Many ancient buildings left over from the past are made of wood. Wood is a natural and renewable raw material, and shows a good relationship between mechanical strength and density.

Without proper physical and biological protection of the timber structure, problems such as cracks can occur, which can damage ancient buildings.

It can be said that future generations made great efforts to preserve these ancient buildings and history. This includes building repairs and strengthen.

Because metal components are very prone to corrosion, and the reinforcement to the wooden structure will cause additional weight, which is not conducive to the reinforcement of the wooden structure. And the traditional structural reinforcement method will cause damage to the building itself. Therefore, the wooden structure is more reinforced with carbon fiber reinforced polymer, including carbon fiber fabric and carbon fiber plate.

Because carbon fiber has high mechanical strength and can play an important role in the tensile area of curved wood structural elements, thereby increasing its tensile strength and rigidity.

Carbon fiber cloth, a very lightweight reinforcement material, is not only easy to cut, but also very malleable. It can be formed by bending and winding, and is suitable for the reinforcement of various curved surfaces and special-shaped components. It does not increase the weight of the member, and does not change the cross-sectional dimensions of the member.

Horse's carbon fiber has been used to repair and strengthen many ancient buildings due to its excellent performance. Used projects include Nanjing Meiling Palace, Nanjing Presidential Palace, Jardine House, Shanghai History Museum and so on.(more projects: https://www.horseen.com/project/history-building)