Cordón Carbotec

Composition

Unidirectional carbon fibre.

Features and applications

• Use in structural reinforcement and conservative restoration.
• Anchoring and connection system for carbon fibre fabrics, sheets and plates, between them and the foundation. 
• Prior to installation, it must be previously stiffened by applying Carbotec Adhesive.
• Coating agent and placing a counterweight that allows obtaining a connector with straight directrix, leaving without
• Coat one end (in the case of a single connector) or two ends (in the case of a double connector).
• Corrosion resistant: no additional treatment required.

Substrates

• Concrete, mortars of adequate strength, and similar. For other foundations, please contact our technical department.
• The foundations must be resistant, stable, healthy and clean, free of dust, remains of release agents, organic products, etc.
• If necessary, the foundation shall be prepared by manual or mechanical means so that it has a surface free of surface grout and of adequate porosity.

Instructions for use

PLACEMENT AFTER REINFORCEMENT

• After applying the CARBOTEC or similar reinforcement system to the structure to be reinforced, a series of holes are drilled in the structure (also drilling the applied reinforcement), as many holes as the number of fioccos to be applied.
• The depth of the holes shall be the same as the length of the rigid part of the FIOCCO CARBOTEC rod once it has been formed, adding 2 cm more to it.The diameter will be approximately 2-3 mm larger than the diameter of the formed FIOCCO CARBOTEC.
• Once the holes have been drilled, they should be thoroughly cleaned by vacuuming or blowing out the dust with water or pressurised air.
• Cut the FIOCCO CARBOTEC to the length required in the project and remove the cotton thread from the ends that are not to be stiffened.
• Once the holes are clean and dry, the stem is glued with CARBOTEC ADHESIVE and the rigid part of the CARBOTEC FIOCCO is inserted once it has been shaped, leaving the soft part hanging.
• The amount of anchoring resin ADHESIVO CARBOTEC LÁMINA shall be such as to fill the free space between the hole and the shaft of FIOCCO CARBOTEC once fully stiffened. This can only be achieved if the resin can be seen to come to the front when the FIOCCO CARBOTEC is inserted.
• Glue the soft carbon fibre part of the fiocco with CARBOTEC LAMINA ADHESIVE, spreading and opening the fibres in all directions, forming a circle with the fibres. It thus adheres to the pre-applied surface of the reinforcement element. The whole becomes a monolithic element.
• Apply manually with a spatula or brush ADHESIVO CARBOTEC LÁMINA as a final surface coating covering the areas where the fioccos have been placed.

PLACEMENT PRIOR TO REINFORCEMENT

• Prior to the application of the reinforcement system, a series of holes are drilled in the supporting structure, as many holes as the number of fioccos to be applied.
• Clean the holes and glue the stems of the fioccos, as described in the METHOD OF USE ABOVE.
• Glue the soft carbon fibre part with CARBOTEC LAMINA ADHESIVE, spreading and opening the fibres in all directions, forming a circle with the fibres. It thus adheres to the surface of the structure to be reinforced.
• Apply manually with a spatula or brush ADHESIVO CARBOTEC LÁMINA as a final surface coating, covering the areas where the fioccos have been placed and on the whole structure to be reinforced, serving as an adhesive for the reinforcement system to be installed.
• Install the reinforcement system according to the instructions in its data sheet

Cautions and recommendations

• Use within the recommended temperature ranges and weather conditions when applying CARBOTEC film, fabric and adhesives.
• The insertion holes must be completely free of dust.

Packaging

Rolls of 10 m length. Available diametres: 8, 10,  and 12 mm Store in their original unopened containers in a cool, dry place at temperatures between 5 and 30 ºC and always away from direct sunlight and the weather.

Technical data

Note

The instructions for use are given according to our tests and knowledge and do not imply any commitment by GRUPO PUMA nor free the consumer from the examination and verification of the products for their correct use. Claims must be accompanied by the original packaging to allow a proper traceability.

GRUPO PUMA is not responsible, in any case, for the application of its products or constructive solutions carried out by the application company or other parties involved in the process and / or execution of the work, limiting the responsibility of GRUPO PUMA exclusively to the damages directly attributable to the supplied products, individually or integrated in systems, due to failures in their manufacturing process.

In any case, the drafter of the work project, the technical management or the person responsible for the work, or collaterally the application company or other parties involved in the process and / or execution of the work, must ensure the suitability of the products addressing the characteristics of them, as well as the conditions, support and possible pathologies of the work in question.

The values obtained by GRUPO PUMAS's products or its constructive solutions that, as the case may be, are determined by the EN standards or any other regulation that applies to it in each case refers exclusively to the conditions specifically stipulated in said regulation and that are referred to, among others, to certain characteristics of the support, humidity and temperature conditions, etc. without being them required in the tests obtained under different conditions, all in accordance with the relevant regulation.