Sveza has launched for production an innovative product, Sveza Flex flexible plywood for building structures with complex geometries. The product is a unique solution which is now undergoing the patenting process, and which belongs to Sveza.
The new product is ideal for building pillars, tunnels, water treatment facilities, cultural and sports objects, and everywhere where concrete structures with nonstandard geometry are required.
At present, the flexibility issue is solved right at construction sites: they soak plywood in water, make cuts or rounded shape by arranging thin stripes and then joining them butt-to-butt and sticking together. This is a labor- and time consuming process, and special fastening systems and special equipment are required. Apart from that, there are substitutes (soft plywood, cardboard formwork, metal formwork) used for the creation of complex-geometry structures. However, they have their application limits as well. Thus, cardboard formwork tends to loose shape and it is suitable for building only small-size objects with the radii less than 1.2 m. Metal formwork is difficult to transport and deliver to site, it cannot change its radius even within the minimum range.
The new Sveza plywood family can be easily transported since it is shipped as sheets on pallets. We should focus special attention on the weight of the formwork kit: the weight of new Sveza product is 328 kg, while the weight of the metal one is 1130 kg. Sveza Flex makes it possible to shape and size it according to customer’s needs. It can be easily stored after the use: after being dismantled it regains the initial shape.
