Plastic Crack Control

How to Control Plastic cracks

Green Umbrella  FiberLite

Green Umbrella® FiberLite™ is a uniquely designed concrete fiber that can be used as a powerful reinforcement. It can be used as an alternative or combined with wire mesh to reduce cracking due to stress on the slab. It gives three-dimensional reinforcement throughout the concrete.

FiberLite™ is a hairy-looking monofilament fiber that displaces evenly. It doesn’t clump or protrude, making it transparent in the mix. It doesn’t affect the final look, including when polished or dyed.

CUT YOUR LABOR

  • Comparable to introducing a wire mesh mat into the mixer
  • You won’t spend hours tying metal and mesh reinforcement on the ground
  • FiberLite is reinforcement in the mix

CUT YOUR DOWNTIME

  • The time spent returning to cracks for repair is dramatically reduced or eliminated
  • After the pour and finish, a project moves forward without concern about punctured vapor barriers, cracking due to mat misplacement, or plastic cracking

CUT YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

  • Fewer manufactured materials are needed
  • Large, heavy metal mats are reduced, meaning less industrial waste and transportation pollution

Compression Tests of Concrete Cylinders

Isotropic reinforcement means fiber-reinforced concrete is stronger from top to bottom.

Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

  • Top 62% 62%
  • Middle 75% 75%
  • Bottom 87.5% 87.5%

Conventional Concrete

  • Top 25% 25%
  • Middle 50% 50%
  • Bottom 87.5% 87.5%

PRIMARY FEATURE:

Green Umbrella® FiberLite™ is a uniquely designed concrete fiber that can be used as a powerful reinforcement. It can be used as an alternative or combined with wire mesh to reduce cracking due to stress on the slab.

Features & Benefits

• Enhanced durability and flexural performance
• Provides secondary reinforcement with equal strength to WWM and light rebar
• Three-dimensional reinforcement to prohibit cracking
• Alkali resistant and non-corrosive
• Reduced placement costs
• High-impact resistance and wear resistance
• 4x macro fiber count
• Enhances performance and durability
• Provides isotropic reinforcement
• Eliminates most or all plastic shrinkage cracking
• Insoluble in water
• No fiber protrusion for easy finishing
• Excellent bond with concrete paste

Additional Features & Benefits 

• FiberLite added to concrete chemically locks in the fresh concrete matrix, controlling plastic shrinkage
• Provides secondary reinforcement that helps eliminate crack formation that causes permanent weakening of the resultant concrete
• Significantly different than fibrillated products that don’t finish or pump well due to their stick-like structure

↑FiberLite is transparent in the mix

In comparison to other fibers↓

To control plastic cracking, also check the complete GreenIce Cure system.