Issue 08/2024

Dear Readers, one ever-recurring emphasis in the issues of BFT International is reinforcement engineering. But why, exactly, do we attach so much importance to this topic? Concrete, our construction...

The 3D printing system for additive manufacturing of recess formers by Kühling & Kühling offers a turnkey package for the precast concrete industry. The combination of high-performance large-sized 3D...

In the previous BFT issues 06 and 07/2024, the first and second part part of applications for the 2024 Innovation Prize of the Supplier Industry for Concrete Components awarded during the 68th...

The non-metallic reinforcement products currently available on the market are for the most part flat in shape and, as form products, must be custom-made in a complex non-serial process. The innovation...

During recent decades, little has changed in production engineering of concrete staircase construction. Accordingly, around ten years ago, the idea was born to manufacture a staircase completely...

Green Code is an innovative construction system for individually planned, sustainable concrete buildings that are planned entirely digitally. System components are industrially manufactured concrete...

New leading trio in the concrete division: Since July 1, three experienced heads have represented the precast concrete division of Unitechnik Systems GmbH. Peter Reimer, Markus Siepe and Carsten...

The current turnover figures in the construction industry and building materials industry give reason for concern: Lack of skilled labor, declining order volumes, increasing energy costs and a high...

LAP has been developing and manufacturing laser projection systems for the global concrete industry for 20 years and is continuously driving the technology development process in order to meet...

In the production of precast concrete and sandwich panels, modern precast plants place great emphasis on high surface quality and maximum efficiency. Top-quality precast element surfaces include...

The construction industry is undergoing a period of transition. Companies like Max Bögl are faced with new challenges owing to the shortage of skilled labor and the demand for sustainable construction...

A Libyan construction company purchased Elkomix-135 Quick Master Compact Concrete Batching Plant, Elkoblock-25 Plus Concrete Block Machine and Elkon Mix Master-30 PL On-Site Concrete Batching Plant as...

Masa GmbH and the Austrian company Maschinenfabrik Liezen Faserzementanlagen GesmbH (MFL Fibre Cement) recently entered into a cooperation agreement to serve the global market for lightweight...

Austria‘s best hockey club has already gathered more than 90 championship titles in its trophy cabinet. Quite currently, SV Arminen located in the district of Hernals provides numerous world champions...

Holcim’s precast presence previously relied on the long-established Vetra brand primarily serving north-western Germany. Last year, the new Holcim Fertigteile brand was launched instead to mark the...

Near Harlingen on the North Sea coast in the Dutch province of Friesland is the precast concrete element factory of the company Spaansen. For more than three years, ready-to-build, prefabricated...

This gigantic project was completed in the spring of 2024 in the heart of Paris: the construction of an underground storage basin with a total volume of 50,000 m3, including a sewer 625 m long below...

As one of the few precast concrete element producers in Denmark, DS Elcobyg can now manufacture facade elements up to 16 meters in height. The company in Hobro has invested in three new casting tables...

The Syntheton rotor straightener with double bender, is a sophisticated processing center for reinforcing steel from coil. The patented extremely fast diameter change and the bending tool change...

The first part of this article explains the various test guidelines for fasteners and discusses new developments in test guidelines and the associated assessment documents for anchors and headed...

In the Bavarian municipality of Eitting, a factory building was realized with a self-supporting roof structure made of 50m-long beams. Laumer Bautechnik manufactured them using precast concrete...

(10) CN117162249(22) 16.10.2023(43) 05.12.2023(57) The invention relates to the technical field of material distributors, and discloses a suspension type anti-blocking material distributor for...

(10) CN117567059(22) 23.02.2024(43) 29.03.2024(57) The invention provides a production process of a concrete block by recycling waste, which comprises the following steps of: preparing the concrete...

(10) DE102022129344A1(22) 07.11.2022(43) 08.05.2024(57) Kanalsystem für Betonstruktur mit wenigstens einem Kanalelement und mit einem Kanalverbindungselement, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das...

(10) DE202024102033(22) 23.04.2024(43) 02.05.2024(57) Betonpflasterstein als Quaderstein mit senkrechten Zähnen an jeder Seitenwand, die mit Zähnen eines benachbarten Betonpflastersteins verzahnen,...

(10) US2021252739A1(22) 19.02.2020(43) 19.08.2021(57) The problem of wet-cast concrete products getting stuck in a flexible mold during demolding is solved, prior to demolding the wet-cast concrete...

(10) US2024147680A1(22) 31.10.2023(43) 02.05.2024(57) There is disclosed a conductive concrete structure for electromagnetic shielding comprising a first planar surface; a metal mesh positioned on a...

(10) WO2024090633A1(22) 31.10.2022(43) 02.05.2024(57) The present invention relates to a composite bridge girder and a manufacturing method therefor. The composite bridge girder is constituted by:...

(10) US2024140870A1(22) 02.10.2023(43) 02.05.2024(57) An article of manufacture includes at least one concrete member formed from a concrete mix including a ternary mixture of pozzolanic materials....

(10) WO2024103539A1(22) 08.02.2023(43) 23.05.2024(57) Disclosed in the present invention are a tamper head of a block making machine and a double-layer paving block making process. The tamper head of...

(10) CN115008580(22) 04.07.2022(43) 06.09.2022(57) The invention relates to the field of concrete processing equipment, in particular to concrete block production equipment and a using method. The...

(10) CN117428903(22) 27.09.2023; (43) 23.01.2024(57) The invention discloses assembly type concrete stair prefabricated part pouring production equipment, and particularly relates to the technical...

(10) DE102019131051A1(22) 18.11.2019(43) 20.05.2021(57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines bewehrten Betonbauteils (1, 1‘), insbesondere eines generativ hergestellten,...

(10) DE102023133128A1(22) 28.11.2023(43) 29.05.2024(57) Die Erfindung betrifft einen Transportanker für ein Doppelwandbauelement mit zueinander im Abstand angeordneten Wandschalen (9,9‘) aus Beton,...

(10) EP4059681A1(22) 10.03.2022; (43) 21.09.2022(57) Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von Betonformsteinen mit- einem Formunterteil (5), in dem zumindest ein Formnest (11) ausgebildet ist,- einem...

(10) US2023265020A1(22) 15.03.2023(43) 24.08.2023(57) Luminescent concrete compositions containing cement, fine aggregates such as sand, and a phosphor such as strontium aluminate. Glow-in-the-dark...

(10) US2024159038A1(22) 07.11.2023(43) 16.05.2024(57) A prefabricated reinforced concrete beam-column connecting structure and a construction method thereof are provided. The prefabricated reinforced...

(10) WO2024096147A1(22) 01.11.2022(43) 10.05.2024(57) The present invention relates to a prestressed girder for a bridge, and a manufacturing method therefor, and symmetrically provides tendons to be...

(10) WO2024103162A1(22) 14.11.2023(43) 23.05.2024(57) A method of manufacturing a concrete product, includes: mixing a composition including a binder, water, and an aggregate to produce a concrete...