Nov 5, 2004 13:18
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French term
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Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
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agglo à bancher/ bloc en béton à bancher
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Construction / Civil Engineering
concrete building brick to be used for constructions sustaining important stresses e.g. lift shaft.
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French term (edited):
agglo � bancher/ bloc en b�ton � bancher
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bepuzzlement!!!!
This appears to be selfcontradictory!
"Agglo" (short for 'aggloméré') is nothing other than a "bloc de béton", aka "parpaing", i.e. a precast concrete block.
"Bancher" on the other hand, refers to the precise opposite of precasting, i.e. site casting of concrete walls between wall forms (aka shutters), i.e. two vertical panels, closed at the ends, forming a "wall shape" into which the concrete is poured and which hold it in place until the concrete has hardened.
IOW, you're looking at two completely different ways of of building a wall: 1) masonry 2) monolithic concrete.
Can you give fuller context? Is the text not proposing two alternative methods of building the lift enclosure? i.e.
"agglo (bloc en béton) / à bancher"
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Note added at 1 hr 44 mins (2004-11-05 15:02:44 GMT)
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Humblest apologies! It should have been obvious, but I\'m too familiar with ICFs (see below) and I couldn\'t think of the same principle with concrete blocks!
They are called \"shuttering blocks\", a term also used by the French precast concrete industry research & development institute.
whilst Essex Girl fills the hollow concrete shuttering blocks with concrete
[http://www.timlewis.org.uk/wrg/wb0402/index.html]
What is ISORAST
It is a permanent shuttering material in interlocking hollow block form out of Expanded Polystyrene with Flame Retardant Additive (extra dense STYROPOR-F) manufactured by BASF Expanded Polystyrene has a range of consistencies in density from 10 kg/m3 to over 100 kg/m3. The lower density materials (10/30 kgim3) -
which are those usually encountered - are light and resemble balsa wood in texture, whilst the very high density materials are like hard wood.
ISORAST is made from the top quality lower density material 30 kg/m3 and yet has double the tensile strength of the 20 kg/m3 quality materials by virtue of its unique crossbar design. The blocks are erected one upon the other \'LEGO\' fashion and in stretcher bond-after which the cavity of the blocks is filled with concrete to form a solid wall construction.
The complex form of these shuttering blocks and in particular the design of the interlocking system was exhaustively studied to make sure that it could not crack nor develop weak spots. The crossbars are offset towards the lower half of the block to prevent splaying of the block during the pouring of the concrete [www.isorast2000.com/artman/ uploads/isorast-catalog-sm.pdf]
Foam blocks called insulated concrete forms or ICFs, offer a new style of concrete construction for residential as well as commercial structures. These hollow blocks are pounds lighter than standard masonry blocks because they are made of expanded polystyrene - similar to the white, insulating foam used for take-out coffee cups. They either stack together like giant interconnecting, toy building blocks or are separate panels connected with plastic ties.
During construction, the forms are filled with concrete, becoming a permanent part of the wall assembly as well as adding a two-inch thick layer of foam insulation to each side of the wall. Reinforcing bars can be added for earthquake safety.
[http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/homeandwork/homes/constr...]
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Note added at 4 hrs 54 mins (2004-11-05 18:13:35 GMT)
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The more usual term in French is \"bloc coffrant\" [Dicobat]
"Agglo" (short for 'aggloméré') is nothing other than a "bloc de béton", aka "parpaing", i.e. a precast concrete block.
"Bancher" on the other hand, refers to the precise opposite of precasting, i.e. site casting of concrete walls between wall forms (aka shutters), i.e. two vertical panels, closed at the ends, forming a "wall shape" into which the concrete is poured and which hold it in place until the concrete has hardened.
IOW, you're looking at two completely different ways of of building a wall: 1) masonry 2) monolithic concrete.
Can you give fuller context? Is the text not proposing two alternative methods of building the lift enclosure? i.e.
"agglo (bloc en béton) / à bancher"
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Note added at 1 hr 44 mins (2004-11-05 15:02:44 GMT)
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Humblest apologies! It should have been obvious, but I\'m too familiar with ICFs (see below) and I couldn\'t think of the same principle with concrete blocks!
