Edge protection in commercial flatwork involves reinforcing concrete slab edges and joints to prevent chipping, spalling, or cracking under heavy loads. Joints, such as saw-cut contraction joints, allow controlled cracking to manage stress, while edge protection systems, like tapered plate dowels, maintain alignment and stability. American Highway’s edge protection solutions ensure durable, low-maintenance joints, extending the lifespan of commercial concrete surfaces like warehouses and industrial floors.
Iron-CladTM joint assemblies are precise, armored joints designed to reduce your concrete slab-on-ground and equipment maintenance costs over the life of your project.
Iron-Clad™ Joint Assemblies are armored joints engineered to eliminate spalling in floors with small, hard-wheeled lift truck traffic. These armored joints are ideal for controlled environments where limited thermal expansion and contraction are expected. Iron-Clad™ joint assemblies protect slab edges and ensure adjacent surfaces remain in the same plane with repetitive loading when used with traditional plate dowels. High-tolerance steel bars have square edges for exact and simple concrete finishing. The Iron-Clad™ joint is assembled with nylon nuts that yield with normal concrete shrinkage to reduce joint cracking. And, the built-in joint-fil bar supports joint filler and allows wheels to transition smoothly across the joint. Iron-CladTM joints assemblies for consistent and simple installation:
Iron-CladTM joint assemblies are precise, armored joints designed to reduce your concrete slab-on-ground and equipment maintenance costs over the life of your project.
Iron-Clad™ Joint Assemblies are armored joints engineered to eliminate spalling in floors with small, hard-wheeled lift truck traffic. These armored joints are ideal for controlled environments where limited thermal expansion and contraction are expected. Iron-Clad™ joint assemblies protect slab edges and ensure adjacent surfaces remain in the same plane with repetitive loading when used with traditional plate dowels. High-tolerance steel bars have square edges for exact and simple concrete finishing. The Iron-Clad™ joint is assembled with nylon nuts that yield with normal concrete shrinkage to reduce joint cracking. And, the built-in joint-fil bar supports joint filler and allows wheels to transition smoothly across the joint. Iron-CladTM joints assemblies for consistent and simple installation:
Partial depth armored joint assembly for new construction. The Serpentine™ Joint Assembly provides continuous load transfer along the joint, eliminating deflection and curling. Serpentine™ Joints are shock and vibration free and ideal for manufacturing, warehouse, cold storage facilities and indoor/outdoor concrete flatwork.
The Serpentine Joint™ Assembly is a partial-depth, fully anchored, armored joint system. The sinusoidal design provides superior load-bearing capacity with dynamic and static loading across slabs for a shock-free, quiet surface. By eliminating impact on the joint, forklift wheels move evenly across construction joints without joint filler in facilities where thermal changes cause joint opening and closing. The Serpentine™ Joint Assembly is easily installed at the job site on traditional timber forms by aligning the nail plate, adjusting the final grade, and locking the assembly in place with nails. Pocket formers and plate dowels should be added for load transfer.
Iron-CladTM joint assemblies are precise, armored joints designed to reduce your concrete slab-on-ground and equipment maintenance costs over the life of your project.
Iron-Clad™ Joint Assemblies are armored joints engineered to eliminate spalling in floors with small, hard-wheeled lift truck traffic. These armored joints are ideal for controlled environments where limited thermal expansion and contraction are expected. Iron-Clad™ joint assemblies protect slab edges and ensure adjacent surfaces remain in the same plane with repetitive loading when used with traditional plate dowels. High-tolerance steel bars have square edges for exact and simple concrete finishing. The Iron-Clad™ joint is assembled with nylon nuts that yield with normal concrete shrinkage to reduce joint cracking. And, the built-in joint-fil bar supports joint filler and allows wheels to transition smoothly across the joint. Iron-CladTM joints assemblies for consistent and simple installation:
Partial depth armored joint assembly for new construction. The Serpentine™ Joint Assembly provides continuous load transfer along the joint, eliminating deflection and curling. Serpentine™ Joints are shock and vibration free and ideal for manufacturing, warehouse, cold storage facilities and indoor/outdoor concrete flatwork.
The Serpentine Joint™ Assembly is a partial-depth, fully anchored, armored joint system. The sinusoidal design provides superior load-bearing capacity with dynamic and static loading across slabs for a shock-free, quiet surface. By eliminating impact on the joint, forklift wheels move evenly across construction joints without joint filler in facilities where thermal changes cause joint opening and closing. The Serpentine™ Joint Assembly is easily installed at the job site on traditional timber forms by aligning the nail plate, adjusting the final grade, and locking the assembly in place with nails. Pocket formers and plate dowels should be added for load transfer.
Full-depth armored joints for quick, consecutive placement of construction joints.
Steel-Clad™ Joint Assemblies eliminate joint spalling, ensure smooth transitions, and provide superior edge protection for the life of the slab. This complete armored joint system is ideal for facilities where thermal expansion is expected to cause joint opening greater than ⅛ inch. These full-depth armored joints arrive onsite ready to install and do not require timber forms. Saving time and labor for installation. Steel-Clad™ armored joints are superior edge protection for cold storage facilities, high-traffic areas, and jointless floor designs.
