EP1954459A1

EP1954459A1 - Concrete unit provided with a plastic surface layer; procedure and plate structure for manufacturing such units; and procedure for manufacturing such plate structure

Info

Publication number: EP1954459A1
Application number: EP20060744399
Authority: EP
Inventors: István Arató; Ferenc Windisch; Gábor Szilagyi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-11-25
Filing date: 2006-05-23
Publication date: 2008-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 2026-05-23
Also published as: EP1954459B1; WO2007060489A1; HUP0501117A2; HU227215B1; HU0501117D0

Abstract

The concrete or reinforced concrete body with a plastic surface layer is characterised by that the plastic layer is made of a cross-linked, thermosetting, fibre-reinforced plastic plate, in which a metal wire is (or metal wires are) embedded containing barbs protruding into the concrete material or into the cemented layer in composite action with the concrete material. The procedure aimed at manufacturing such units is characterised by that a plastic plate is fitted at a given distance from the surface of the hardened reinforced concrete unit, especially prefabricated reinforced concrete unit, such as a pipe or tank, to be provided with a plastic layer, in a way that its protruding barbs extend into the gap between the unit and the plastic plate, and then the gap is filled favourably by injecting cemented afterhardening material into it. According to a different procedure the prefabricated reinforced concrete element, especially pipe (1) is placed with its front side on a favourably ring-shaped seal (2) situated on a horizontal production plane; in the unit a pipe- shaped plastic shell (5) with barbs (8) protruding from it is placed facing the internal surface of the unit, at a given distance (k) from it; the gap (7) between the shell (5) and the reinforced concrete unit is sealed with a favourably ring-shaped clamp (6) also fixing the shell (5); and the gap (7) is filled with cemented afterhardening material through one or more injection pipes (4) taken through the opening(s) made in the wall of the reinforced concrete unit at the bottom. The plate structure according , to the invention is characterised by that a metal wire containing barbs (8) is fitted into or/ and to the material of the fibre-reinforced cross-linked thermosetting artificial resin, the barbs (8) of which protrude from the surface of the plate structure facing the concrete or reinforced concrete unit to be connected to it. Such cylindrical plate structures are produced by coiling fibre fleeces impregnated with artificial resin; spraying sand and/ or cut fibre; coiling barbed (8) metal wire (16); finally fastening it by roving coiling.

Description

CONCRETE UNIT PROVIDED WITH A PLASTIC SURFACE

LAYER; PROCEDURE AND PLATE STRUCTURE FOR

MANUFACTURING SUCH UNITS; AND PROCEDURE FOR

MANUFACTURING SUCH PLATE STRUCTURE

The invention relates to concrete or reinforced concrete units, especially pipes, tanks, pits or basins, provided with a plastic surface layer. The invention also relates to procedures for manufacturing such concrete or reinforced concrete units. Finally the invention relates to plastic plate units and their manufacturing procedure that can be used for manufacturing concrete or reinforced concrete units with a plastic surface layer.

In the field of hydraulic engineering, especially in establishing sewerage systems pre-fabricated reinforced concrete pipes and also plastic or steel pipes are used in large quantities. One of the most important advantages of reinforced concrete pipes, especially when they are used to construct gravity-type and low- pressure pipes, is that by using them static stability can be ensured practically under any circumstances of construction, and the necessary and adequate static - load-bearing - requirements with respect to such pipes can be fulfilled precisely and completely. While pipelines made from reinforced concrete pipes are constructed below the ground surface as rigid structures, pipelines made from plastic pipes, due to their high degree of elasticity, can be made to comply with stability conditions by making use off the active lateral earth pressure, which requires an extremely accurate pipe-laying technology. The advantage of pipelines constructed from plastic, especially fibre-reinforced polyester pipes is that their xesisj:ajαce_=^to_^^coχrosioj^_^ characteristics are extremely good, at the same time their disadvantages is that they are rather highly priced. The same characteristics of reinforced concrete pipes and other products are less favourable than those of plastic structures, by their price is so much more favourable that due to this reinforced concrete pipes have become significantly more widely used.

As a result of this the improvement of the above characteristics of reinforced concrete and concrete pipes and structures - pipelines, pits, tanks, basins and others - especially their resistance to abrasion and corrosion, is gaining increasing experience.

In connection with this we point out that the rapid construction of sewer systems and purification plants and cooperation between small settlements in the field of sewage treatment - enforced even by taking financial measures - results in a situation where already rotted sewage arrives at the sewage raiding plants with a high concentration of sulphate ion, with a pH value of even 2 but often between 1 and 2, as a result of which the protection of pipelines and other structures such as pits, tanks, basins, etc., against corrosion by providing them with a plastic coating gains significance. Obviously such coatings should have a sufficient level of stability, and generally the possibility of repeated coating during operation should also be ensured at a reasonable cost.

