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Fabric Formwork: A New Type of Formwork
Today, we want to introduce a new kind of formwork you have never heard about: fabric formwork.
Unlike traditional formwork, the fabric material is highly flexible and can deflect under the pressure of fresh concrete. Any complex shape can be constructed using fabric formwork. The resulting forms exhibit curvature as well as excellent surface finishes that are generally not associated with concrete structures. And also, it is easy to remove after the hardening of concrete.
Instead of using rigid forms made from lumber, plywood, cardboard, steel or aluminum, fabric forms use a flexible textile membrane as the main facing material for concrete molds. Wet concrete is poured into a tensile membrane, which produces efficient structural curves and extraordinary surface finishes.
Fabric formwork is a kind of building material that involves the use of a flexible textile membrane to form concrete. Fabric formwork is modern technology in the construction industry. Fabric can be mold into any required shapes which makes it more famous formwork for architectural purposes without effect on the concrete properties.
Fabric formwork can be used with concrete to produce structurally efficient and architecturally compelling components in all shapes and sizes with the characteristics of green, clean, relatively inexpensive and incredibly practical.
Fabric formwork also has benefited from a sustainable viewpoint. Fabric formwork basically reduces the amount of everything required to construct something - placement, storage and even building the formwork. There are huge savings every step of the way.