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Novocon® FE-1050

Novocon® FE-1050

Steel fibres for concrete

Novocon® FE-1050 steel fibres are designed specifically for the reinforcement of concrete, mortars and other cementitious mixes. Novocon® FE-1050 is a cold drawn wire fibre, deformed with flat ends (FE) to provide optimum performance within the concrete mix. Novocon® FE-1050 steel fibres are European Standard-EN 14889-1:2006 compliant and have been specifically designed to meet or exceed the defined performance requirements.

  • Provides uniform multi-directional concrete reinforcement
  • Increases crack resistance, ductility, energy absorption or toughness of concrete
  • Improves impact resistance, fatigue endurance and shear strength of concrete
  • High tensile strength fibre bridgies joints and cracks to provide increased load-carrying capacity
  • Increased ultimate load-bearing capacity allows possible reduction of concrete section
  • Requires less labour to incorporate into concrete than conventional reinforcement
  • Offers economical concrete reinforcement solutions with greater project scheduling accuracy
  • Ideally suited for hand or vibratory screeds, laser screeds and all conventional finishing equipment
  • Requires no minimum amount of concrete cover
  • Always positioned in compliance with codes
  • Safe and easier to use than traditional reinforcement
  • Reduces construction time
  • Improved durability
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Usage

  • Ground supported slabs
  • Precast
  • Suspended Floors
  • Overlays
  • Jointless Floors  
  • Walls
  • External roads & pavements
  • Blast-resistant concrete

Advantages

  • Provides uniform multi-directional concrete reinforcement
  • Increases crack resistance, ductility, energy absorption or toughness of concrete
  • Improves impact resistance, fatigue endurance and shear strength of concrete
  • High tensile strength fibre bridgies joints and cracks to provide increased load-carrying capacity
  • Increased ultimate load-bearing capacity allows possible reduction of concrete section
  • Requires less labour to incorporate into concrete than conventional reinforcement
  • Offers economical concrete reinforcement solutions with greater project scheduling accuracy
  • Ideally suited for hand or vibratory screeds, laser screeds and all conventional finishing equipment
  • Requires no minimum amount of concrete cover
  • Always positioned in compliance with codes
  • Safe and easier to use than traditional reinforcement
  • Reduces construction time
  • Improved durability

Packaging

Novocon® FE-1050 fibres are available as standard in 25 kg packaging.

Colour

Bright and clean wire

Product Details

Sustainability / Certifications / Approvals

APPROVALS / STANDARDS

  • Complies with European Standard EN 14889-1:2006 Fibres for Concrete Part 1:Group I and carries CE marking
  • Conforms to ASTM A820 /A 820M - 04,Type 1 cold drawn segment wire
     

Reference Documents

  • European Standard EN 14889-2: 2006 Fibres for Concrete
  • ASTM 820 Standard Specification for Steel Fibres for Fibre-Reinforced Concrete
  • ACI 304 Guide for Measuring, Mixing, Transporting and Placing Concrete
  • ASTM C1116/C1116M Standard Specification for Fibre-Reinforced Concrete and Shotcrete
  • ASTM C1399 Standard Test Method for Obtaining Average Residual-Strength of Fiber Reinforced Concrete
  • ASTM C 1550 Standard Test Method for Flexural Toughness of Fibre Reinforced Concrete (Using Centrally Loaded Round Panel)
  • ASTM C 1609 /C 1609M Standard Test Method for Flexural Performance of Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (Using Beam With Third-Point Loading)
  • JCI-Sf4 Method of Test for Flexural Strength and Flexural Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Replaces ASTM C1018)
  • Concrete Society (UK) Technical Report 63 Guidance for the Design of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete
  • Concrete Society (UK) Technical Report 34 Concrete Industrial Floors
  • Concrete Society (UK) Technical Report 66 External In-situ Concrete Paving
Product Information

Chemical Base

Bright and clean wire (flat ends)

Shelf Life

24 months from date of production if stored properly in undamaged, unopened, original sealed packaging.

Storage Conditions

The pallets should be protected against rain and snow. Do NOT stack pallets on top of each other.

Dimensions

Fibre Length

Diameter

Aspect Ratio

50mm

1.0mm

50
Technical Information

Specific Advice

It is recommended that gloves and eye protection be used when handling or adding Novocon® FE-1050 steel fibres to concrete. Full Safety Data Sheets are available on request.

Tensile Strength

1150 N/mm2

Application

Application Information

Compatibility

Novocon® FE-1050 steel fibres are compatible with all curing compounds, superplasticisers, water reducers, hardeners and coatings.
Consumption

Recommended Dosage

The fibre dosage will vary depending on the type of application, concrete mix design and the performance/toughness requirements of each particular project. Typically, steel fibre dosage will be in the range of 20 kg to 40 kg per cubic metre. Sika technical staff can offer advice on dosage requirements once performance requirements have been established by the project designer/engineer.
Application steps

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Mixing
Novocon® FE-1050steel fibres can be added during or after the batching of the concrete but should never be added as the first component. Such devices as conveyor belts, chutes and dispensers may be used to add fibres to the mixer at the ready mix plant. After the fibres have been added, the concrete should be mixed for sufficient time (minimum 5 minutes at full mixing speed) to ensure uniform distribution of the fibres throughout the concrete mix. The use of mid or high-range water reducing admixtures can be advantageous, but is not essential.
Placing
Novocon® FE-1050 steel fibres can be pumped and placed using conventional equipment. Hand or vibratory screeds and laser screeds can be used with Novocon® FE-1050 steel fibres.
Finishing
Conventional finishing techniques can be used when finishing Novocon® FE-1050 steel fibre concrete. In some cases, an extra bull float process is advised and lowering the angle of the power float blades will help to minimise fibre exposure on the surface.

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