US-based formwork specialist, Conesco Doka has introduced a new product that will simplify and speed up the stripping of shaft formwork within 25 per cent of the time taken using conventional stripping systems.

“The Framax bias cut corner has a spindle mechanism, which is easily operated without any special tools,” says a company spokesman. “The new shaft formwork is easy to strip from the concrete, simply by turning the spindles and without having to use a crane to break the forms free from the concrete. This allows the entire inner shaft formwork to be lifted as a single unit, without the need to dismantle the components between each pour.”
“Since the stripping mechanism is located at the corners, the inside formwork of the shaft can be assembled using the widest possible panels. The result is a better quality concrete surface that requires minimal manual finishing,” he adds.
The Framax bias cut corner minimises the number of wall ties that are required, enabling formwork to be detached quickly and easily, even if there are built-in fittings.
As they are operated from the top of each corner without the need for any special tools, the Framax bias cut corner can also be used for sections of wall between two projecting columns, or as the corner-piece of a standard wall formwork, he adds.
As a leading European company for concrete formwork, Doka has a comprehensive range of products and services with which it can offer economical formwork solutions in practically all areas of in-situ concrete construction - meaning anything from residential buildings to complex infrastructural projects such as bridges and power stations. The company acquired its US distributor, Conesco in 2002 to form Conesco Doka.
With its complete formwork systems for walls and floors, and its climbing and automatic climbing formworks, Doka formwork technology makes a major contribution towards getting concrete into the desired ‘form’ – in an economical way.