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07.01.2014

Bekaert and Maccaferri Establish Partnership for Underground Solutions

06.17.2014

Maccaferri Sponsors the 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics

02.21.2014

Maccaferri Exhibiting at Multiple Events

Wirand^® Steel Fibers have been produced by Maccaferri for more than 25 years.  Wirand^® steel fibers are manufactured with low carbon steel wire with high tensile strength resistance. Adding Wirand^® steel fibers into the concrete mix provides new mechanical properties that can enhance structural applications. The Wirand^® steel fibers can be included as a substitute for the common steel reinforcement, or as a complement, or for a better performance for strain that the common reinforcement can't absorb. The result is a more ductile concrete which is able to maintain a residual capacity in the post-cracking phase.

In mechanical and performance terms, by adding Wirand^® steel fibers to the concrete mix you can:

• Increase and get a more stable tensile strength under flexion load, which produces a ductile behavior
• Increase impact resistance
• Increase cyclic loads of resistance (fatigue effect)
• Increase prevention of the plastic shrinkage crack
• Increase the concrete performance against thermal variations
• Get minor permeability

Wirand^® steel fibers reinforce concrete products while saving time on labor. The use of Wirand^® steel fibers in applications such as tunneling, industrial flooring, airport pavements, pre-cast and pre-compressed concrete represents an optimal, cost effective and technical solution.

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