They are called \"shuttering blocks\", a term also used by the French precast concrete industry research & development institute.
whilst Essex Girl fills the hollow concrete shuttering blocks with concrete
[http://www.timlewis.org.uk/wrg/wb0402/index.html]
What is ISORAST
It is a permanent shuttering material in interlocking hollow block form out of Expanded Polystyrene with Flame Retardant Additive (extra dense STYROPOR-F) manufactured by BASF Expanded Polystyrene has a range of consistencies in density from 10 kg/m3 to over 100 kg/m3. The lower density materials (10/30 kgim3) -
which are those usually encountered - are light and resemble balsa wood in texture, whilst the very high density materials are like hard wood.
ISORAST is made from the top quality lower density material 30 kg/m3 and yet has double the tensile strength of the 20 kg/m3 quality materials by virtue of its unique crossbar design. The blocks are erected one upon the other \'LEGO\' fashion and in stretcher bond-after which the cavity of the blocks is filled with concrete to form a solid wall construction.
The complex form of these shuttering blocks and in particular the design of the interlocking system was exhaustively studied to make sure that it could not crack nor develop weak spots. The crossbars are offset towards the lower half of the block to prevent splaying of the block during the pouring of the concrete [www.isorast2000.com/artman/ uploads/isorast-catalog-sm.pdf]
Foam blocks called insulated concrete forms or ICFs, offer a new style of concrete construction for residential as well as commercial structures. These hollow blocks are pounds lighter than standard masonry blocks because they are made of expanded polystyrene - similar to the white, insulating foam used for take-out coffee cups. They either stack together like giant interconnecting, toy building blocks or are separate panels connected with plastic ties.
During construction, the forms are filled with concrete, becoming a permanent part of the wall assembly as well as adding a two-inch thick layer of foam insulation to each side of the wall. Reinforcing bars can be added for earthquake safety.
[http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/homeandwork/homes/constr...]
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Note added at 4 hrs 54 mins (2004-11-05 18:13:35 GMT)
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The more usual term in French is \"bloc coffrant\" [Dicobat]
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French term (edited):
agglo � bancher/ bloc en b�ton � bancher
Blocks to build
"concrete building brick to be used for constructions sustaining important stresses e.g. lift shaft". = Blocs à bancher à maçonner.
Blocks to build (a bancher a maconner)
Intended to be used when the walls are subjected to great efforts, the blocks to be built are used as sacrifice formwork with the concrete poured in site they must be assembled to the mortar. They also allow the realization of external and interior load-bearing walls in the traditional construction industries.
Structure and form:
The blocks to be built consist of two current or light aggregate external concrete walls connected between them by two or three spacers. The provision of those forms with stacking, cells perpendicular to the mating plane, who constitute formwork and thus allow to replace the traditional forms. The distribution of the walls and the spacers of a block to be built makes it possible to distinguish the various models.
The structures and the forms depend primarily on the manufacturers who integrate or not, during the design phase of the product:
• the positioning of the horizontal reinforcements;
• the vertical fitment of the butts;
• the advance pouring of run concrete.
The blocks to build to build are regarded as traditional products. Their physical characteristics answer the general specifications concerning the concrete blocks except, of course, with regard to the veil of installation and the shapes of butt.
http://www.bloc-beton.org/accueil/produits/ind-prod.htm
Blocks to build (a bancher a maconner)
Intended to be used when the walls are subjected to great efforts, the blocks to be built are used as sacrifice formwork with the concrete poured in site they must be assembled to the mortar. They also allow the realization of external and interior load-bearing walls in the traditional construction industries.
Structure and form:
The blocks to be built consist of two current or light aggregate external concrete walls connected between them by two or three spacers. The provision of those forms with stacking, cells perpendicular to the mating plane, who constitute formwork and thus allow to replace the traditional forms. The distribution of the walls and the spacers of a block to be built makes it possible to distinguish the various models.
The structures and the forms depend primarily on the manufacturers who integrate or not, during the design phase of the product:
• the positioning of the horizontal reinforcements;
• the vertical fitment of the butts;
• the advance pouring of run concrete.
The blocks to build to build are regarded as traditional products. Their physical characteristics answer the general specifications concerning the concrete blocks except, of course, with regard to the veil of installation and the shapes of butt.
http://www.bloc-beton.org/accueil/produits/ind-prod.htm
Discussion
There's a picture of them on the following link if it's of any help.
http://www.bloc-beton.org/accueil/produits/ind-prod.htm