Yes! It is

✔ as good as mesh to reduce crack formation.

✔ the economical solution supported by CE product certification.

✔ an easy to dose and mix fibre dosage.

✔ easy to pump.✔ simple to pour and easy to

finish with a power float.✔ an environmentally

friendly solution: less energy consumption per square metre compared to mesh.

Still quoting for mesh? Think again!

- Keep it simple: make use of one simple reinforcement solution for various job site requirements.

- Save time: eliminate mesh and reduce your construction time.

- Save money: by applying the best in class fibres, Dramix® enables you to use lowest steel fibre dosages with CE certification and to design in the most economical way.

- Reinforce homogeneously: glueing fibres into bundles guarantees quick and easy mixing with a uniform distribution.

- Avoid risk: replace steel with steel. With 40 years of experience, Dramix® is the proven solution.

Dramix®

The safe and smart way

Dramix® steel fibre concrete reinforcement is a successful alternative for traditional mesh reinforcement. For family houses, apartment blocks, public and utility buildings, Dramix® steel fibres offer an easy and cost-effective way to reduce crack formation.

Dramix® READY, reinforcementfor foundations

• strip foundations• line foundations• ground supported slab

Practical recommendations:✔ Soil conditions must be checked in advance by tests in situ.✔ This system is only suitable for foundations with elastic subbase.✔ The solution must be checked and approved by the statical engineer responsible for the project.✔ Min APPROVED thickness for ground supported slabs = 120 mm

(see BBA approval in UK, SECO approval in Belgium and DAT approval in France)

Your solution(1): Tailor-made design possible on request

Design notes: ✔ The choice between different foundation techniques is to be made by the building engineer.✔ No allowance has been made for settlements and deformations of the subground or foundation.

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family house apartment block metal structure light industrial

Are these your applications?✔ Strip foundations

✔ Line foundations

✔ Ground supported slab as subfloor + insulation(execution with floor heating system is possible)

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Concrete C12/15 - C16/20 - C20/25: quality must be in line with national standards.Fibre type: Dramix® READY

A STRIP FOUNDATION B LINE FOUNDATION C SUBFLOORdimensions (mm) allowed soil pressure in ULS (Mpa) dimensions (mm) allowed soil pressure in ULS (Mpa)

Floor thickness (mm)

width height 0,10 0,25 width height 0,10 0,25q line loads (kN/m)* q line loads (kN/m)* 150x150 200x200

q q q q 5/5 or 6/6 5/5 or 6/6300 500 30 75 500 300 50 125 ✔ ✔ 100400 700 40 100 600 300 60 150 ✔ ✔ 120500 800 50 125 750 400 75 190 ✔ ✔ 150600 800 60 150 900 450 90 225 Acceptable loads:

• uniformly permanent load (q1) = max 2.0 kN/m²• uniformly mobile load (q2) = max 2.0 kN/m²• uniformly line loads (q) = max 3.5 kN/m• point loads (P) = max 10.0 kNLoads may appear simultaneously or separately

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* admissable line loads in KN/m related to soil pressure in ultimate limit state.

GROUND SUPPORTED SLABAPPROVED min thickness = 120 mm

traditional mesh 150/150/6/6 mm Dramix® READY

material cost in % material cost in %spacers 9,50% spacers 0,00%

mesh 0.5 €/kg* 64% Dramix® READY 18 €/m3 72%

labour = handling + placing 26,50% labour =

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total cost in %/m2 100% total cost in %/m2 72%* 15 % waste and overlap SAVINGS

3. Cost comparisonExample:

Request your tailor-made cost comparison.

1. Approved and controlled fi bres

2. Ready-to-use reinforced concrete

A recipe for quality, cost-effi ciency and the environment. It’s all in the Dramix® package.

Reinforcement in line with regulations and local standards

CE approved fibres: solutions withoptimal fibre dosage andCE certificates. Request your CE certificate.

A solution offering a minimum of 2200 metrewire reinforcement in each cubic metre

This multidimensional steel web ensures an efficient redistribution of tensions, which are required for optimum crack control.

At your concrete plant, Dramix® is mixed industrially into a first-rate, homogeneous all-in-one reinforcement solution.

The Dramix® concrete is then delivered to you as a ready to use end product.

STRIP FOUNDATION OR LINE FOUNDATION600 mm x 300 mm

traditional Dramix® READY

material cost in % material cost in %

rebar + styrups 4,5 kg/m(*) x 0.5 €/kg 40% Dramix® READY

18 €/m3 65%

labour = handling + placing 60% labour =

handling + placing 0%

total cost in % per current meter 100% total cost in % per current meter 65%* 15 % waste and overlap SAVINGS 28%35%

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Dramix® also offers quality solutions for your…- general foundation slabs

- walls (cellar/basement/swimming pool/fi lling walls)

- compression layers

- steel decks

- lightly loaded fl oors

- crack width design based on combined reinforcement

NV Bekaert SABuilding ProductsBekaertstraat 2BE-8550 ZwevegemBelgiumT +32 56 76 61 10F +32 56 76 79 47

infobuilding@bekaert.comwww.bekaert.com/building

Consult your Bekaert representative for specialized information

Your local sales contact will:✔ analyse and verify your project conditions.

✔ support you and your professional RMX partner during construction site meetings and/or execution.

✔ back you up with CE product certification and local approvals.

✔ assist you with a green design on energy consumption.

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4. A green product✔ Dramix® READY consists of approximately 20% recycled materials.

✔ Dramix® READY is recyclable without any chemical side effect or pollution impact.

✔ Dramix® READY offers improved environmental sustainability.

(1) NV Bekaert reserves the right to alter these tables without prior notice.