Product Overview :
SikaFiber®-12 is a high quality, 100% virgin, polypropylene fibre designed to reduce the occurrence of plastic shrinkage and plastic settlement cracking whilst enhancing the surface properties and durability of a cementitious matrix. it is coated with a surfactant to improve initial dispersion and bond with the cement paste. Suitable for use in hot and tropical climatic conditions.
Manufacturer Overview :
Sika Corporation, based in Lyndhurst, NJ, is a leading supplier of specialty chemical products and industrial materials serving construction and industrial markets including transportation, marine, and automotive. Its technologies are focused on sealing, bonding, damping, reinforcing and protecting. Sika’s product lines include roofing, concrete admixtures, specialty mortars, epoxies, structural strengthening systems, industrial flooring, sealants, adhesives, specialty acoustic and reinforcing materials.
Product Usage :
SikaFiber®-12 is used to prevent micro-cracking due to plastic and drying shrinkage in cementitious systems such as:
- Concrete
- Shotcrete
- Cementitious overlays
- Industrial floor slabs
- Patch repairs to pre-cast elements
- Water retaining structures
- High performance concrete
- Precast concrete tunnel segments
Advantages :
Reduces future repair costs
In shotcrete:
- Improves the ability to apply greater thicknesses in a single pass
- Reduces rebound
- Enhances early age crack control
- Reduces line pressure in spray pumps
- May reduce the dosage of set accelerator
Color :
White fibre