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A new year of
innovation for
fischer
The fischer Group is heralding the new The fischer team is confident that all its typical tension loads can now be obtained up
year with the promise of a raft of new new products meet real market needs in to the maximum values specified in the
products across Europe in a number of fixing technology. All the products of course approval.
different product areas. This ‘Starburst’ of are backed by the standard fischer guarantee These properties documented in the ETA
new products follows the company’s 50th of quality and a level of assurance that only are unique, and the behaviour of the anchor
anniversary year which, appropriately fischer’s commitment to research and during installation is important for the
enough, was the best ever in the development can provide.
company’s international history with the The first new product is the long-shaft SXR
fastest-ever growth. 10, for fixing a wide range of items into
However current market conditions now virtually any type of load-bearing building
dictate a new approach, an approach which material. It is the first nylon anchor to be
will offer customers more within the awarded a European Technical Approval
company’s core competence area of (ETA).
excellence in fixings. As fischer Group This long-shaft fixing
managing director, Klaus Schilling, said has properties which
recently: “Sometimes a glider can go faster are unique worldwide:
into a headwind – you just have to adjust the it will hold extreme
wings.” loads, regardless of the
The adjustment being applied is for fischer building material, and
to attack the market with renewed achieves this with an
confidence, especially in the UK which saw a unrivalled short
good percentage increase last year and is anchoring depth of just 50mm. The SXR
now the sixth largest subsidiary in the group. 10 also offers the user installation
Creative marketing and new products always comfort and safety.
have been the lifeblood of the fischer With the SXR10 fischer has substantially
business – never more so than in the present increased the number of potential users for
climate. In 2008 fischer advertised on long-shaft fixings. Many of the uses are
Talksport radio with two separate campaigns documented in the ETA. They include the installer, who will find that this fixing slips
totalling 11 weeks and reaching virtually 3 multiple fixing of all non-load-bearing easily into the drill hole – at most a few
million people. structures, such as facades, window frames, gentle hammer blows are sufficient. Its
Fischer is launching new products this year fire doors, cable trays, pipe brackets and compact rigid shape prevents it from
both into established and new fixing areas. ceiling linings. With a minimum anchoring distorting when set in perforated bricks or in
The launches include a new nylon frame depth of just 50mm, the SXR10 is approved installations with an offset between the
fixing which is the industry’s first to carry a for centric tension in cracked concrete and for fixture and the drill hole. The strong, flexible
European Technical Approval. This year virtually all load-bearing masonry materials. turning lock acts both in the base and in the
however will be notable for fischer’s launch The permissible loads in concrete are as much fixture, preventing the fixing from turning in
into new areas of related fixing technology. as 2.0kN, in solid bricks as much as 1.4kN, in enlarged drill holes in the masonry of old
These include powder-actuated nails, solid sand-lime bricks as much as 1.5kN and buildings or when anchoring hollow cavity
adhesives and screws. in perforated upright bricks as much as profiles. The instant and powerful expansion
For a company which has built its 0.75kN. of the fixing as soon as the first turn is made
reputation, for fifty years, on product The approval gives load details for 42 lends additional support to the turning lock
development and innovation, it is no surprise different building materials under DIN, EN and action.
that fischer is determined to meet the other masonry approvals. For substrates What the installer will notice is the
challenges of today’s tough market conditions which are not exactly specified, tension tests relatively low turning-in torque of the screw,
by introducing ranges of new products which can be carried out to determine the which tends to rise disproportionately in all
bring added value and customer benefits to resistance. Whereas previous permissible building materials shortly before the end of
the market. loads used to be limited to very low values, the screw setting process (known as
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