HPC and UHPC Facade elements

In modern architecture, facades and wall elements made from a wide variety of materials today.

The classic is still Italian marble like carrara, lasa bianco classico, lasa bianco vena oro.

The beauty of these natural stones is undisputed but the processing of these natural stones is very expensive and also has its limits in durability and plate sizes. The larger the façade or wall panels are desired by the architect, the thicker the panels become, the higher

the weight of the single panel becomes, the more complex
the handling becomes during assembly on site.

The future of the facade architecture is designed with UHPC 
(Ultra High Performance Concrete). UHPC fiber reinforced conctrete is a material with outstanding properties compared
to today's standard concrete.

We produce the highest quality UHPC binders worldwide. With more than 30 years of experience in research, development and production, we can meet a variety of customer needs.

Our UHPC binders can be combined with almost all mineral
and metallic materials.

With our service team we support precast plants worldwide
in the optimal handling of UHPC.

Facade and wall panels can be produced as sandwich
panels in a wide variety of material combinations.
Examples would be
UHPC / insulating material
UHPC / wood
UHPC / glass
UHPC / gypsum
UHPC / metals
UHPC /minerals

We can not only reproduce a variety of natural stone 
structure and color with pigments and special mixing 
technology, it is also possible to produce a variety of 
surfaces from polished to various roughnesses to 
coarse structures.

Depending on the combination material, UHPC
layer thicknesses of less than 15 mm are possible.
We have already used UHPC layer thickness of
less than 5 mm on wood.

Complete UHPC seamless frames can be made
for any kind and geometry of façade openings.
This kind of seamless facade element
construction in any geometry, design and size
is not possible with natural stones.

Due to the significantly higher compressive strength 
(100 - 160 MPa / 14500 - 23000 psi), much thinner 
and more elegant load-bearing structures, like frames 
for glass facdes are possible. Likewise, considerably 
higher spans of prefabricated parts are possible.
UHPC is fire-resistant up to 450°C / 840°F. In the high 
temperature resistant version UHPC HT a permanent 
temperature resistance up to 1200°C / 2190°F can be 
achieved.

Facade construction can be produced with UHPC in a 
fineness which until now was not possible with 
standard concrete.

The finished elements produced with UHPC casting 
compound do not require any or very little surface 
finishing. The dimensional accuracy is so exact after 
hardening that it is only necessary in extreme cases 
of extremely high production accuracies in the 
hundredth of a millimeter range.

Due to the extremely fine components, fine or smooth 
surface structures can be produced. Only the quality 
of the mold limits fineness or smoothness. 
UHPC can be casted almost poreless and capillary-free. 
Therefore all products made from UHPC are extremely 
resistant to any environmental 
influences. For this reason, UHPC is 100% seawater 
resistant.

 

 

WPE DK International

Phone: 0049 176 601 73146
E-mail: info@wpe-dk.dk
Homepage: www.wpe-dk.com