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University of Valencia EDEM refurbished with an all-composite cladding system

Fig. 2: The moulded FRP components for the new façade were produced by Miraplas
S.L., with the pultruded profiles subcontracted to Polymec, S.L. and Tecnipul
Composites S.L.

new façade at its purpose-built
44,000m² factory located in
Monforte del Cid, close to Alicante, in southern Spain. The
company has a long-established track record in fabricating complex-shaped FRP parts
for Spanish building projects,
which has grown into a significant part of its business
alongside its more traditional
business manufacturing large
GRP tanks and related parts
used in waste water treatment,
water purification and desalination plants. The diverse
range of part sizes and shapes
required the use of three different moulding processes to
manufacture filled glass fibre
composite parts with both
monolithic and sandwich laminate FR specifications.
The three production methods
used were hand lay-up, RTM
light and compression moulding. A total of 1200 flat sandwich
cladding panels 30mm thick
in various lengths and widths,
each with the same cored laminate design with ATH-filled
Crestapol 1212 resin, a rigid
25mm polyisocyanurate (PIR)
insulation core and Rovicore™
FR glass fibre reinforcements in

the sandwich outer skins, were
formed using both RTM light
and compression moulding
processes. Around 800 elliptical
L-shaped vertical support slats
were produced by RTM to the
same sandwich laminate specification. The remaining 50 GRP
parts used to cover sections
of the structural steel building
frame and provide mechanical
fixings points for the GRP sandwich cladding panels and slats
had a conventional monolithic
glass fibre-reinforced specification, but again had to be EN fire
rated, so all of these hand lay-up
moulded parts had Crestapol
1212 170phr ATH filled as the
specified resin.
For Miraplas, being able to use
the same resin throughout the
project was a critical success factor for this project. There were
significant shop floor productivity gains from being able to
rapidly mould such a very large
number of parts due to the resin
rapidly curing at ambient temperatures, as well as being able
to confidently make parts that
will meet both the mechanical
properties and FR performance
specifications. Antonio Mira,
General Manager of Miraplas
S.L., explained: "Being able to use

Crestapol for this major project
with so many different parts, whatever the production process, was a
big help for productivity and gave
us increased confidence that each
of the 2050 parts would meet the
EN fire rating and still achieve the
lightweight specification and mechanical properties needed for this
project. Miraplas has worked with
Crestapol 1212 on other building
façade projects and we know we
can produce complex-shaped lightweight parts that have excellent
long-term performance."

Subcontracted
pultruded profiles
The 15,000 metres of pultruded profiles, also required in a
variety of different dimensions
and profile shapes, were subcontracted to Polymec, S.L.,
based in Murcia, and Tecnipul
Composites S.L., located in Barcelona. Polymec and Tecnipul
are leading Spanish pultruders
established for over 15 years
that specialise in manufacturing
carbon and glass fibre composite
profiles for a variety of rail, building and infrastructure construction projects in Spain and across
Europe, including hotels, railway
stations, bridges, and public
buildings. Both companies have

extensive experience of using
Crestapol 1212 and 1214 pultrusion resin grades to produce
ATH-filled fire-rated FRP pultruded profiles. These profiles
are specified for many building
projects where price is critical
due to the key productivity advantage of a significantly faster
haul-off speed compared with
typical pultrusion-grade thermoset resins due to Crestapol
resins exhibiting very rapid cure.

Wider FR application areas
Depending on the process and
grade, FRP parts can be produced with Crestapol resins
loaded to as high as 200 phr of
ATH filler to achieve a range of
stringent fire, smoke and toxic
fumes (FST) standards specified
not only for buildings, but also
for rail, metro and other public
transportation applications, including where FRP parts must
meet the new EN 45 545 fire,
smoke and toxicity European
regulation for railway vehicles,
which became effective in 2016. 
More information:
www.scottbader.com
www.miraplas.com
www.polymec.com
www.tecnipul.com

Fig. 3: To meet the EN fire rating and mechanical properties required, Miraplas used
a combination of hand lay-up, RTM light, and compression moulding to form the
2,050 parts needed

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016

Cover
Edito
Opinion: BOI Thaïlande
Contents
NEWS
In brief
Agenda
JEC Conferences 2017
BUSINESS
Merging
Basalt
MANUFACTURING
Biocomposite
Green Materials
3D Printing
Feature Wind energy RECORD BEATING INDUSTRY
Resin
Performance
Recycling
Recycling
Offshore
Process
Design
Market
SOLUTIONS
Marine
Infrastuctures
Construction
Pavilion
In the world
TECHNOLOGY
Simulation
Repair
Index
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Cover
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 2
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Edito
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Opinion: BOI Thaïlande
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 5
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Contents
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - In brief
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Ad1
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Agenda
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - JEC Conferences 2017
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 12
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Merging
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 14
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Basalt
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 16
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 17
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 18
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Biocomposite
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 21
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Green Materials
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 23
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 3D Printing
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 25
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 26
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Resin
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 29
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Performance
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Recycling
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 32
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Recycling
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Offshore
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Process
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 36
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Design
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Market
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 39
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 40
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Marine
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 43
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Infrastuctures
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 45
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Construction
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 47
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Pavilion
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 49
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - In the world
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 51
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Simulation
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 53
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 54
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Repair
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - 57
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #108 - October 2016 - Index
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