SPEED PLATE is a high-performance plate dowel system engineered to provide superior load transfer across concrete construction joints while allowing adjoining slab panels to move freely in both horizontal directions.
As concrete shrinks or responds to temperature changes, the sleeve allows immediate axial and lateral movement around the steel plate. This prevents the dowel from restraining the slab while maintaining positive vertical load transfer across the joint.
The wide, non-tapered plate provides a larger concrete-bearing area than conventional round or square dowels. Its constant-width profile distributes bearing stress evenly at the joint face and throughout the full embedded depth of the dowel, reducing stress concentrations within the surrounding concrete.
This improved load distribution allows SPEED PLATE dowels to be installed at wider centres than many conventional round-dowel systems when supported by the appropriate engineering calculations. Fewer dowels and a faster installation method reduce material, labour and overall installed cost.
The high-density plastic sleeve incorporates pre-installed fixing nails and clear alignment marks. It fixes directly to timber formwork without drilling, accurately positioning the sleeve and reducing the risk of dowel misalignment during concrete placement.
The SPEED PLATE system can also be incorporated into CANZAC Armoured Joints and custom control joints.
CANZAC provides project-specific dowel selection, spacing calculations, and technical support.
INSTALLATION
• Fix the SPEED PLATE sleeve directly to the timber formwork at the specified centres
• Use the alignment marks on the sleeve to confirm the correct position
• Place and consolidate the first concrete slab around the sleeves
• Remove the formwork after the concrete has hardened sufficiently
• Insert the specified steel plate fully into each sleeve
• Place and consolidate the adjoining concrete slab
• Maintain correct dowel level, orientation and alignment throughout installation
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Product details: SPEED PLATE 6 or 10mm , installed as per CANZAC specifications.
