1Low & Bonar: Priyanka Latwal

Advantages of Tensile fabric

Structures in accelerating the

Doubling Projects

Technical Seminar at DRM Office Bhopal

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1. Brief Introduction to tensile architecture

… about history

… about right angles

… about advantages

2. Architectural technical textiles

… about the types

… about the unique properties

3. Applications

… support to tensile architecture industry

… designing

… fabrication & engineering

4. Applications in Railways

5. References

Topics for discussion

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Mehler Texnologies… we are weavers and we are coaters

4Mehler Texnologies GmbH. Katja BernertMehler Texnologies GmbH. Katja Bernert

1837 Founding MEHLER in Fulda

1944 Manufacturing of first PES-PVC coated textiles

1994 First weldable PVDF paint "VALMEX® Mehatop F"

(improved durability as compared to acrylic paints)

2008 Mehler Texnologies GmbH is joining the Low & Bonar Group

2015 Mehler Texnologies GmbH changed to Low & Bonar GmbH

2018 Mehler Texnologies is the brand name for all the products from

Low & Bonar GmbH

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Five Facts about Mehler Texnologies

More than 60 years of experiences in the market of coated textiles

More than 600 employees worldwide

More than 53 million sqm technical textiles coated each year

Well established product brands:

VALMEX® POLYMAR® PLASTEL® AIRTEX®

Sales & Distribution to 80 countries worldwide

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Coated Technical Textiles

Has three production sites:

Fulda (near Frankfurt)

Hückelhoven (near Düsseldorf)

Lomnice (in Czech Republic)

and sales companies, sales offices

all around the world.

Sales company

Sales office

Russia

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8 Product divisions

Tarp

Nautica Industrial

Print

Sports

Environmental

Sun protectionTents and Tensile

structures

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Comparison of Tensile Membranes

with Traditional Roofing

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ADVANTAGES OF TENSILE STRUCTURES

Large span covering with consequently less use of additional

support structure

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Tensile Architecture compared to classical

construction materials Involves use of a smaller amount of

materials/mass, prefabricated = less execution time

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Tensile architecture compared to classical architecture

solutions recreates natural light condition generating

positive, safer life ambiences

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Tensile architecture compared to classical architecture

solutions Recreates weightless and natural forms,

generate innovative eye-catch architecture

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Social

Ecological

Economic

Tensile architecture compared to classical

architecture solutions has lower environment impact:

Economic, ecological and therefore socially compatible

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State of the art design Any Form – Any Place

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Possibility to recreate dramatic scenes

by playing with light effects at night

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Safer options for urban infrastructures

due to light weight properties

The Nepal Earthquake

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Safer options for urban infrastructures

due to light weight properties

The Nepal Earthquake

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Safer options for urban infrastructures

due to light weight properties

May 2009,

Practice facility field house in Dallas

12 people were injured

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In case of Fire

The fire performances of materials are classified based on their performances

in case of fire dictated by the material behavior of the project requirements.

As we know, PVC will melt with non-drops consequences at lower

temperature than other high Fire Rated roofing materials.

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Other conventional roofsPVC-PES

Mehler Texnologies membranes are

Fire Retardant

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Light and thermal transmission performances

PES-PVDF

Measurement of light

transmission at 550

nanometers is giving

real transmission

grade.

Other artificial testing

methods can mislead

the real value of the

output data.

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Light and thermal transmission performances

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Flexibility performances

Mehler PVDF coated PES tested @ 100.000 folding times

NO CRACKS between -5° and +70°

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We believe that the preservation of the environment is

much more than “waste management” as may be the

case of the sole recycling tasks.

Mehler Texnologies, as one of the largest coating

company in the world, is participating actively with the

EU Commissions as partner of Vinyl 2010 and

respecting in full the REACH regulations.

This commitment covers the entire lifecycle of PVC

and PVC products and represents for Mehler

Texnologies a set of guidelines for acting in a

sustainable manner.

Sustainibility Performances

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Use of REACH

approved materials

warrant immission into

the market of selected

primary compounds.

Via the EPCoat

collection system post-

consumer waste is

gathered together,

mechanically processed

and made by thermo-

physical means into

new products.

The

Project

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Few applications of tensile fabrics

at Railway Stations

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Bangkok railway Station

Railway track covering

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Tram Stations

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Platform Covering

Not a Mehler Fabric, only for reference

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Not a Mehler Fabric, only for reference

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Corridors & Staircases covering

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Lucknow Metro

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Rapid Metro station Gurgaon

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Foot Over Bridges

FOB at Dombivli station,

Mumbai

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ITO Skywalk, New Delhi

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Light Weight – Sitout areas

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Kiosk for local vendors

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Car Parking

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Standard modules

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Internal Applications

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Tianjin Culture hall

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Tianjin Culture hall

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I hope this presentation was useful & we will get to work together soon