C-JOINT
Carbon connector for anchoring FRCM
systems to concrete and masonry
C-Joint is a connection system made of unidirectional carbon fibers for the creation of an anchor between the existing structures and FRCM carbon structural strengthening systems. The connection must be made on site and consists of a bundle of long unidirectional carbon fibers held together in a special mesh which gives the bundle a cylindrical shape.
Easy
to install
Compatible
with masonry
Vapor
permeable
Non-toxic
matrix
Wet supports
Ecological
COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM:
C-JOINT
Carbon fiber connection element, Ø 6, 10 and 12* mm, 10 m long.
MX-JOINT
Stabilized inorganic matrix for the application of C-JOINT.
(*) Please contact Ruregold sales offices in order to check the delivery times and the minimum lot.
PROPERTIES OF THE SYSTEM
- Increases the capacity of the Carbon-FRCM strengthening system to adhere to the existing support.
- Increases the capacity of the Carbon-FRCM system to adhere to the existing masonry support when it is applied to one face only.
- Application of the face-to-face Carbom fibre connector increases adhesion capacity to the masonry support in multi-leaf and/or rubble-core masonry.
- Increased adhesion capacity of the Carbon FRCM system to the concrete support when shear strengthening is applied to reinforced concrete beams.
- Increased adhesion capacity of the Carbon FRCM system to the concrete support when strengthening is applied to reinforced concrete walls.
- Continuous force transfer to the structure is created by the Carbon-FRCM strengthening system when it is applied to strengthening against combined axial and flexural forces in reinforced concrete columns.
- Creation of constraints when the Carbon fibre connector is inserted into masonry and reinforced concrete structures.
- The system can also be applied to damp supports without any need for special protection.
- The fibre bundle is easy to place and handle.
FIELDS OF APPLICATION
- Adapting and upgrading the static and anti-seismic behaviour of masonry and reinforced concrete buildings.
- Structural strengthening to loadbearing walls (piers) and spandrels of masonry buildings, when the FRCM system is applied to one face only of the wall
- Structural strengthening to loadbearing walls (piers) and spandrels of masonry buildings, when the FRCM system is applied to multiple-leaf and/or rubble core masonry.
- Structural strengthening to masonry corners and horizontal bandaging at floor levels.
- Structural strengthening to eaves ring beams in masonry walls.
- Structural strengthening to masonry arches, vaults, and domes.
- Structural strengthening to infrastructure works built from masonry.
- Shear strengthening to reinforced concrete beams.
- Strengthening to resist combined axial and flexural forces in reinforced concrete columns.
- Structural strengthening to infrastructure works in reinforced concrete.
- Anti-overturn systems for internal partitions and external walls.