The brand promise made by Layher (the name of German Company) is the expression of a brand philosophy that Layher Protect-System has been living by for over 65 years. More speed, more safety, more proximity, more simplicity and more future: values with which the company strengthen its customers’ competitiveness in the long term. The company with innovative systems and solutions is continuously working on making scaffolding construction simpler, safer and more economical

The Layher Protect-System is a cassette enclosure system for the most stringent requirements when it comes to environmental conservation, traffic protection and noise insulation. The airtight connection of the cassettes means they can be used as a dust and noise protection wall, for example during asbestos clearance or restoration work. They can also be used all the year round for buildings, scaffolding covering, façade appearance improvement, event solutions, sandblasting work, partition walls etc.

The Protect-System is compatible with Layher All round Scaffold equipment. It comprises individual 1.0 m high cassettes in the length of the corresponding scaffolding bay, and holders matching the scaffolding system. The individual cassettes are made of profiled aluminium frames which have a galvanised steel sheet attached to them. The cassettes are sealed off from one another by an all-round rubber section. In the case of the translucent cassettes, the steel sheet is replaced by a transparent rib-reinforced panel. The cassettes can also be designed as sound-proofing cassettes by providing an insulation mat on the galvanised steel sheet.
The system had to be functional while also being attractive, to ensure customers were able to shop during renovation work without disturbance. It had to be functional, but at the same time attractive. This dust proof enclosure system effectively kept out dust from construction – and looked good as well.

Application Layher Protect-System
Layher Protect-Systems are used for different application like noise pollution, dust proof wall, protect area under construction for safety and security.

“The system solution consists of a comprehensive construction kit made up of cassette elements. Depending on the needs, they are provided with a galvanised steel sheet, a translucent plastic ribbed panel or real glass,” explains the project director. “This permits work in daylight conditions and allows visitors to peek behind the scenes. By means of cassettes of different length and special corner elements we can perfectly adapt temporary partitions made from the Protect System to the given geometry. An all-round rubber seal on the cassettes ensures a neat and precisely fitting connection to the adjacent elements. The temporary partitions thus can seal off individual areas and allow operations to continue without obstruction – both in front and behind them.”

Layher Protect-Systems are suitable for maintenance of rail coach under temporary shade before construction of permanent structure for the same.

Advantage of temporary structure to continue maintenance work of rail engine of wagon/coaches for day to day maintenance work on short notice. This was a challenging task for a company specialising in property and project management.

“Site protection is becoming increasingly important in construction projects, especially in locations like metro train maintenance on small space. It is only possible by Layher new innovated protect systems suitable to provide daylight inside the shade. When we erected the temporary partition wall we had to keep a number of factors in mind: we had to assemble it quickly in order to hold to our schedule, and we had to give it an attractive appearance in keeping with the prestigious surroundings.” These were the requirements that ordinary tarpaulins could not fulfil.

Removal of individual wall cassettes
To remove individual wall cassettes, the appropriate upper holders of the wall cassette to be removed must be dismantled and the upper cassette tilted outwards. The lower wall cassette can now be liftedand removed. The removed holders must be bolted back on in their old positions. To remove the cassettes, the handrail of the scaffolding must not be removed, unless the risk assessment by the scaffolding erector calls for further measures to prevent falls.

Transitions
For the transition from the wall cassettes or translucent cassettes to the building, the ground or the roof, or for corners, the connection profiles can be fastened both horizontally and vertically to the cassettes. The connection profiles permit the connection of a slide-in tarpaulin, metal sheet or wooden board.
The Commissioning team, consisted of three sections with a total area of 700 square metres. The team first put up Layher Allround Scaffolding as a substructure. The system’s modular structure assured an exact match to the shape of the building, and its ingenious bolt-free wedge head connection technology saved time during assembly. The wall cassettes and real glass cassettes were easy to mount, even in corner areas. To keep disruption of business to a minimum, the scaffolding erectors worked both night and day. The result was an efficient site protection structure that provided ideal conditions for renovation and modernisation of the shopping centre.

Authored by
Mithilesh Kumar
Director
Layher Scaffolding Systems Pvt Ltd