Watertight, Factory Fabricated Upturn/Downturn Transition Pieces For Ensuring Continuity of Seal

UNIVERSAL-90'S TRANSITIONS AND TERMINATIONS are patent-pending factory fabricated single-piece 90° units, constructed from the same foam material as the connection foam expansion joint system.   Bellows are constructed on both sides allowing a watertight seal in an inner or outer 90° corner.   This single unit achieves the greatest possible continuity of seal in transitions in planes, avoiding the limitations of field butts and mitres.

Using UNIVERSAL-90's in your expansion joint system yields the benefit of reduced installation effort and time.   By inserting a factory fabricated single-piece corner, the installer avoids the need to measure and accomplish field cuts.   Installation time is greatly reduced and the integrity of the seal is maintained.

UNIVERSAL-90's are available for all coated EMSEAL products.

These factory-fabricated single-piece 90-degree units have a 300 mm long leg and a 150 mm vertical piece on each end of the elbow. The Universal-90's are symmetrically coated on both sides. This allows them to be installed as an upturn or as a downturn.

Universal-90 Transitions are cut at 90-degrees with both ends open for a butt-connection to another stick or another Universal-90. Either leg can be trimmed in the field to connect to straight run material or to another Universal-90 when going, for example, up and over a curb, into a parapet, or up and down treads and risers.

Universal-90 Terminations end, on the 150 mm leg, in a 45° sealed and mitered end. This allows termination as a stand alone upturn or provides a surface against to which a wall joint system can be married. Flipped over, the Universal-90 termination unit can be alternatively installed as a downturn termination where a joint runs off the deck. In this use, the sealed, mitered end provides a drip edge for drainage of water off the joint.

In addition to guaranteeing a continuous waterproof coating, EMSEAL’s "Universal-90's" allow for much faster and secure installation by eliminating field cutting or notching and bending at angles.

USES

For expansion joints in decks and floors where watertightness and/or traffic durability are required.
A few applications examples are:

Can be used alone or under any other expansion joint cover, plate or filler where depth of substrate allows.

FEATURES

Watertight
Universal-90's are a component of the specific EMSEAL coated impregnated-foam products installed with a tensionless watertight bellows.

Non-Invasive Anchoring
There are no hard metal-to-substrate connections with Universal-90 transitions or terminations. This includes embedded pins, anchors, screws, bolts or tracks, trays or rails, flanges or coverplates. The system is locked to the joint faces by means of the backpressure of the foam, epoxy in some cases, and the injected sealant bands at the joint face.

Versatility
Universal-90's are coated on both sides (regardless of the single or dual coating nature of the EMSEAL impregnated-foam product with which they are joined). This allows them to be sealed to any side of water contact when turned in any 90-degree position. All Universal-90 pieces can function as an inside or outside corner.

Joint-Size Variation
Uniform bellows appearance, and the ability to handle variations in joint size through size-switching makes the Universal-90's and their respective coated, precompressed foam system aesthetically and functionally versatile.

PERFORMANCE

Movement Capability:
Matches the capabilities of the specific precompressed, impregnated-foam system. See system specifications for details.

Standard sizes:
See specific precompressed-foam specifications for details.

Depth of Seal:
See specific precompressed-foam specifications for details.

Colours:
See specific precompressed-foam specifications for details.