TekBar

TekBar™ FRP Rebar

Material Specification

Fibre-reinforced composite rebars
For corrosion-free, high strength, durable and very economic structures.

TekBar™ High performance Reinforcement Bars

The new generation of fibre-reinforced composite reinforcement bars. Combine extremely high strengths with low weight and longer service life. Specially developed for demanding applications that require high mechanical stability and corrosion resistance from reinforcement bars.

Available as:

TekBar™ GFRP Rebar

Glass-fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP)

TekBar™ BFRP Rebar

Basalt-fibre-reinforced plastic (BFRP)

TekBar™ BFRP Rebar

Significantly reduced
maintenance and service
life costs compared to
conventional steel rebars.

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For demanding fields of application

TekBar™ FRP Rebars were especially developed for demanding fields of application in aggressive environments, where reinforcement bars have to withstand permanently high mechanical and corrosive loads. TekBar™ FRP Rebars have outstanding properties for such requirements.
For example:

Corrosion resistance

Building structures next to sea and in coastal regions which are exposed to severe corrosion:
harbour installations, docks, underwater tunnels, desalinisation plants, breakwaters, embankments, quay walls, windmills, roads and buildings and concrete roadbases exposed to sea spray

Alkali-resistance & durability

All concrete structures and transport routes exposed to frost and thawing saltwater:
bridge decks, road construction, air fields, concrete casings, flood protection walls; canals and harbour basins (fresh water engineering), lock walls, dam projects

Chemical resistance

Structures in aggressive chemical media environments:
Sewage treatment and biogas plants, refineries, paper mills, sewer systems, underground garages also without floor coatings, industrial floor slabs, agrarian buildings such as silage and fertiliser silos

Easy machinability

Special civil engineering, tunnel construction, mining and inner-city infrastructure buildings:
Temporary and permanent anchors. Easy cuttability for tunnel-boring machines (TBM) in soft eyes, concrete reinforcement for underground railway construction and road tunnels, rock face stabilisation, soil nails, anchor pins, diaphragm walls, bored piles

No conductivity & no frequency disturbance

Sensitive functional areas in which electric and thermally non-conductive, induction-free, non-magnetic or signal-permeable reinforcements are necessary:
High voltage installations, transformer buildings, railway and airport structures, slab roadways, frequency sensitive switching and control installations, telecommunications infrastructures, industrial systems with driverless transport systems, medical and research institutions

High tensile strength & minimum component thickness

Prestressing technology:
TekBarTM BFRP Rebars with basalt fibre reinforcing are especially suitable for prestressing technology with very high tensile strength

Filigree and solid prefabricated concrete parts:
Lightweight material for core-insulated double walls, sandwich elements, solid concrete panels and façade elements with high quality design surfaces. Concrete preformed structures in tunnel construction, sewer pipes, shaft accesses, concrete sleepers

Your advantages when using fibre-reinforcement in your construction projects

High corrosion resistance – NO RUST

Permanent alkali and chemical resistance and high acid resistance, also in very demanding environments
Resistant to concrete carbonation and in the event of acidic impact, e. g. aggressive mountain water or industrial waste water
Prevents concrete spalling and protects static structural parts

High economic efficiency – REDUCTION OF LIFE CYCLE COSTS

Significantly reduced maintenance and service life costs
Considerably lower to no repair and replacement costs
More quality, but no higher construction costs; instead, savings potential compared to steel
Cost reduction of structures through minimal requirements for concrete covering (rod diameter + 10 mm), through possible use of conventional concrete qualities or through elimination of expensive additives and protective coatings
Up to fourfold savings in transport costs due to 73 % lower deadweight

Greater mechanical stability with low weight – HIGH STRENGTH

Enormous tensile strength and first class durability of mechanical properties
Very good bond strength properties for ideal force transmission
Lightweight material with only 27 % of the weight of steel
Minimised deadweight of concrete structures. Permits filigree structures
Much easier and less dangerous handling on building sites

High safety and functionality

No electric or electromagnetic conductivity
No magnetism and no disruption of sensitive electronic installations
Transparent for radar and radio waves
Very low heat conductivity, as a result avoidance of thermal bridges
Easy machinability. Easy cutting properties of the reinforcement prevents damage to tools and machinery in civil engineering and tunnel construction

Long service life and extremely high quality – SUSTAINABLE

High quality corrosion resistant fibres and highly durable quality resins and the precise TekBar™ FRP Rebar manufacturing process ensure outstanding qualities and an innovative building material with uniquely bundled properties
Sturdy, durable composite reinforcement in concrete
Much longer service life for heavily stressed structures

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