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| Concrete formwork with a high return on investment: "e-deck"  The PASCHAL Group, worldwide specialist for concrete formwork, support systems and formwork design software, will be presenting its groundbreaking recent developments for concrete construction with a "Product launching ceremony", which takes place in Hyderabad the 24th June 2011. The main focus will be placed on e-deck, which is a new panel slab formwork for use on construction sites. The research department of PASCHAL developed in cooperation with experienced civil engineers from India the new steel panel system for slabs. These steel panels are also light in weight and extremely durable."High flexibility and efficiency combined with occupational safety are the key competitive factors in the present-day concrete construction industry. Our new development, the modular slab formwork e-deck is tailored to these requirements and also provides the well-established, durable manufacturing quality of PASCHAL." Panel slab formwork has an advantage over flex-formwork (the traditional combination of wooden or aluminium girders fixed on plywood) that the panels are protected by a steel frame and more durable. Because the panels are attached to one another, as opposed to flex-formwork, they are considerably safer. The frame consists of profiled steel and, with a height of only 7.5 cm, is low for building sites and easy to transport. The formwork facing consists of a 9 layer, 12 mm thick birch plywood. None of the panels weigh more than 20 kilograms. Thus, they can be installed at building sites by hand. Damage to the frame can be absorbed by the e-deck much better than comparable aluminium frames and it is also possible to repair. Panel size The individual panels have the panel dimensions 60 x 125, 45 x 125, 30 x 125, 60 x 120, 45 x 120, 30 x 120, 60 x 90, 60 x 85, 60 x 60, 60 x 55, 30 x 60 and 30 x 55 centimetres. This means that the system can be adapted to within 5 cm for every kind of room architecture. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |