DOWELS & CRADLES

The Dominator 75/10 plate dowel is the most advanced in plate dowel design, and has the following features:
● A constant width steel plate, and
● A tapered sleeve.
The width and thickness of the Dominator plate dowel have been selected for:
● High bearing capacity (but not excessive bearing capacity) in narrow joint widths,
● High bending capacity for a range of joint widths, and
● Tapered dowel sleeve to allow increasing lateral movement as the joint width increases.
A tapered dowel plate is not used since a tapered plate would rapidly reduce the dowel capacity as the joint width increases.

The Lesa Hi-Move plate dowel system uses plate dowel technology to replace traditional dowels in shrinkage compensating concrete, stressed slabs and fibre slabs. Hi-Move dowels consist of two parts. The first being a high-quality, high-density, one-piece plastic nail on sleeve. The second being a 10mm parallel side steel plate.

The Lesa square dowel system has an extensive history throughout Australasia and consists of two parts. The first being a high-quality, high-density plastic square dowel sleeve.

The square dowels are available in standard lengths of 225mm and 300mm to suit the following sizes:

• 16mm
• 20mm
• 25mm

Special lengths can also be made to order. Dowels are supplied in black steel, stainless steel, hot dip galvanised to suit any sleeve length.

The Lesa round dowel system has an extensive history throughout Australasia and consists of two parts. The first being a highquality, high-density plastic round dowel sleeve. The second being a high-quality plastic reusable nail on base plate.

The Lesa Hi-Move square metal box dowel system uses square dowel technology to transfer loads in wide joints. These are typically in shrinkage compensating concrete, stressed slabs and highly loaded slabs.

The Lesa Dowel Cradle system is a high-quality welded pre-fabricated dowel support assembly for use beneath sawn joints. The system is designed to ensure that dowels are pre-set to height in a self-supporting frame and that the dowels are aligned and at the correct centre spacing, thus avoiding the potential for slab lock up.