Specialty Applications

This report, issued by ICC Evaluation service Inc cover the use of Aerosmith 3000 series pins to fasten cold-formed steel to normal-weight concrete, sand-lightweight concrete, sand-lightweight concrete filled steel deck panels, concrete masonry units (CMUs) and structural steel substrate materials.  

This report, issued by Pei Evaluation Service® covers the use of Aerosmith .145 Series pins for Cement Fiber Siding direct to concrete block (CMU).  SurePin® Fasteners are driven hardened steel pins used to attach cement fiber siding (i.e. James Hardie) direct to concrete block.

This report, issued by ICC Evaluation Service, Inc. covers the use of Aerosmith pins for: A) Building components to normal-weight concrete, B) Horizontal Diaphragms, and C) Structural Steel Substrates. The fasteners are used as alternatives to cast-in-place anchors described in IBC Sections 1911 and 1912 for placement in concrete and to the welds and bolts used  to attach to steel, described in Sections 2204.1 and 2204.2.  The fasteners may also be used where an engineered design is submitted in accordance with IRC Section R301.1.3.  

PER – 15094 through Pei Evaluation Service®; titled – “Aerosmith TraxPin Fasteners”
Products: Aerosmith Brand TraxPin® GT series; 0.102” to 0.120” diameter pins.
Applications: Steel track to concrete; Steel, Wood, or Composites to ASTM AS36 Steel; Gas powered tools.
Most Recent Code Evaluations: 2015 -  International Building Code (IBC); International Residential Code (IRC)
2010 – Canadian Building Code (CBC)

ICC ES-5028 covers the use of Aerosmith’s .100” VersaPin^®s with A) James Hardie, Allura, and Fiber Cement Products, B) Densglass^® Gold and Exterior Gypsum Sheathing, C) Plywood and OSB Shear Wall, D) Sure-Board^® Series 2000 Structural Panels, E) Plywood and OSB Horizontal Diaphragms with various gauges of LGS attached with .100” and .145” Gripshank^® and Helical Aerosmith pins. Code compliance for Uniform Building Code, International Building Code, International Residential Code, ASCE 7-10, Florida Building Code and the National Building Code of Canada

Extensive report by Reynaud Serrette, Ph.D. of the Light Gauge Steel Research Group at Santa Clara University. This report covers shear and tension testing of pin connections in various gauges of steel, the results of these tests and the comparison to the widely-utilized ANSI Screw Equations for similar fastenings. Intended for use by architects and engineers.