The Gaiker-IK4 Technology Center and Ulma Construcción have designed a formwork board made from cutting edge composite materials that offers new functions compared to earlier versions, and incorporates improvements in the finish.
The board, called Evermax, is made of a sandwich-like structure composed of various skins, and is capable of withstanding eight tons of pressure per square meter. With it, boards don’t rupture during construction work, which can trigger serious accidents. Normally formwork boards break because their structural components are not stuck together well.
Ulma Construcción, a company that manufactures auxiliary components for construction, and Gaiker-IK4, a technology center that is expert in smart materials, have opted to develop a typology of materials that guarantees control of the gluing process and a reduction in possible failures during a construction project.
The technologies based on smart materials and processes utilized to develop this system include ultrasound technologies, capacitive systems, spectroscopes and thermographs applied to polymer materials. Gaiker-IK4 has analyzed the continuous manufacturing process for the Evermax panel, and has found the requirements and needs to be addressed, determining the ideal monitoring systems for making a safer board.
Monitoring the gluing of the nucleus and the skins that make up the board are precisely the essential aspects for the safety of a construction project, and the process of pouring the concrete.