Manufacturing of an industrial floor

Advantages of steel-fibre concrete application are:

• improved shrinkage and creepage behavior;
• possibility of use of more effective constructive decisions than with average reinforcement, for example, in manufacturing of thin-walled structures, structures without reinforcing rod and gauze distribution rods, thin-walled structures of tension reinforcement rods without reducing to support etc.;
• reduction of labour costs for reinforcement work, rise of level of mechanization and automation of steel-reinforced concrete structures production. , for example, in built-up thin-walled casings, storages, ribbed slab roofs and floor slabs, built-up columns, beams, monolithic end plates of capacitance constructions, aircrafts parking areas and airport runways, concrete roads; monolithic and built-up floors of industrial and public buildings etc.;
• Increase of crack resistance;
• Increase of concrete’s water proofing;
• Impact resistance increase;
• Lack of defects while reinforcing;
• Brims and angles strengthening;
• Simplicity in use;
• Good processability;
• Simplicity in finishing surface treatment;
• Homogenous distribution of fibre in the bulk of the concrete without any “balls” when mixed and any additional mixing equipment;
• Area of adhesion of fibres and concrete is 4 times more than area of fibre of circular and square section with diameter 0, 4 mm;
• Adhesiveness of fibre and concrete is improved by means of roughness of its surfaces, as well as, twisting along longitudinal axis and hooks on the ends;
• High temperature of milling process provides blue or grey protective layer on its surface to prevent corrosion.

Economic benefits of steel fibre usage:

Reduction of slab thickness, simplicity of use, reduction of labour cost, reduction of construction period, full or partial rejection of bar-reinforcement, easy hand or mechanical laying reduces the prime cost up to 24%