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King® MS-Cable

Shrinkage compensated grout material for anchoring applications

King® MS-Cable is a neat, high performance, shrinkage-compensated, anchoring grout. It is an unsanded, Portland cement-based, expanding, shrinkage-compensated, anchoring grout containing silica fume and other carefully selected components. King® MS-Cable resists water washout, making it ideal for anchoring cables, tendons or bolts in rock or soil media.

  • Superior early strength gain, allowing early tensioning of anchors
  • Excellent cohesive properties
  • Resistant to water wash-out and dilution by water in wet ground conditions
  • Excellent pumpability
  • Thixotropic properties reduce material loss in fractured ground
  • Reduced bleeding
  • Improved resistance to sulphate attack
  • Very low permeability
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Usage

  • For most grouted anchor requirements including, cable bolting, earth tie-backs for excavation or soil stabilization, grouting anchors in tunnel support systems, re-bar grouting and grouting soil or rock tendons for anchoring piles or foundation structures
  • Infill of pipe piles
  • Structural grout medium for injection-bored micropiles
  • Grouting conventionnally bored micropiles
 
  • Post-grouting of micropile installations
  • Construction of grout columns around shafts of standard Helical Pier Foundation System Piles
  • Grouting tight clearances, where sanded grouts would not flow or fill voids

Advantages

  • Superior early strength gain, allowing early tensioning of anchors
  • Excellent cohesive properties
  • Resistant to water wash-out and dilution by water in wet ground conditions
  • Excellent pumpability
  • Thixotropic properties reduce material loss in fractured ground
  • Reduced bleeding
  • Improved resistance to sulphate attack
  • Very low permeability

Packaging

  • 20 kg (44 lb) bag
  • 25 kg (55 lb) bag

*Custom packaging is available to suit specific project requirements

Product Details

Product Information

Shelf Life

12 months in original, unopened packaging

Storage Conditions

Store dry, ensuring that product is not exposed to rain, condensation or high humidity

Density

1950 kg/m3 (121 lb/ft3)(ASTM C109)
 
Technical Information

Compressive Strength

Curing temperature

5 °C (41 °F)

21 °C (70 °F)

1 day

4.5 MPa (650 psi)

28 MPa (4060 psi)

3 days

30 MPa (4350 psi)

40 MPa (5800 psi)

7 days40 MPa (5800 psi)45 MPa (6500 psi)
28 days55 MPa (8000 psi)60 MPa (8700 psi)

  

King® MS-Cable tested with SikaCem® accelerator 

Dosage: 1 bottle (150 mL) 

Curing temperature

0 °C (32 °F)5 °C (41 °F)

1 day

-

8 MPa (1150 psi)

2 days

-

30 MPa (4350 psi)

3 days-40 MPa (5800 psi)

28 days

-

60 MPa (8700 psi)

  

10 °C (50 °F)

21 °C (70 °F)

1 day

15 MPa (2175 psi)

30 MPa (4350 psi)

2 days

35 MPa (5075 psi)

38 MPa (5500 psi)

3 days

42 MPa (6000 psi)

45 MPa (6525 psi)

28 days

60 MPa (8700 psi)60 MPa (8700 psi)

  

Dosage: 2 bottles (300 mL)

0 °C (32 °F)

5 °C (41 °F)

1 day

-

15 MPa (2175 psi)

2 days

20 MPa (2900 psi)

30 MPa (4350 psi)

3 days

25 MPa (3625 psi)

40 MPa (5800 psi)

28 days

40 MPa (5800 psi)60 MPa (8700 psi)

*All moulds and mixing tools were pre-conditioned to the curing temperature, and the grout temperature was maintained at 21 °C (70 °F). Prepared test specimens were cast and then cured at the indicated test temperatures until the time of testing. Liquid/solids ratio (water + bottle Sikacem® Accelerator/King® MS-Cable ) = 0.33; [8.3 L (2.2 US gal.) of liquid per 25 kg (55 lb) bag of King® MS-Cable ].

Expansion

3–6 % (volume unconfined)

(ASTM C940)

Bleeding

Bleeding

Nil

SegregationNil

Application

Application Information

Mixing Ratio

For a 20 kg (44 lb) bag, the recommended volume of water is 5.0 L (1.3 US gal.) to 6.7 L (1.77 US gal.). Note that for a 20 kg (44 lb) bag, a lower water:material ratio (5.0 L [1.3 US gal.)] should be used to achieve pumpable consistencies while a higher water:material ratio (6.7 L [1.77 US gal.)] should be used for flowable consistencies.

   

For a 25 kg (55 lb) bag, the recommended volume of water is 6.25 L (1.65 US gal.) to 8.3 L (2.2 US gal.). Note that for a 25 kg (55 lb) bag, a lower water:material ratio (6.25 L [1.65 US gal.]) should be used to achieve pumpable consistencies while a higher water:material ratio (8.3 L [2.2 US gal.)] should be used for flowable consistencies.

 

Flowability

FLOW

20–30 seconds

(ASTM C939)
Consumption

Yield

  • Approx. 0.0133 m³ (0.47 ft³) of fresh grout / 20 kg (44 lb) bag
  • Approx. 0.0167 m³ (0.59 ft³) of fresh grout / 25 kg (55 lb) bag

*Yield in service may slightly vary according to projects conditions
Application steps

MIXING

Mix to the consistency required for placement.

Note that King® MS-Cable ’s thixotropic properties makes the grout appear thick and cohesive when it is in fact very pumpable.

Introduce potable water into a high shear mixer and then add powder while operating at medium speed. Increase mixer speed and continue mixing at high speed for three (3) to five (5) minutes. Decrease mixer speed to low and continue mixing while placing the grout. The time between mixing and pumping of the batch should not exceed 15 minutes.

 

CLEAN UP

Clean all tools and equipment after use with water. Once hardened, the product can only be removed mechanically.

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