DOUBLE BARREL

®
ZAP SCREWLOK
SYSTEM
SHEAR SCREW & WEDGE
MECHANICAL LAP SPLICE
FOR REINFORCING BARS

PERFORMANCE TEST DATA

January 2012

BarSplice Products, Inc., 4900 Webster Street, Dayton OH 45414, USA

 Tel: (937) 275-8700  Fax: (937) 275-9566  E-mail: bar@barsplice.com
Copyright © 2012, Barsplice Products, Inc., "BPI". All rights reserved
INTRODUCTION
Barsplice Products, Inc. have conducted a series of tests on reinforcing bar mechanical lap splices,
sizes No. 4 through No. 8. The tests have been conducted on black and epoxy coated Double
Barrel Zap Screwlok® Splices. The purpose of the testing is to ensure that products are
manufactured to the quality standards of BPI's ISO 9001 Quality System and are capable of
exceeding strength requirements of various Building Codes.

TENSILE TEST PROCEDURE

Test specimens were loaded monotonically in tension to failure to determine the capability of the
splice system. The tests were conducted in accordance with "Standard Test Methods and
Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products", ASTM A370. The testing was performed to
exceed the strength requirements of ACI (American Concrete Institute) 318, Chapter 12, using
Grade 60 reinforcing bar.

All monotonic tension tests were carried out in a 600 kip Forney universal testing machine, located
at the Barsplice manufacturing facility. Current calibration certificates for the test machine are on
file.

TEST RESULTS
Results of the tension testing are summarized in Table 1 and represented in Chart 1.

The reinforcing steel used in these tests conforms to the requirements of ASTM A615, Grade 60.

SUMMARY
Tension test specimens exceeded the Type 1 strength requirements of ACI 318,
Chapter 12, namely 125% x specified yield strength of Grade 60 rebar or 75,000 psi.
 TABLE 1: TENSILE TEST RESULTS

PEAK STRENGTH PEAK STRENGTH

DOUBLE % DOUBLE %
BARREL TEST ID BAR STRESS BARREL TEST ID BAR STRESS
GRADE GRADE
ZAP NUMBER TYPE IN ZAP NUMBER TYPE IN
60 60
SIZE REBAR SIZE REBAR
SPEC. SPEC.
(psi) (psi)
YIELD YIELD
105,350 176% 105,227 175%
4T1144 6T2440
101,500 169% 108,727 181%
101,000 168% 106,455 177%
4T1227 6T2441
104,400 174% 102,091 170%
BLACK BLACK
97,700 163% 100,795 168%
4T1228 6T2745
98,600 164% 105,727 176%
119,000 198% 101,432 169%
4T1236 6T2778
114,550 191% 102,727 171%
No. 4 106,400 177%
No. 6 103,045 172%
4T523 6T1919
103,400 172% 105,773 176%
100,350 167% 107,227 179%
4T544 6T1986
101,600 169% 107,295 179%
EPOXY EPOXY
101,000 168% 102,364 171%
4T952 6T2480
103,350 172% 105,886 176%
100,800 168% 98,023 163%
4T1197 6T2519
98,950 165% 97,614 163%
101,871 170% 110,483 184%
5T3378 7T1041
101,161 169% 110,683 184%
101,194 169% 106,767 178%
5T3571 7T1147
100,613 168% 107,183 179%
BLACK BLACK
103,806 173% 104,783 175%
5T3578 No. 7 7T1223
104,806 175% 103,600 173%
103,065 172% 108,283 180%
5T3598 7T1260
102,613 171% 105,733 176%
No. 5
106,677 178% 7T956 96,000 160%
5T1697 EPOXY
104,323 174% 7T985 95,483 159%
101,839 170% 107,557 179%
5T3089 8T1844
104,161 174% 101,501 169%
EPOXY BLACK
99,194 165% 96,873 161%
5T3097 No. 8 8T1845
99,387 166% 105,532 176%
95,387 159% 97,101 162%
5T3490 8T1771 EPOXY
92,419 154% 94,886 158%
 CHART 1: TENSILE TEST RESULTS

DOUBLE BARREL ZAP SCREWLOK

125,000

115,000
STRESS IN REBAR (psi)

105,000

95,000

85,000

75,000
Minimum
Strength
Requirement
65,000
4 5 6 7 8
SIZE
BLACK: UNCOATED REBAR
GREEN: EPOXY COATED REBAR