Bamtec Carpet Reinforcement - Hy-Ten

Bamtec Carpet Reinforcement
= Savings in steel of up to 35%
= Savings in fixing time
and costs of up to 75%
= Programme acceleration and security
= Free design & detailing service
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Contents
Introduction to Hy-Ten
Introduction to Bamtec
Benefits of using Bamtec
Principal Contributors
Design and Detailing
Manufacture
Installation Process
Projects & Case Studies
Summary
Contact Information
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Introduction to Hy-Ten
Hy-Ten is a leading stockist and fabricator of concrete reinforcement bar,
mesh and accessories.
The company has a UK network of 9 manufacturing centres from which it
provides an innovative, rapid and cost effective service to building and
civil engineering contractors throughout the UK, Eire & the World.
Hy-Ten is the exclusive British Isles and UAE manufacturer and supplier of
Bamtec - concrete slab reinforcement that comes in a roll. The most
efficient concrete reinforcement system available, Bamtec reduces site
fixing costs by up to 75% and reduces tonnage requirements by up to 35%.
One of our most significant innovations is the HT Coupler - a friction
welded reinforcement coupler that is CArEs approved and offers
substantial benefits in terms of cost, quality and lead time.
The company also manufactures and distributes gabions and land
reinforcement, industrial welded mesh, security fencing, structural
steelwork, steel lintels and sheet piling.
The Hy-Ten Group is based at richmond, surrey, UK and currently has an
annual turnover of £75 million. The Group was founded in 1958 and
celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008.
For more details on our products and services, visit
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Introduction to Bamtec
Bamtec is the most sophisticated slab reinforcement system available today and has already
helped to accelerate programmes and reduce costs on many sites throughout the British Isles and
worldwide.
Bamtec - Introduction
Because the Bamtec system combines finite element analysis, integrated detailing software and
robotic manufacturing, it is the only system that can provide finite element curtailed prefabricated
reinforcement. This results in material savings of up to 35% compared to cut & bent reinforcement.
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Bamtec carpets are delivered to site in lengths of up to 15 metres and roll out distances of up to
35 metres. The carpets are delivered pre slung to facilitate fast site off loading and movement and
once positioned are simply and easily rolled out, reducing fixing costs by up to 75% compared to
conventional loose bar.
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The reinforcing bars within each carpet can be of varying diameters (from 8mm to 32 mm), varying
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lengths and at varying centres to suit the slab design. This allows Bamtec to deal with variable load
requirements, non rectangular slabs, slab openings etc.
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Benefits of Bamtec / Principal Contributors
The benefits of using this unique, patented system are:
• Material saving up to 35%
• savings in fixing times and costs of up to 75%
• Programme acceleration and security
Supplier, Detailing &
Project Co-ordination /
Management and
Manufacture
• Free Design and Detailing service
(included in Bamtec cost per tonne)
• Health & safety benefits including
Engineering Design
• Less Tying of reinforcement
• reductions in rsI
• reductions in back injuries
• CO2 reduction
Software Solution
• Elimination of site errors and wastage
• reduced requirement for checking insitu fixed material
• Deskilling of site installation
• Quality Control
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Design & Detailing
Option 1:
Utilising the engineer’s initial design model, Hy-Ten can undertake a full slab design
using our powerful finite element software (sofistik). Our software also automatically
details the reinforcement.
Once the design and detailing have been checked and approved, our software
produces schedules that are transferred electronically to one of our Bamtec
manufacturing robots.
The combination of powerful F.E.design, integrated detailing, fully automated carpet
manufacture plus the inclusion of our unique non-standard bar diameters (14,18,22mm)
means Hy-Ten can supply complex reinforcement configurations that give up to 35%
material savings over standardized cut and bent reinforcement. It also means fast,
cost efficient and accurate design and detailing.
Hy-Ten include the cost of design and detailing in the Bamtec cost / tonne. Accordingly,
utilizing this option allows engineers / customers to enjoy free design and detailing.
Option 2:
Alternatively, where a full design has already been carried out, Hy-Ten's design office
can undertake a redesign of your flat slab requirements utilising the consulting
engineer's original loading specifications.
Our Bamtec redesigns are also up to 35% lighter than the cut and bent alternative.
Option 3:
Hy-Ten can redetail the existing cut and bent configuration to suit Bamtec. This option
does not provide material savings, but does enable customers to benefit from the
speed with which Bamtec can be installed.
Engineering Design
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Software Solution
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Manufacture
Hy-Ten manufacture Bamtec at Bootle in liverpool, Wallingford in Oxfordshire and Dubai UAE.
In total Hy-Ten currently has 5 Bamtec manufacturing robots.
Operating both from coil and stock bar, the robots weld standard CArEs approved reinforcement
bars to continuous 1mm thick metal strips at 1.5 metre centres to produce the Bamtec carpets
that will be rolled out on site.
