a socket that grips a drilled hole in stone by expanding as the bolt is screwed into it.
An anchoring device (based on a friction grip) in which an expandable socket swells, causing a wedge action, as a bolt is tightened into it.
A bolt used to anchor lumber to masonry walls. The jacket of an expansion bolt expands to grip the side walls of a pilot hole due to wedge pressure at its base or the wedge force of a bolt screwed into it.
Bolt and expandable sleeve which is used to fasten masonry by inserting the unit into a drilled hole in the masonry and then tightening it which causes a wedge which expands the sleeve into the hole for a snug fit.
a steel stud drilled into the rock; used mainly in sport climbing for protection where cracks aren't available.