Due to agricultural development there is an increasing number of technologies increasing demand for reinforced concrete structures exposed to intensive corrosive effects. Such structures are, for example, structures at biogas plants where biogas is produced from organic waste, manure deriving from cattle and pig farms_ and_^ Jn- ^ome_cases— ^fr-or^_^sludge_^d&rivi-ng^f-roim^raiam.icipa^ sewage-treatment plants. Of all structures at biogas plants the corrosive effect is the most intensive at heated rotting ranks, and there is also an abrasive effect deriving from the circulation of biomass. Protection against such effects bears outstanding significance, and a technical requirement resulting from the nature of biogas technology also needs to be fulfilled, namely that the heated rotting structure, first of all dome, needs to be gas-tight.

Different forms of plastic coating ("relining" technologies) have been used for a long time for the reconstruction of damaged or spoilt concrete or/ and reinforced concrete pipelines, for example by spraying different liquid plastic compositions or applying a foil cover on their surface, or even by making an independent plastic pipe out of plastic pipe units inside the existing pipelines, but often the efficiency of sprayed coatings is not satisfactory either from technical or economical aspects, static composite action between the independent and rather thick plastic pipe with the already existing pipe cannot be regarded as solved, the static function is filled - at least mainly - by the plastic pipe, so the realisation of such pipeline reconstruction is generally extremely expensive.

In the case of concrete and reinforced concrete structures with a plastic coating it is often a problem - depending on the circumstances of use - that the thermal expansion coefficients of the two different types of materials are rather different, which makes their permanent joint construction even more difficult.

Consequently the task to be solved with the invention is to produce concrete or reinforced concrete pipes and structures, such as pits, tanks, basins, etc., provided with a plastic surface layer, which completely preserves the advantages of reinforced concrete and concrete structures and makes it possible to exploit the favourable characteiis±ics-θf-plastiGs-at-=Aβ_^sa their excellent resistance to corrosion and abrasion and their favourable hydraulic characteristics, enabling by this the economical construction of pipelines or other structures.

The invention is based on the recognition that if perfect composite action can be ensured between the reinforced concrete or concrete structural element, such as a pipe unit, and a solid curved or flat plastic plate, such as a piece of plastic pipe, resting on its internal surface, then a plastic layer of such a small dimension of thickness is needed, which only needs to fill functions of corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance and hydraulic functions, while the function of the reinforced concrete structure is only to fulfil static requirements, and this combination unites the positive characteristic features of the two types of material in the most economic way possible, and the new product realised has a usage value higher than all similar products known before. We also realised that the above connection can be realised by fitting a metal wire, practically steel wire with an untreated surface, into the plastic plate element, such as pipe unit, during the manufacturing process, from which wire barbs and hooks extend laterally, and at least a part of them protrude from the plate element, such as pipe unit on the side where the plate element is to be connected to the reinforced concrete structure. If these protruding barbs are embedded either in the fresh concrete material of the reinforced concrete structure, for example during the manufacturing process, or into the layer or mortar - containing cement as a binding agent - created by injection along the surface of the already set reinforced concrete structure, being in composite action with the material of the concrete unit, a connection eliminating the problems that may derive from the classic anchoring, that is mechanic α^ncjrej^j^cjmj^ expansion coefficients of the united materials is realised between the plastic plate and the concrete or reinforced concrete structure. Finally we realised that in order to solve the given task thermosetting artificial resin with the most favourable functional fibre-reinforcement, first of all fibreglass-reinforcement, especially polyester resin, also provides a fairly favourable possibility for embedding the wire into the plate material.

On the basis of the above recognition, in accordance with the invention the set task was solved with a concrete or reinforced concrete body, especially pipe or tank, provided with a plastic surface layer, the essence of which is that the plastic layer is made of a cross-linked, thermosetting, fibre-reinforced plastic plate, in which or/ and to which a metal wire is (or metal wires are) fitted, favourably embedded, containing barbs protruding into the concrete material or into the cemented layer in composite action with the concrete material. Practically the plastic layer is made of fibreglass polyester resin. Favourably the plastic layer is made from basalt fibre, carbon fibre, aramid fibre, kevlar fibre, glass fibre or a combination of two or more of the above and from vinylester or epoxy or furan or bakelite or melamine or polyester water-based polyurethane resin. Practically the metal wire is - "black" - steel wire with an untreated surface. The barbs may be straight pieces of wire, or they may be shaped like hooks.

