The bar tensioning method is frequently used in the renovation and reinforcement of buildings. ANP Systems GmbH offers complete prestressing systems for buildings: Tendons with internal bonding, without bonding and with external tendons.

Smooth steel with fine rolled thread is used for very short prestressing tendons due to its very low slip rates.

Internal tendons with bonding are used primarily in concrete, composite and masonry structures, while internal tendons without bonding and external tendons are typically used in transverse prestressing, for bridge improvements, in renovation, as a joining element for steel structures and machines and for temporary anchoring.