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in Switzerland

Figure: Alphabeton

Around 350 high-strength, ultra-thin façade panels measuring were installed on the new construction of the precast plant of Alphabeton AG

Figure: Alphabeton

Figure: V. Fraas

The UHPC concrete is self-compacting (SCC) and made with a maximum particle size of 2 mm diameter to enable it to flow into the mesh width of the textile reinforcement

Figure: V. Fraas

Textile-reinforced concrete using carbon fibers and 3D lattice structures from the SGL Group and V. Fraas Solutions in Textile is an innovative composite material that consists of a fine-grained matrix and a textile reinforcement. A 3D carbon-fiber reinforcement has now been used for the first time for the concrete façade panels of a ventilated curtain-wall façade. Some 350 of these high-strength, ultra-thin façade panels measuring 865 x 1620 mm and of only 26 mm thickness were installed in the new construction of the Alphabeton AG precast plant in Büron/Switzerland. The three-dimensional...

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