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First technical approval for fiberglass reinforcing bar in Germany

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The straight glassfiber reinforcing bar Schöck ComBar is available with nominal diameters of 8, 12, 16, 20 and 25 millimeters

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The German approval body for construction products and types of construction (DIBt) recently approved the straight Schöck ComBar fiberglass reinforcing bar in nominal diameters of 8, 12, 16, 20, and 25 millimeters. With that, Schöck claims to be the only manufacturer on the German market to possess a national technical approval for fiberglass reinforcing bars.

Bearing capacity increased by 14 %

For the approval, new research results were considered, among other criteria, leading to an increase in bearing capacity for structural members by 14 % without requiring design shear reinforcement. In...

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