| The Bamtec System - Step by Step: |
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| The Design: |
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Option 1: Hy-Ten can design the slab reinforcement requirement using our powerful finite element software (Nemetschek). Our software also automatically details the reinforcement.
Once the design and details have been checked and approved, our software produces schedules that are transferred electronically to one of our Bamtec manufacturing robots.
This combination of powerful F.E.design, integrated detailing and automated carpet manufacture means Hy-Ten can supply complex reinforcement configurations that give substantial material savings over standardised cut and bent reinforcement. It also means fast, cost efficient and accurate designing and detailing.
Option 2: Alternatively, our Nemetschek software can import slab reinforcement from many of the F.E.softwares used by engineers in the British Isles.
Consequently, Hy-Ten can produce reinforcement details that incorporate the complexity of the most thorough F.E.design, thereby allowing substantial material savings.
Once the details have been checked and approved the information required for manufacture is transferred to the Bamtec robot. |
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Hy-Ten's Bamtec manufacturing centre is at Bootle in Liverpool. Hy-Ten currently has 3 Bamtec manufacturing robots.
The robots weld standard CARES approved reinforcement bars to continuous 1mm thick metal strips at 1.5 metre centres to produce the Bamtec carpets that will be rolled out on site.
The Bamtec robots can weld any bar diameter required from 8mm to 32mm and any bar length required from 1.7 metres to 15metres. The bars within each carpet can be of varying diameter and length and at varying centres and positions relative to one another. Carpets can be of varying size (up to 15 metres wide and 30 metres long) and of varying weight (up to 2 tonnes).
This versatility allows us to supply very complex and variable reinforcement configurations for a multitude of construction applications in carpets that are quickly and easily rolled out on site.
Furthermore, the process is fully automated, the robots working to information transferred from our Nemetschek detailing software, thereby ensuring that the bars are positioned in exactly the configuration required by the engineer's design.
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| The Installation: |
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The installation of Bamtec carpets is substantially quicker and requires fewer site personnel than the fixing of traditional reinforcement, resulting in reduced fixing costs and shorter
site programmes.
Instead of the time consuming traditional method of positioning and tieing each individual reinforcement bar, Bamtec carpets (incorporating bars already welded in the correct position relative to eachother) are moved into starting position by crane and then simply rolled out. The carpets do not need to be tied to one another.
Screed rails can be used in conjunction with Bamtec to further improve the rate of construction.
A typical time saving from the use of Bamtec in a concrete frame building is 3-5 days per floor.
Click here for information on the fastest known Bamtec Installation rate achieved to date in the British Isles.
To assist installation, Hy-Ten provide site personnel with a rollout plan and an overview plan. The rollout plan shows the exact position and rollout direction of each carpet.
Furthermore, Hy-Ten's technical staff provide comprehensive on-site training to demonstrate to customers' personnel how to best install Bamtec carpets to get the maximum benefit out of the system's fast installation attributes.
You can also download guidance on the offloading and installing of Bamtec carpets by clicking on the icons below.
 Method statement for the off loading of Bamtec (19KB)
Bamtec Installation document (24KB) |
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