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Drive Anchor
Made of high-strength spring steel or of aluminum with a stainless steel pin for use in hard materials. Driven into a hole where it is...
Drop-In Anchor
Expandable concrete anchors set in pre-drilled holes. Accepts standard coarse thread bolts or threaded rod. Drop-in style anchors do not...
Expansion Shield
Also known as lead shield. Used with lag and machine bolts. As the bolt is tightened, the cone draws up through a slotted sleeve and expands...
Impact-Expansion Concrete Anchor
Diameter sizes range from 1/4” to 3/4” and lengths from 1-3/4” to 6”. The drill size used should be the same as the anchor...
Lag Screw Shield
Used inside drilled holes to provide anchors in the hole for lag bolts as they are wrenched into the shield. As the screw enters the shield,...
Molly Bolt
Also known as an expansion bolt. Consists of a screw in a metal sleeve. When the sleeve is inserted into a pre-drilled hole and the screw is...
Plastic Screw Anchor
Use with wood or sheet metal screws. Insert into a pre-drilled hole. User drives the screw through the anchor into the wall. Sizes range from...
Self-Tapping Concrete Screw
Hardened steel screws designed to cut threads in pre-drilled holes. Holes can be drilled through the item to be fastened without moving the...
Sleeve Anchor
Has a steel sleeve on the shank, split at the bottom so it can expand. The bolt has a cone-shaped plug at the base and a nut at the top. When...
Toggle Bolt
Used where the back of the wall is inaccessible. Works on a spring principle. The holding arms open after the screw and holder are inserted...
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