durafibre rod 12 mm is a prefabricated, pultruded carbon fibre reinforced polymer used as structural reinforced material for structures and buildings. It is bonded into pre-drilled holes or slots in the substrate, as part of the durafibre system.
Uses
- Increasing the load
- Increase of life or traffic loads for slabs, beams and bridges
- Change of use of buildings
- Installation of heavier machinery and equipment in the industry
- Stabilisation of vibrations and oscillations
- Modification of the support system due to
- Distance from columns and walls
- Increasing resistance to earthquakes
- Project or building mistakes
- Damage to structural parts due to
- Corrosion of steel reinforcement (rebar loss)
- Ageing of building materials
- Damage to the structure due to fire, earthquake, impact, etc.
- Increase the usability
- Reduction of crack widths
- Reduction of the deflection
- Reduction of steel tensile stresses
- Reduction of fatigue
Advantages
- Very high tensile strength
- Corrosion resistant
- High durability
- Low deadweight
- Available in 1 m length
- Easy installation with excellent bonding capabilities
- Very short loss of use of the building
- Not visible once installed
- Easy to transport
- Improved fire resistance (compared to exterior laminates)
Application
Drilled holes
Clean durafibre rod using a cloth and acetone or white spirits. Drill the hole to the specified diameter and depth. Remove dust and debris in the hole by
brushing and blowing alternately. Fill the drilled hole at least 2/3rds full with either an appropriate resin (epidermix® 395, 725 or 372) depending
on the application, ensuring that no air pockets are created during the process of pumping the resin into the hole. Insert durafibre rod into the
drilled hole. Setting control: Excess adhesive flows out of the drilled hole.
Clean off any excess adhesive that flows out of the hole. Allow adhesive to cure. See epidermix® 395, 725 or 372) technical data sheets for curing times.
Slot-application
Clean durafibre rod using a cloth and acetone or white spirits. Cut the slot to the specified diameter and depth, length and width. Remove dust and debris in the hole by brushing and blowing alternately. Fill the slot with epidermix® 372, ensuring that enough adhesive to completely
submerge the rod is used.
Insert durafibre rod into the slot.
Clean off any excess adhesive that flows out of the hole.
Allow adhesive to cure. See epidermix® 372 technical data sheet for curing time.
Typical Physical Properties
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TYPICAL PROPERTIES |
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| Density | 1.90 g/cm3 |
| Diameter | 12 mm |
| Tensile Strength | 2460 ± 10% MPa |
| Tensile Modulus | 160 ± 10% GPa |
| Elongation | 1.6% |
| Content | Carbon Fiber T700 12K Resin |
| 800 °C | |
Important Note
This data sheet is issued as a guide to the use of the product(s) concerned.Whilst a.b.e.® endeavours to ensure that any advice, recommendation, specification or information is accurate and correct, the company cannot accept any liability for application – because a.b.e.® has no direct or continuous control over where and how a.b.e.® products are applied.
Further Information
Where other products are to be used in conjunction with this material, the relevant technical data sheets should be consulted to determine total
requirements.
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