Engineered to meet the industry’s demand for speed of construction, TITAN MAX is a stainless steel masonry support system with components suitable for a wide range of cavity widths and drop heights.

TITAN MAX provides adjustability across all three planes (X,Y & Z), to ensure that building tolerances can be accommodated and contact with rebar can be avoided.

(X) Shimming, (Y) Vertical Adjustment, (Z) Lateral Adjustment

Shimming (X)

IG shims are used to provide a thermal break or to accommodate small increases in cavity widths. All shims must come into contact with the full ‘Load Bearing Zone’ of the bracket against the support structure.
The total number of shims used must not exceed either the thickness of the anchor or a maximum of three thermal and stainless-steel shims. Shimming guidance is supplied on IG’s Approval and Construction Issue Drawings and must be followed to achieve the design capacity of TITAN MAX.

Shims for thermal break

Each bracket for TITAN MAX is supplied with one thermal shim in a thickness of 5/64″ (2mm). For the shim to act as an effective thermal break, it must be installed directly in contact with the support structure.

Shims for adjustment

Two types of shims can be used for adjustability and are available on request. Any additional shim(s) used for adjustability must be installed between the thermal shim and the bracket.

• Stainless Steel Shims – Stainless steel shims are available in a thickness of 5/32″ (4mm) and 1/4″ (6mm). Up to two stainless steel shims can be used per bracket, provided guidance is given
  by the IG Masonry Support Technical Team.
• Nylon Shims – Nylon shims are designed to interlock with each other and with the bracket serration. Nylon shims are available in thickness of 1/4” (6mm). Up to four nylon shims can be used per bracket, provided guidance is given by the IG Masonry Support Technical Team.

Vertical adjustment (Y)

Vertical adjustment is offered by means of a toothed Lock Washer. This is inserted into the serrated slot in the support bracket. It can then be adjusted vertically to move the bracket higher or lower if required. The serrated area at the back of the bracket allows up to +/- 5/8” (16mm) of adjustment in either direction on the vertical plane. The Lock Washer also offers fine adjustment by rotating it through 180 degrees; this is achieved by the offset hole in the lock washer.

Lateral adjustment (Z)

Each TITAN MAX System is designed to have two brackets per shelf angle (the only variation from this is on a corner where three brackets will be introduced).

To achieve the correct bracket spacing, add a nominal 1/2” (12mm) to the shelf angle length and then space ¼-½-¼ along this measurement. The maximum adjustment from these positions is +/- 1” (25mm). This allows the bracket position to be moved if the drill hole position clashes with rebar preventing drilling, or for pre-drilled steel that is slightly offset from its required position.

Note: Nominal shelf angle length = shelf angle + 1/2” (12mm)

Full information on maximum cavity adjustment with same bracket type, positioning the bracket, installing at external corners and site cutting can be found in our TITAN MAX Product Guide.