Steel plays a key role in future construction, whether by creating high-demand living space or maintaining and building new infrastructure. The advantages of the material include a high degree of pre-assembled structures and elements, strength, hardness and elasticity with highly flexible processing, as well as its ability to be easily reused and now also produced and recycled with low emissions. fischer offers advanced steel anchors, injection systems and monitoring solutions for the steel and plant engineering of the future.
Fastening products by fischer equipped with digital features and connected to the IoT (Internet of Things) provide added efficiency while documenting and monitoring structures and plants.
Pioneering solutions for structural health monitoring
fischer Construction Monitoring is a unique combination of an intuitive monitoring application and powerful, sensor-integrated fasteners. This sensor innovation allows the status of fastening points to be monitored remotely from a PC or smartphone at all times, a crucial advantage for hard-to-reach fastening points, such as offshore wind farms, radio relay towers, etc. This makes maintenance more efficient, boosts safety and results in fewer downtimes and a longer building service life. The latest addition to fischer’s sensor-integrated fastening products is the high-strength SensorBolt screw, which is equipped with integrated force measurement and transfer technology without affecting its mechanical properties. Since 2022, the fischer SensorAnchor anchor rod and the fischer SensorDisc washer have been used in industrial, infrastructure and structural engineering sectors. The new SensorNode securely transfers data from the product to the corresponding gateway, where the measured values are transferred to a cloud storage system via end-to-end encryption, allowing the customer to gain a clear and easy-to-understand overview through a dashboard. A mobile or web application gives users access to the device and data on the go.
Innovations for plant engineering
The fischer FHB dyn chemical highbond anchor was designed for industrial plant engineering. The general design approval (aBG) has now been extended to cover the use of fischer’s injection system in steel fibre reinforced concrete for dynamic actions (Z-21.3-1748). The approval supplements the European Technical Assessment (ETA-06/0171) of the fixing solution for static and quasi-static loading in steel fibre reinforced concrete (M12 and M16). It is ideal for fastening pillar jib cranes, industrial robots and other industrial facilities on industrial floors, as their base plates are increasingly made of steel fibre reinforced concrete in Europe. A highly corrosion-resistant steel or shear force reinforced version of the FHB-A dyn further expands its range of applications to include corrosive environments or relatively thin concrete base plates and high dynamic shear loads, allowing the product to be used under maximum loading such as in tunnel construction. In order to fasten medium dynamic loads indoors, fischer offers the FDA dynamic anchor combined with the FIS HB highbond mortar.
As problem-solvers for facilities that work with substances that are hazardous to water, fischer’s FIS EM Plus injection mortar is suitable for applications in LP/LPP concrete (general design approval) and coated concrete (general design approval), enabling anchorages in sealing surfaces (according to Germany’s water resources act).
Steel anchors and tools for steel and plant engineering
With its suitability for various substrate materials, the fischer FAZ II Plus bolt anchor offers high load-bearing capacity in concrete (ETA), steel fibre reinforced concrete (general design approval) and sand-lime brick (assessment). Variable anchoring depths allow precise adjustment to the loads. Thanks to its higher tensile load-bearing capacity and its processing of high-strength materials, the new fischer FAZ II Plus generation requires fewer fastening points and anchors for each application and project. The ETA confirms the suitability of versions M16 to M24 in zinc-plated and stainless steel materials for dynamic loading. An external, independent assessment has certified an anchorage service life of up to 120 years (M10-M16). The ETA covers seismic performance categories C1 and C2 (M10 - M24). According to various assessments (ETA, RWS, ZTV, ETK), the FAZ II Plus is safe even in the event of a fire. Depending on the construction circumstances, the anchor can be used in holes created with a hollow, hammer or diamond drill using pre-positioned, push-through or stand-off installation. Under certain circumstances, sizes M8-M24 can be used without cleaning the drill hole.
fischer UltraCut FBS II concrete screws combine high load-bearing capacity with quick installation. Depending on the version, they are suitable for compliant applications in cracked and non-cracked concrete both indoors and outdoors, as well as seismic loading in performance categories C1 and C2. The ETA specifies its fire resistance class of up to R120. Thanks to its positive fit, the UltraCut FBS II guarantees reliable force transfer and installation free of expansion pressure. The concrete screw’s patented thread geometry and large core diameter support high shear and tensile loads in concrete, requiring fewer fastening points. It is easy to insert using push-through installation and doesn’t require any further drill hole cleaning when working with vertical drill holes in floors and ceilings or when using a hollow drill with a vacuum function. Depending on the diameter, the UltraCut FBS II offers a high degree of flexibility in terms of loading and fixture thickness, with up to three approved screw-in or embedment depths. Further applications are possible with sizes M6 to M14 in zinc-plated steel and M8 to M12 in stainless steel and through various head types, approvals for multiple fixings, the option to reuse the FBS II under certain conditions, low edge and axial spacing, the ETA of the FBS II 6-10 for masonry and other approved specialist applications.
fischer’s setting tools are also a guarantee of rapid project success. The FXC 85 tool safely drives nails into concrete and steel with the powerful 18V Bosch battery and with 85 joules of energy. It is compatible with any AMPShare device of the same voltage class. The FGC 100 gas-actuated setting tool is ideal for direct fastenings in concrete, steel, solid brick and sand-lime brick and drives nails safely and precisely with 100 joules of energy. Its powerful rechargeable Li-ion battery enables more than 8,000 fastenings per charge and is compatible with the fischer FGW 90F for fastening in wood.
