Anthony Hardwood Composites, Inc. products

Crane Mat is a generic term used to describe a heavy equipment mat made up of large timbers. The timbers within a crane mat have a common thickness, are green in moisture content, and are generally not graded for quality or strength. Typical sizes are 8” to 12” thick, 4’ wide, and 16’ to 40’ in length. Steel through-bolts connect timbers of random width to form the finished width of the mat. Acceptable service life for a crane mat ranges from 18 to 48 months. The EMTEK equivalent to a crane mat is constructed using hardwood laminated billets with a certified grade of Fb-3100 psi. Billets are pressure treated for decay resistance and through-bolted to form the finished width of the mat with steel edges. Typical sizes are 5.5” to 24” thick, 4’ to 8’ wide, and 14’ to 60’ in length. Acceptable service life for an EMTEK mat ranges from 48 to 96 months.

Industrial matting or Construction matting, is also known as cribbing, temporary work platforms or surfaces, bridging, or the like, and is widely used throughout the pipeline, energy exploration, utility, and other heavy construction industries primarily as a means of supporting heavy equipment on unstable ground, in environmentally sensitive areas. Industrial matting is also commonly used to form expanses over narrow waterways, ditches, gullies, or similar terrain. Mats provide a load distribution mechanism that effectively reduces the formation of ruts; thereby minimizing associated negative impacts on the local environment.

This Design Guide is intended to provide design information to enable you to determine how emtek rigmat can best serve your needs. Anthony Hardwood Composites’ emtek rigmat is an engineered, laminated wood mat that is made from indigenous Southern hardwoods in Sheridan, Arkansas and then framed with a 1/2″ wall formed channel. By protecting the emtek core from handling abuse, the emtek rigmat will provide longer and more consistent usable mat life.