Why reinforce columns with carbon fiber?
Reinforced concrete and metal columns lose their load-bearing capacity over time due to:
✔ Reinforcement corrosion
✔ Cracking
✔ Increased loads
✔ Construction design errors
External carbon fiber reinforcement restores up to 95% of the structural strength without altering the geometry or halting operations.
Carbon fiber column reinforcement techniques
- Horizontal reinforcement
- Uni- or bi-directional woven tapes/webs.
- Winding pitch is determined by design loads.
- Vertical Reinforcement
- Carbon fiber lamellas supported by rounded corners.
- Fiber orientation aligns with the column axis.
- Combined Reinforcement
- Integrates both horizontal and vertical carbon fiber layers.
- Optimal for columns subjected to complex loading conditions.
Work stages
- Diagnostics
- Analysis of destructive factors.
- Damage mapping.
- Load calculation.
- Temporary column unloading (if required).
- Surface Preparation
- Removing dust, rust, and deteriorated concrete.
- Filling cracks and defective areas with repair mortars (injection for up to 5 mm, standard mortars for larger areas).
- Rounding of corners (to mitigate local stress concentrations).
- Carbon Fiber Application
- Surface priming.
- Bonding of tapes/lamellas with epoxy adhesive, followed by rolling.
- Multilayer reinforcement (according to the calculation scheme).
- Finishing treatment
- Curing until full polymerization (min. 48 hours).
- Decorative finishing (if specified).
❗ Operational conditions:
- Air and column temperature must be - at least +5° C..
- Concrete surface moisture content must - not exceed 4%..
Advantages of the technology
✅ Does not add weight to the structure.
✅ No welding or heavy equipment required.
✅ Minimal lead times (starting from 2 days).
✅ Uninterrupted production.
✅ Durability (50+ years).
Why is it important to entrust the work to professionals?
- Reinforcement calculations must adhere to SNiP 52-01 and SP 63.13330 standards.
- Installation errors can reduce facility efficiency and safety by 40–50%..
- An acceptance certificateis essential for documenting changes with construction supervision.
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- On-site engineer inspection.
- Reinforcement design compliant with all standards.
- Certified materials.
