The HORSE CONSTRUCTION pre-stressing CFRP plate system includes unidirectional carbon fiber plate, rigid anchorages and adhesive.

The anchorage system includes fixed-end (dead-end) and stressing-end (live-end) anchorages,which are fixed (bolted) to the surface of the concrete structure. 

The CFRP plate is held at each anchorage with clamping jaws, tensioned with hydraulic jacks, and then bonded to the concrete surface. This system is effective is carrying portion of the load that exists on the structure during the installation of the CFRP system.

Advantages of HORSE Construction Prestressed CFRP Plates

1) Compared with prestressed steel

• Easy to prestress existing structures

• Lightweight and easy to handle

• Lower prestress loss due to higher initial tensile strain

• Compact due to thin section

• Stress level comparable to much heavier prestressed steel

• No risk of stress corrosion

• Corrosion resistant tendon

• Possibility of bonding or non-bonding

2) Compared with unpretensioned CFRP plate

• Make full use of the high tensile strength of CFRP plate

• The number of plates required is reduced by 30% to 50%

• Best price/performance ratio

• Improve durability by reducing crack width and tensile steel strain

• No risk of corrosion

• For dead load and permanent load, the enhancement effect can also be "appropriate"

• Reduce the tensile strain of existing steel bars

• Reinforcement of Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Bridge Joints

• Possibility of structural reinforcement at lower substrate temperature and high humidity without expensive additional precautions (housing, heat, etc.)

• The thickness of the plate is only 2-3mm

• Only short-end anchor required