GLOBAL Polypropylene Concrete Reinforcement Fiber system consists of polymeric fibers and a fiber delivery system for reinforcing concrete.

Concrete is a widely used, versatile and economic construction material; However, it has two major drawbacks - it is inherently brittle, and it cracks. That's a sad fact. And when it cracks, this can cause problems in pavement, bridges, roads, walls-virtually anything made of concrete. Large cracks allow penetration of water and corrosion-causing chemicals that can attack a concrete structure's metal reinforcement.

To greatly improve concrete properties, the challenge is to change the failure mechanism from brittle to ductile, to increase toughness, and to prevent the formation of large cracks. Research has shown that improved hardened concrete properties are proportional to fiber volume, but higher fiber volumes with today's fibers have not been practical. The new BACH Polypropylene Concrete Reinforcement Fiber system is effective in increasing concrete ductility, toughness, and crack control.

GLOBAL Polypropylene Concrete Reinforcement Fibers combine the structural benefits of steel fibers with the material benefits of polyolefin. They allow higher fiber volume content than existing synthetic and steel fibers without loss of archeological properties needed for proper mixing and placement. This is important because fiber content has been shown to directly affect the ability to increase concrete material performance characteristics. Unlike many fibrillated or a small diameter monofilament synthetic fiber, The BACH Polypropylene Concrete Reinforcement Fiber wills not hang-up on rebar or other obstructions during concrete placement.

Where can it be used?
The GLOBAL Polyolefin Concrete Reinforcement Fiber can be used in a variety construction projects, such as:

* Roads, highways, bridge decks, parking lots.
* Airport runways
* High-load impact areas, fork-lift truck areas.
* Chemical plants
* Pipes, vaults, septic tanks
* Mine and tunnel linings
And it can be use in cast-in-place, precast and shotcrete

Advantages
Although one obvious benefit to use The GLOBAL Polyolefin Concrete Reinforcement Fiber is improved crack resistance, the product has additional performance and economic advantages.
Foremost is the longer life of the concrete, thereby reducing maintenance and replacement cost. In addition, the product offers:

* Better performance. Improved concrete properties include flexural fatigue strength, durability, ductility toughness and higher impact strength.
* No metal contamination. Synthetic BACH Fibers are non-corrosive, non-magnetic and have no hazardous protrusions.
* Easy mixing.

Projects can be completed more quickly, with faster scheduling because the system is easy to use with standards mixing equipment. This results in reduced labor costs.