HERACLEX®, innovative, ductile
as well as resistant puts a new spin
on cement concept and applications.
The HERACLEX® tecnology
Heracles, hero of the greek mythology, famous for his extraordinary strength and fatigue resistance.
Ultra High Performance cement-based materials can be obtained by using HERACLEX®, spearhead of the technology developed by INNOVAcrete, thanks to the extraordinary synergy developed among its components (patent-protected).
The application fields include several sectors as infrastructure engineering (bridges, tunnel lining segments…), hydraulic engineering (pipes, drains, tanks…), urban furniture design as well as interior design and, finally, crafts.
HERACLEX® is patent-protected: V. Corinaldesi, A. Nardinocchi, “COMPOSIZIONE DI CALCESTRUZZI CON ALTA RESISTENZA A TRAZIONE”, patent for industrial invention N. 0001420870.
The idea, which the patent-protected HERACLEX® technology is based on, was awarded with the international first prize TRA Vision Award 2014 in Paris, on the occasion of the TRA (Transport Research Arena) 2014.
Prize to innovative thinking of new Italian companies, because every tradition at the time was innovation and without innovation there is no future.
In the cement-based materials prepared with the HERACLEX® technology, the cementitious matrix, chemically activated, tends to expand, and its expansion is restrained by the fiber-reinforcement.
This interaction produces a mutual action between fiber and matrix (self-prestress), which is responsible for higher strengths in tension and bending.
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Structure and infrastructure engineering:
Urban furniture:
Interior design:
Artifacts:
Hydraulic engineering:
The use of the HERACLEX® technology allows to obtain an UHPC with the following characteristics:
