Özdekan expansion joints are waterproof and provide the mobility of the superstructure. These joints are produced from elastomer elements and mounted to the superstructure with the correct assembly forms.

The steel reinforced plates inside are completely vulcanized to the elastomer. This process provides complete corrosion protection and the expansion joint

prolongs its service life.

The elastomer formulation is protected from oil, petroleum, salt, stone, snow and harmful sun rays etc. It is produced in a way that is not affected by external factors.

All expansion joints adapt to the deformation and movement of the structure thanks to the shear deformation feature of the rubber (movements can vary from 0° to 90° at different angles).

Anchor bolts are coated with a special anti-corrosion protective coating and absorb all elastic load reactions and other loads.

In addition to these, they provide the vertical movement capability of the expansion joints. This feature is important for all occasions.

Because different load and motion conditions can lead to different vertical displacement movements. The most important advantages of expansion joints produced by Özdekan since 2006 are as follows.

Advantages

- Simple designs can be made by vulcanizing elastomer and steel to each other

- Small thickness of the expansion joint

- Ease of assembly in steel or reinforced concrete bridges

- Easy to maintain, repair and change

- Resistant to vehicle movements

These expansion joints can be produced in different sizes and added to each other and mounted with the help of chemical anchors.

The fixing process of the expansion joints is done with the help of anchors, after the nuts are tightened, the resistance of the expansion joint against movements is ensured.

Thus, horizontal piles formed in the structure (due to braking effects, shrinkage effects, temperature changes) are transferred to the infrastructure by the friction of rubber and concrete.

These expansion joints can also be installed in steel structures. Expansion joints with higher movement capacity are provided by using four parallel grooves and thanks to these grooves, upward movement of the expansion joint is prevented when it moves towards the inside of the expansion joint.

By using the correct connection method, these expansion joints provide the desired movement with the structure.