Synthetic Fibers in Construction Industry

BATCHING TIPS

Mini Mixer

After adding of water into the dry mix concrete, Open the Fiber packet and slowly sprinkle fibers into a rotating mixer. Ensure that, the mixer has to be rotated at maximum RPM after adding fibers.

Manual Mixing

Prepare a dry mortar and make a pond. Add some water into pond and prepare 30% of dry mortar into slurry. Then open the Fiber packet and sprinkle fibers onto slurry uniformly and mix thoroughly for 5 to 10 minutes. Then mix that slurry with remaining dry mortar until you get a uniform paste.

RMC Plant

At the time of addition of water, Open the Fiber packet and pour fibers into the mixer. After dispatching concrete from the mixer into truck, the truck has to rotate at maximum RPM so that fibers distributes uniformly.

Do Specify Fibers For

  • Reducing concrete cracking due to plastic shrinkage.
  • Replacing or Supplementing wire mesh as a secondary reinforcement when inhibiting early shrinkage cracking is important.
  • Reducing concrete permeability.
  • Greater impact and abrasion resistance of concrete.
  • Areas requiring non metallic secondary reinforcement.
  • Cohesive mix designs for concrete.
  • Areas requiring secondary reinforcement that resists alkalis, chemicals and chlorides.

FIBERCRETE Fibers v/s Other Fibers

Fiber Types Image Tensile Strength (Mpa) Youngs Modulus (GPa) Specific Gravity Dosage for 1m3 of concrete (Kg) Remarks
Polypropylene FIBERCRETE FF 600 3.5 0.91 0.9 360° Mesh Structure
Polypropylene FIBERCRETE MF 1000 4 0.91 0.9 Excellent Dispersion
Polyester
FIBERCRETE PF
1000 4 1.3 0.9 High Melting Point
Polypropylene FIBERCRETE WF 600 5 0.91 4 High Tensile Strength
Polypropylene FIBERCRETE FE 575 3 0.91 4 Excellent Dispersion
&
360°Mesh Structure
Polypropylene FIBERCRETE HY 575 3 0.91 5 Mesh Structure & Monofilament
Steel Fiber 1200 200 7.85 7.2-60 Heavy, Rusting
Glass Fiber 2200 80 7.85 7.2-60 Weak in alkali
Asbestos 620 160 2.55 12-48 Health risk
Health risk 250-700 1.4-2.2 0.95 1.8-12 Very expensive
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