Variant Vertex 60, User Manual

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VARIANT
FACTORY LTD.
The system of modular supporting frames by Variant is used for forming single-sided
walls such as retaining walls, dam walls etc. Shear forces which appear on the formwork
shutters due to fresh concrete pressure, are held and redistributed on the base by means
of modular supporting frames and diagonal anchors. Single sided supporting system
allows walls with the required pouring-height up to 8,00 m to be formed.
The single-sided modular supporting system is used for forming:
- Retaining walls;
- Dam walls;
- Stop-ends of walls with large thickness;
- Walls which are casted against rock faces or sheet piling walls;
- Walls of great thickness, in this case single-sided system is to be installed on both sides;
- Walls where there is no place for installation of opposite formwork shutter (double-sided
system).
The single-sided modular formwork system consists of two main parts:
1. Wall formwork shutters, can be used either of:
- Framed formwork VARIMAX (for more details see VARIMAX user manual);
- Large-area formwork VERTEX 60 (for more details see VERTEX 60 user manual).
2. Supporting Modular Frame Unit (SM- frame unit), which intended to hold shear loads
of fresh-concrete pressure and redistribute them on the base. Applicable for both wall
formwork systems VARIMAX and VERTEX 60.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW