Shear Connector

Smart method of transferring racking loads into non-load
bearing walls

Uses

Pryda Shear Connector are used in pairs to transfer racking loads from the ceiling diaphragm to non-load bearing internal bracing walls.

These connectors allow vertical movement of the trusses (to release creep deflection) and ensures that the truss camber dissipation is uninhibited by over-driven nails.

Fixed to top of bracing walls, Pryda Shear Connectors can be used as a direct substitute for a pair of nail fixed timber blocks as specified in Table 8.22 AS 1684.2:2010 and AS1684.3:2010 of the Pryda Bracing Design Guide.

Features

SMART: Allows vertical movement of trusses while still transferring racking loads.
FAST: Can be machine nailed.
VERSATILE: Suitable for walls both perpendicular and parallel to the truss.

Installation

To install Shear Connectors: 

1. All trusses are to be installed in accordance with the requirements of AS4440.  
2. Discard any damaged product.  
3. It is preferable (but not essential) to fix the Shear Connectors after the roof cladding has been fixed and prior to the application of the ceiling material.  
4. The Shear Connectors are to be installed in opposing pairs on the same bottom chord of a truss.  
5. Ensure the connectors are located adjacent to each other and directly over the internal, non-load bearing bracing wall to which they are to be fixed.  
6. Fix each connector to the truss bottom chord with the specified number of nails so that the connector is flush up against the vertical face and under side of the truss bottom chord.  
7. Ensure the long leg of each connector passes under the bottom chord and is located directly over the underlying top plate.  
8. Press vertically downwards on the free end of the long leg of the connector until it contacts the top face of the underlying top plate.  
9. Fix the long leg down to the underlying top plate with the specified number of nails.  
10. Repeat where marked on truss & wall frame layout. 

Pryda Shear Connector