 1 0.91
225 0.96 0.96 0.96
250 1 1 1

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Table 2e Anchor spacing effect, internal to a row, tension, Xnai
Ferrule size, db M12 M16 M20
Ferrule length, L (mm) 96 75 96 75 96
Effective depth, h (mm) 81 60 81 60 81
Anchor spacing, a (mm)
40 0.16
50 0.21 0.27 0.21
60 0.25 0.33 0.25 0.33 0.25
70 0.29 0.38 0.29 0.38 0.29
80 0.33 0.44 0.33 0.44 0.33
90 0.37 0.49 0.37 0.49 0.37
100 0.41 0.55 0.41 0.55 0.41
125 0.51 0.68 0.51 0.68 0.51
150 0.62 0.82 0.62 0.82 0.62
175 0.72 0.96 0.72 0.96 0.72
200 0.82 1 0.82 1 0.82
225 0.93 0.93 0.93
250 1 1 1

Checkpoint 2 Design reduced ultimate concrete tensile capacity, ØNurc

ØNurc = ØNuc * Xnc * Xne * ( Xnae or Xnai )

STEP 3 Verify anchor tensile capacity - per anchor

Table 3a Reduced characteristic ultimate steel tensile capacity, ØNus (kN), Øn = 0.8
Ferrule size, db M12 M16 M20
Round ferrule
73.6
tension capacity

Step 3b Reduced characteristic ultimate bolt steel tensile capacity, ØNtf (kN)
Establish the reduced characteristic ultimate bolt steel
tensile capacity, ØNtf from literature supplied by the
specified bolt manufacturer. For nominal expected
capacities of bolts manufactured to ISO standards,
refer to section 35.

Checkpoint 3 Design reduced ultimate tensile capacity, ØNur

ØNur = minimum of ØNurc, ØNus, ØNtf

Check N* / ØNur ≤ 1,
if not satisfied return to step 1

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STEP 4 Verify concrete shear capacity - per anchor

Table 4a Reduced characteristic ultimate concrete edge shear capacity, ØVuc (kN), Øq = 0.6, f’c = 20 MPa
Ferrule size, db M12 M16 M20
Edge distance, e (mm)
35 4.6
40 5.6 5.6
50 7.8 7.8
60 10.3 10.3 10.3
80 15.8 15.8 15.8
100 22.1 22.1 22.1
125 30.9 30.9 30.9
150 40.7 40.7 40.7
200 62.6 62.6 62.6
300 115.0 115.0
400 177.1 177.1
500 247.5

Table 4b Concrete compressive strength effect, concrete edge shear, Xvc

f’c (MPa) 15 20 25 32
Xvc 0.87 1.00 1.12 1.26
α
V* Table 4c Load direction effect, concrete edge shear, Xvd
Angle, α° 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 - 180
Xvd 1.00 1.04 1.16 1.32 1.50 1.66 1.80 1.91 1.98 2.00
Load direction effect,
conc. edge shear, Xvd
Table 4d Anchor spacing effect, concrete edge shear, Xva
Note: For single anchor designs, Xva = 1.0
Edge distance, e (mm) 35 40 50 60 80 100 125 150 200 300 400 500
Anchor spacing, a (mm)
35 0.70 0.68 0.64 0.62 0.59 0.57 0.56 0.55 0.54
40 0.73 0.70 0.66 0.63 0.60 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.53
50 0.79 0.75 0.70 0.67 0.63 0.60 0.58 0.57 0.55 0.53
60 0.84 0.80 0.74 0.70 0.65 0.62 0.60 0.58 0.56 0.54 0.53
80 0.96 0.90 0.82 0.77 0.70 0.66 0.63 0.61 0.58 0.55 0.54 0.53
100 1.00 1.00 0.90 0.83 0.75 0.70 0.66 0.63 0.60 0.57 0.55 0.54
150 1.00 1.00 0.88 0.80 0.74 0.70 0.65 0.60 0.58 0.56
200 1.00 0.90 0.82 0.77 0.70 0.63 0.60 0.58
250 1.00 0.90 0.83 0.75 0.67 0.63 0.60
300 0.98 0.90 0.80 0.70 0.65 0.62
450 1.00 1.00 0.95 0.80 0.73 0.68
600 1.00 0.90 0.80 0.74
750 1.00 0.88 0.80
900 0.95 0.86
1050 1.00 0.92
1250 1.00

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Table 4e Multiple anchors effect, concrete edge shear, Xvn
Note: For single anchor designs, Xvn = 1.0
Anchor spacing /
0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80 2.00 2.25 2.50
Edge distance, a / e
Number of anchors, n
2 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 0.72 0.76 0.80 0.83 0.86 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.95 0.96 0.98 1.00
4 0.57 0.64 0.69 0.74 0.79 0.82 0.86 0.89 0.92 0.94 0.97 1.00
5 0.49 0.57 0.63 0.69 0.74 0.79 0.83 0.87 0.90 0.93 0.97 1.00
6 0.43 0.52 0.59 0.66 0.71 0.77 0.81 0.85 0.89 0.93 0.96 1.00
7 0.39 0.48 0.56 0.63 0.69 0.75 0.80 0.84 0.88 0.92 0.96 1.00
8 0.36 0.46 0.54 0.61 0.68 0.74 0.79 0.84 0.88 0.92 0.96 1.00
9 0.34 0.44 0.52 0.60 0.67 0.73 0.78 0.83 0.87 0.91 0.96 1.00
10 0.32 0.42 0.51 0.59 0.66 0.72 0.77 0.82 0.87 0.91 0.96 1.00
15 0.26 0.37 0.47 0.55 0.63 0.70 0.76 0.81 0.86 0.90 0.95 1.00
20 0.23 0.35 0.45 0.54 0.61 0.68 0.75 0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95 1.00

Checkpoint 4 Design reduced ultimate concrete edge shear capacity, ØVurc

ØVurc = ØVuc * Xvc * Xvd * Xva * Xvn

STEP 5 Verify anchor shear capacity - per anchor

Table 5a Reduced characteristic ultimate steel shear capacity, ØVus (kN), Øv = 0.8
Ferrule size, db M12 M16 M20
Round ferrule
83.0*
shear capacity
* This value requires minimum f’c = 32 MPa.

Step 5b Reduced characteristic ultimate bolt steel shear capacity, ØVsf (kN)
Establish the reduced characteristic ultimate bolt steel
shear capacity, ØVsf from literature supplied by the
specified bolt manufacturer. For nominal expected
capacities of bolts manufactured to ISO standards,
refer to section 35.

Checkpoint 5 Design reduced ultimate shear capacity, ØVur

ØVur = minimum of ØVurc, ØVus, ØVsf

Check V* / ØVur ≤ 1,
if not satisfied return to step 1

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STEP 6 Combined loading and specification

Checkpoint 6 Check

N*/ØNur + V*/ØVur ≤ 1.2,

if not satisfied return to step 1

Specify
Ramset™ Round Ferrule,
(Ferrule Size x Length) ((Part Number))
with a (Bolt Grade) bolt.
N12 x 300 mm cross bar required.

Example
Ramset™ Round Ferrule,
M16 x 75 (FH16075) with a Gr. 8.8 bolt.
N12 x 300 mm cross bar required.
To be installed in accordance with
Ramset™ Technical Data Sheet.

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