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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. 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

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

44 lb bag (20 kg) 

55 lb bag (25 kg) 

Custom packaging is available to suit specific job requirements

Product Details

Product Information

Shelf Life

12 months in original, unopened packaging

Storage Conditions

Store in a dry, covered area, protected from the elements

Density

121 lb/ft3 (1.95 kg/L)

ASTM C109

 
Technical Information

Compressive Strength

GROUT TEMPERATURE OF 70 °F (21 °C)

ASTM C 109

Curing Temperatures

41 °F (5 °C)

70 °F (21 °C)

1 day 

650 psi (4.5 MPa)

4060 psi (28 MPa)

3 days

4350 psi (30 MPa)

5800 psi (40 MPa)

7 days

5800 psi (40 MPa)

6500 psi (45 MPa)

28 days

8000 psi (55 MPa)

8700 psi (60 MPa)

  

  

King® MS-Cable tested with SikaCem® accelerator 

Dosage : 1 bottle (5 oz or 150 ml) 

Curing Temperature

41 °F (5 °C)

50 °F (10 °C)

70 °F (21 °C)

1 day

1150 psi

(8 MPa)

2175 psi

(15 MPa)

4350 psi

(30 MPa)

2 days

4350 psi

(30 MPa)

5075 psi

(35 MPa)

5500 psi

(38 MPa)

3 days

5800 psi

(40 MPa)

6090 psi

(42 MPa)

6525 psi

(45 MPa)

28 days

8700 psi

(60 MPa)

8700 psi

(60 MPa)

9700 psi

(60 MPa)

     

Dosage: 2 bottles (10 oz or 300 ml)

Curing Temperature

32 °F (0 °C)

41 °F (5 ºC)

1 day

-

2175 psi (15 MPa)

2 days

2900 psi (20 MPa)

4350 psi (30 MPa)

3 days

3625 psi (25 MPa)

5800 psi (40 MPa)

28 days5800 psi (40 MPa)8700 psi (60 MPa)

Expansion

3–6 % (Volume unconfined)

ASTM C940

Bleeding

0.0 % (No segregation)

ASTM C940

Application

Application Information

Mixing Ratio

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

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

Flowability

20–30 seconds

ASTM C939

 
Consumption

Coverage

Approx. 0.47 ft3 per 44 lb bag (0.0133 m3 per 20 kg bag)

Approx. 0.59 ft3 per 55 lb bag (0.0167 m3 per 25 kg bag)

*May vary according to projects conditions 
Application steps

MIXING

Mix to the consistency required for placement.

Note that King® MS-Cable AW and King® MS-Cable ’s thixotropic properties make 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.

 

CLEANING OF TOOLS

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

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