Bamtec is a system of steel reinforcement for flat concrete slabs developed in Germany for which Hy-Ten, one of the UK’s major reinforcement manufacturers, is the exclusive supplier in the UK and Ireland. The system offers significant savings in steel, manpower and time, allowing contracts to proceed more efficiently. Bamtec integrates finite element design of the required structural reinforcement of concrete floor slabs with robotic manufacture to produce a series of bespoke reinforcement carpets which are then rolled out on site. The manufacturing data is transferred directly to the automated plant where each re-bar is welded onto steel tapes in the precise position required. Each carpet is identity tagged for correct sequential location in the floor slab reinforcement. http://www.ainsmag.co.uk/hy246/hy-ten.htm Business/Construction_and_Maintenance/Materials_and_Supplies/Concrete/Reinforcement/ Ainsworth Maguire http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:53:57 +0000 pr@ainsmag.co.uk Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:53:53 +0000 pr@ainsmag.co.uk FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.1.0) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.ainsmag.co.uk/newsimages/hy246/hy-ten_logo.gif http://www.ainsmag.co.uk/hy246/hy-ten.htm Bamtec is a system of steel reinforcement for flat concrete slabs 129 46 Steel reinforcement specialist Hy-Ten, has achieved sales of 10,000 tonnes for their innovative Bamtec floor slab reinforcement system this year, roughly equivalent to their record breaking year of 2007. This represents a real increase in market share for Bamtec in a sector that some commentators estimate has shrunk by 40 percent. http://www.ainsmag.co.uk/hy246/4754hy1a-bamtec.htm DB2E3724-AD4F-4321-9BE7-D407260DCC93 Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:53:53 +0000