NOEtop is a synthesis of frame and beam formwork. This makes it a multifunctional system that opens new areas of use with opportunities far in excess of those offered by other ordinary steel frame formworks.

With a permissible concrete pressure of 88 kN/sq.m., NOEtop is suitable for use on all construction projects i.e. Buildings and Infrastructure. NOEtop is used for concreting of: foundations, open retaining wall sections, walls for cut-and-cover tunnel sections, walls in ventilation and electrical galleries, lift cores, staircase shear walls. It is also used without problem as single-sided formwork. NOEtop steel frame formwork system has integral bracing, hence is used as beam formwork.

The tie-rods can be positioned anywhere within the bracing. All the system’s frames and profiles are hot-dip galvanised from inside and outside to make them extremely robust and durable.

NOEtop formwork is available in many different panel sizes: Height 0.66, 1.32, 2.65, 3.31 and 5.30 metres; Width 0.25 to 5.30 metres. NOEtop XXL panel, with dimensions of 5.30 m x 2.65 m and a form-face area of over 14 sq.m. is one of the largest formwork panels in the world market. NOEtop large panels can be used end-on or side-on without disrupting the panel grid.

NOEtop performs excellently, thanks to its particularly thick-walled steel frames of 3.5 mm, which give the panels their extraordinary strength.

NOEtop system eases the task of site construction team in respect of huge range of available accessories: self-securing walkway brackets, articulating external formwork corner units and much more.

Portable NOEtop stripping corners are specially designed for use in lift shafts, stair wells and building shells where space is tight. With its unique design, the stripping corners can be drawn-in on themselves easily, to release the forms from the concrete, and let out again into position for the next pour, without having to dismantle the internal formwork units. Hence dismantling the internal formwork unit, e.g. in the case of lift shafts or stairwell cores, is not necessary when using NOEtop stripping corners.

Moreover, NOEtop’s adjustable internal and external corners make erecting non-square (non-ninety degrees) formwork corners a very quick operation. They have an easily operated mechanism that allows corners to be set at angles between 60 to 180 degrees. A PU corner strip protects the mechanism by preventing cement or rust from forming deposits inside it and stops water from bleeding out of the concrete. Hence the NOEtop stripping corners considerably simplifies the work of the site construction team, where very few walls meet at right angles.

It is possible to cast 15- metre high fair-faced concrete walls in one single-pour only by using NOEtop – the proven wall formwork system manufactured by NOE-Schaltechnik, Süssen, Germany. The 15m wall height not only presents the risk of concrete segregation; but particular care is also necessary in the design of the formwork. Its great height generates enormous concrete pressures on the panels during the pour. To be adequately equipped for these tasks, the NOEtop steel frame formwork system is capable of withstanding a concrete pressure of 88 kN/sq.m. and outstanding robustness.

Whenever there is a demanding requirement of aesthetically uniform concrete surface viz. where majority of concrete surfaces are fair-faced and to be left visible – then use of NOEply formwork facing offers several advantages: It strips off easily from the concrete and gives the surface a consistent appearance, despite being used a number of times. Variations in colour can be avoided.
• NOEtop formwork system saves time and labour
• NOEtop large panels result in short construction times for affordable housing
• Large cast concrete areas offer huge advantage of final perfect and fair-faced concrete surfaces
• NOEtop formwork system is highly cost-effective.

Authored by__
Pradeep Ghumare, Director
NOE Formwork India Pvt. Ltd.
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E-mail: p_ghumare@yahoo.co.in
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