The Bamtec robots can weld any bar diameter required from 8mm to 32mm (including our unique
non-standard diameters - 14, 18, 22mm) and any bar length required from 1.7 metres to 15metres.
The bars within each carpet can be of varying diameter and length and at varying centres and
positions relative to one another.
Carpets can be of varying size (up to 15 metres wide and 30 metres long) and of varying weight
(up to 2 tonnes).
This versatility allows us to supply very complex and variable reinforcement configurations for a
multitude of construction applications in carpets that are quickly and easily rolled out on site.
Furthermore, the process is fully automated, the robots working to information transferred from our
sofistik design and detailing software, thereby ensuring that the bars are positioned in exactly the
configuration required by the engineer's design.
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Installation Process
The installation of Bamtec carpets is substantially quicker and requires fewer site personnel than
the fixing of traditional reinforcement, resulting in reduced fixing costs and shorter site programmes.
All the carpets arrive on site pre-slung for easy off loading and site movement.
Instead of the time consuming traditional method of positioning and tieing each individual
reinforcement bar, Bamtec carpets (incorporating bars already welded in the correct position
relative to eachother) are moved into starting position by crane and then simply rolled out. The
carpets do not need to be tied to one another.
Bamtec - Installation Animation
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Hy-Ten can provide couplers on column bars at soffit level. This means that columns are not an
obstruction to the rolling of carpets. This enables us to supply larger and fewer carpets, thereby
speeding up the installation process.
Hy-Ten design and produce shear rails which can be used in conjunction with Bamtec to further
improve the rate of construction. (ClICk HERE)
A typical time saving from the use of Bamtec in a concrete frame building is 3-5 days per floor.
To assist installation, Hy-Ten provide site personnel with a rollout plan and an overview plan.
The rollout plan shows the exact position and rollout direction of each carpet.
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is installed on site
Furthermore, Hy-Ten's technical staff provide comprehensive on-site training to demonstrate to
customers' personnel how to best install Bamtec carpets to get the maximum benefit out of the
system's fast installation attributes.
You can also download guidance on the offloading and installing of Bamtec from our website
www.hy-ten.co.uk (ClICk HERE)
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Projects and Case Studies
Hy-Ten Steel Channel
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Hy-Ten Steel Channel
Case Study:
Manchester Joint Hospitals
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Case Study:
Addenbrookes Hospital,
Cambridge
Hy-Ten Steel Channel
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Case Study:
Australian Wind Farms
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Summary
• Material & labour Savings
• Programme Acceleration
• Free Design & Detailing
• Quality Control
• Deskilling on Site
• Health & Safety Benefits
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Contact Details
Uk Contact:
Richard Webster. Director
M: +44 (0) 774 833 4535
E: rkw@hy-ten.co.uk
UAE Contact:
Mazen Abdel Ghani. sales Manager
M: +971 (0) 5061 61831
E: mag@hy-ten.ae
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West Midlands Works, Unit 54, Wellington Industrial Estate
Bean road, Coseley, West Midlands WV14 9EE
Tel: +44 (0)1902 670097 Fax: +44 (0)1902 673323
Email: coseley@hy-ten.co.uk
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Main sales Office
12 The Green, richmond, surrey TW9 1PX
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Middlesex Works, Gresham road, staines, Middlesex TW18 2BJ
Tel: +44 (0)20 8940 7578 Fax: +44 (0)20 8332 1757
Tel: +44 (0)1784 463551 Fax: +44 (0)1784 466758
Email: sales@hy-ten.co.uk
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North West Works, Bridle road, Bootle, Merseyside L30 4UG
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Kent Works, Chatham Docks, Chatham, Kent ME4 4sW
Tel: +44 (0)151 525 1745 Fax: +44 (0)151 523 2252
Tel: +44 (0)1634 280504 Fax: +44 (0)1634 280491
Email: liverpool@hy-ten.co.uk
Email: kent@hy-ten.co.uk
East Midlands Works, Newark storage Ind. Estate, Bowbridge road,
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scotland Works (Central rebar Ltd), Unit 11, riverbank
Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 4EQ
Kelliebank Industrial Estate, Alloa FK10 1NU
Tel: +44 (0)1636 700418 Fax: +44 (0)1636 605179
Tel: +44 (0)1259 215129 Fax: +44 (0)1259 215129
Email: newark@hy-ten.co.uk
Email: central@hy-ten.co.uk
Dorset Works, 2 Holton road, Holton Heath Trading Park
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Dubai Works, (Hy-Ten LLC), Unit D5, Dubai Industrial City,
Poole, Dorset BH16 6LT
PO Box 390751, UAE
Tel: +44 (0)1202 624733 Fax: +44 (0)1202 624796
Tel: 800 044 0667 – Toll Free
Email: poole@hy-ten.co.uk
Email: mag@hy-ten.ae
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M: +971 (0) 5061 61831
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