Expansion joints are designed into concrete structures to decouple components and avoid stress cracks. Shear force dowels or shear dowels transmit shear forces which occur in such joints.

MAX FRANK offers the optimum shear dowel type to suit a wide range of applications:

• Egcodorn^® WN/WQ & N/Q: for high loads
  
• Egcodorn^® DND: for dynamic loads
• Egcodübel: for small to medium loads
  
• Egcopal: impact sound insulated
  
• NEW Egcodorn^® SWN/SWQ: for wall applications

NEW: Egcodorn^® SWN/SWQ for wall applications

The Egcodorn^® SWN/SWQ is a combination of a dowel with an anchor body, and a sleeve set in concrete without an anchor body. This changes the static conditions compared to standard application with Egcodorn^® WN/WQ & N/Q.  The longitudinally displaceable Egcodorn^® SWN allows displacements in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the dowel. The transversely displaceable Egcodorn^® SWQ allows displacements in both directions.

• Due to static and geometric boundary conditions, there is no need for an anchor body on the wall side.
  
• Lower installation depth in the wall compared to standard shear dowels with anchor body.
  
• Subsequent installation by drilling and gluing possible. In this case, the minimum reinforcement or equivalent must be verified.
  
• The Egcodorn^® SWN allows movements in the logitudinal direction of the dowel.
  
• The Egcodorn^® SWQ allows movements in the longitudinal and transverse direction of the dowel.