Splicing Couplers

The splicing couplers mentioned herein are mechanical devices used to connect concrete reinforcing bars. These couplers provide a parallel thread mechanical splicing system for connecting reinforcing bars, ensuring structural integrity and load transfer between bars without additional rebar or welding. They are helpful because they maintain the continuity of the load path, create full strength against both tension and compression stresses, and remove the possibility of errors resulting from misjudgment of lap lengths. Splicing couplers is essential in the modern construction scenario, given the purpose of providing continuity of reinforcement and stability to structures like bridges, dams, and buildings.

In the 1980s, our principals at Bartec Company developed an innovative solution for threaded sleeves, which can be engaged with the externally threaded reinforcement bar. This solution started to replace the lapping of bars, which saved a lot of steel and made the project Progress Faster, Execution Easier, Measurements error-free, and a lot of savings on the structure's dead load.