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Helix - Micro Rebar

Requires No Labor to Install

Superior to Standard Rebar

  • Makes concrete more durable
  • Produces concrete that’s 4 times stronger with less than half the tonnage of steel (verified by third-party testing)
  • Improves shear strength – absorbs 200% more energy
  • Prevents spalling due to steel corrosion/expansion because the Helix bars typically don’t touch
  • Reduces rebar congestion in multiple mat slabs – replaces rebar or increases spacing of rebar
  • Provides a multi-directional matrix of reinforcement 1″ long twisted high carbon steel rods,
  • Keeps any cracks small and short — meeting guidelines of the American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • Meets or exceeds Uniform Evaluation Service (UES) Report EC 015 requirements
  • Reduces carbon footprint through reduced total steel quantity  and potential reduced concrete thickness
  • Rust-Resistant (Zinc Electroplated).
  • Zinc coating resists rust three times longer than uncoated rebar
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Far Easier than Standard Rebar

  • Pours and finishes like any concrete
  • Is compatible with common curing compounds, dry shake or spray-on toppings
  • Can be mixed at the batch plant or on the job site (takes minutes per truck)
  • Eliminates estimating, storing, cutting, bending, placing & tying most rebar steel. In most Seismic areas, designs need a hybrid of standard rebar in high shear places but most can be replaced.
  • Eliminates fabricating cages for deep piers, except for shear connection to connecting beams
  • H-Forms/Helix will provide engineering comparison calculations with your conventional steel design at no charge to show you how few conventional steel rods you will need along with the Helix doses.

Uses

  • Structural Foundations
  • Footings
  • Slabs
  • Post-Stressed and Pre-Stressed floors and slabs
  • Structural Floors
  • Landscaping flatwork, driveways, airport runways and roads
  • Structural Walls (especially ICF Walls)
  • Beams/Columns/Piers
  • Bridges & highways
  • Precast products
  • Sanitary, storm and culvert products
  • Tilt-Up Construction
  • Shotcrete & Gunite!   (pumps easily, even through a 2″ hose)
  • Winery caves, freeway tunnels & reservoirs
  • Swimming Pools
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Savings - Time, Labor, $$$$

  • Saves 10% to 30% of cost of concrete work on your next project
  • Eliminates all estimating and the only labor needed is to sift the Helix into the ready-mix drum on site or in the batch plant, plus a 5 minute full-speed final mixing
  • Reduces or eliminates the time and expense of skilled labor to estimate, cut, bend & tie steel
  • Weighs only one-quarter of the weight of standard rebar rods for    the same job
    • Shipped in 7″x10″x14″, 47 pound boxes (45 lbs. Helix)
    • No need for the expense of semi trucks, forklifts or cranes
    • Even UPS can deliver
  • Makes  for a safer job site – reduces or eliminates:
    • The danger of vertical bars (eye injury)
    • The tripping hazard of standard rebar mats

For the Grandkids

  • Made with recycled American steel
  • Reduces your carbon footprint by 33% compared to rebar, and helps you achieve your LEED goal
  • Reduces the emissions of transport because it requires one-quarter the weight of standard rebar rods

The size of our project was over 210,000 square feet and we saved 21 days of construction time.

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