{"id":11519,"date":"2018-05-23T13:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T11:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/gfrc\/"},"modified":"2018-05-23T13:11:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T11:11:32","slug":"gfrc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/gfrc\/","title":{"rendered":"GFRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]GFRC is an innovative material that was originally tested in Russia around 1940, but that was finally developed around the end of the 1970s in the United States. It is a compound made of a concrete matrix, water and aggregates with the addition of glass fibers to provide reinforcement. GFRC is mainly used to manufacture prefabricated elements and cladding panels for buildings\u2019 fa\u00e7ades.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1520867310668-49c6d202-3889-6&#8243; include=&#8221;11461,11463,11464,11460&#8243;][vc_column_text]&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Production<\/h2>\n<p>GFRC is cast by a spray-up method. During the process the glass fibers are placed inside a gun that cuts them up and casts them, together with the concrete, directly into the formwork. Their quantity is 5% of the weight. Such a process ensures that the orientation of all the glass fibers follows the two casting dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>The panels are produced according to a daily cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The production is divided into the following stages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Production of the panel\u2019s external surface using formworks that are expressly set up for the project in question;<\/li>\n<li>The first marble chip surface is applied followed by a GFRC layer;<\/li>\n<li>Joining the mechanical frame with the GFRC Skin;<\/li>\n<li>Curing period of about 24 hours;<\/li>\n<li>Demoulding;<\/li>\n<li>Further curing for about 7 days;<\/li>\n<li>Sanding and finishing;<\/li>\n<li>Packaging and storage of the items while waiting to be delivered to the building site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11467&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; image_hovers=&#8221;false&#8221; lazy_loading=&#8221;true&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]GFRC is an innovative material that was originally tested in Russia around 1940, but that was finally developed around the end of the 1970s in the United States. It is a compound made of a concrete matrix, water and aggregates with the addition of glass fibers to provide reinforcement. GFRC is mainly used to manufacture&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":11567,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11519","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edilbetonperugia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}