Bridge Bearing Pad

We, Zion Engineering and Rubber Products, located at Chennai, are specialists in manufacturing Elastomeric Bearing Pads for superstructures constructed all across India. We manufacture bearing pads as per IRC Code with the required load carrying capacity. We predominantly supply to all the districts in Tamil Nadu and have supplied to a lot of projects constructed across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka.

The Elastomeric Bearing pads are placed in between the bridge beams and the vertical supports called piers. The primary function is to absorb the load and distribute superstructure loads to the substructure and allow the superstructure to undergo necessary movements in different environmental conditions without creating any dangerous stresses. Absence of the pads will result in collapse of the bridge. Along with this, the Bridge Bearing Pads extend the life of the bridge by reducing wear and tear on bridge material.

In the Elastomeric Bearing pads, Steel plates are bonded to the rubber through a vulcanization process, this increases the resistance of the bearings to vertical loads. The steel plates are fully embedded along with the elastomer so that they are protected against corrosion. We manufacture bearings from Type A to G (Plain pad, laminated bearings, laminated bearings with thicker end plates exposed, bearings with separate steel plate vulcanised, bearings with anchorage, bearings with PTFE bonded to elastomer)