The invention also relates to a procedure for manufacturing concrete or reinforced concrete units with a plastic surface layer, the essence of which is that a plastic plate is fitted at a given distance from the surface of the hardened reinforced concrete unit, especially prefabricated reinforced concrete unit, such as a pipe or tank, to be provided with a plastic layer, in a way that its _pχo#^ctinj?-^a:φs_^extenΘ^ plastic plate, and then the gap is filled favourably by injecting cemented afterhardening material into it. A favourable realisation method of the procedure is characterised by that the prefabricated reinforced concrete element, especially pipe, is placed with its front side on a favourably ring-shaped seal situated on a horizontal production plane; in the unit a pipe-shaped plastic shell (5) with barbs protruding from it is placed facing the internal surface of the unit, at a given distance from it; the gap between the shell and the reinforced concrete unit is sealed with a favourably ring-shaped clamp also fixing the shell; and the gap is filled with cemented afterhardening material through one or more injection pipes taken through the opening(s) made in the wall of the reinforced concrete unit at the bottom.

Another procedure according to the invention is based on that in the course of constructing a concrete or reinforced concrete unit on the site, especially deep-level construction structure such as a pit, tank or a similar structure, the plastic plate is fixed to the internal side of the shuttering in a way that the barbs protruding from it extend into the space to be filled with concrete; then concreting is performed, and after the concrete sets the shuttering is removed. In order to produce closed-section reinforced concrete or concrete units, especially reinforced concrete pipes, from monolithic concrete a mould is set up on a production plane practically stabilised with a centre ring and a stiffening structure, on the internal mould-member of the mould a plastic pipe- shaped shell is entered with barbs protruding into the mould space, and - in a given case - reinforcement is placed in the mould space; then monolithic concrete is filled into the mould space from the top, and after the concrete sets the mould is removed. rυ i/πu≤uu o / U U U U 4

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The invention also relates to a plate structure used for the manufacturing of concrete or reinforced concrete units with a plastic layer, which is based on that a metal wire containing barbs is fitted into or/ and to the material of the fibre-reinforced cross- linked thermosetting artificial resin, the barbs of which protrude from the surface of the plate structure facing the concrete or reinforced concrete unit to be connected to it. A favourable construction of this plate structure is characterised by that on its external surface opposite the concrete or reinforced concrete unit it has a smooth plastic surface layer on the internal side of which further layers are applied including one or more layers of glass- fibre fleece or/ and synthetic glass-fibre fleece impregnated with thermosetting cross-linked artificial resin, and then on top of it - in a given case - quartz sand and/ or cut fibres are applied by spraying; and the barbed metal wire is embedded in this further layer and/ or fastened to it with a linear fastening device applied onto the further layer in one or more layers, for example, by coiling, favourably with fibreglass and/ or plastic roving tape impregnated with thermosetting artificial resin. In accordance with a further favourable feature of the invention the plate structure is made from a combination of polyester, vinylester, epoxy, furan, bakelite, melamine or water-based polyurethane resin and/ or basalt fibre and/or carbon fibre and/or aramid fibre and/or kevlar fibre. It may also be favourable, if the plate structure contains barbed steel wire with an untreated surface, with a diameter of 0.4-1.0 mm, favourably between 0.6-0.8 mm. According to another feature of the invention the plate structure contains a layer (or layers) of 20-50 g/m² glass fibre fleece and 20-50 g/m² synthetic fleece; the thickness of the smooth layer is between 20-80 μ, favourably about 40-50 μ, The manufacturing procedure of the plate structure is based on that a pipe-shaped layer of thermosetting artificial resin, favourably polyester resin, favourably wrapped in seal foil is applied; on the above layer one or more layers of glass fibre fleece and/ or synthetic fleece impregnated with artificial resin, especially polyester resin are applied, and favourably the air is discharged from these layers for example with a knurled roller; and a layer of sand and/ or cut fibres, practically a layer of quartz sand and /or fibreglass, is applied onto the surface of the above layer by spraying; then, after this last layer has been cured as a result of infrared heat-curing, it is covered with several layers of pre-stressed roving fibre, especially glass fibre impregnated with artificial resin, by radial spiral coiling, and in the course of the coiling operation sand, practically quartz sand and/ or cut fibres, especially glass fibre is sprayed on the surface; then on the surface created in this way barbed metal wire, favourably untreated steel wire is coiled spirally; then in the opposite direction with respect to the direction of coiling the metal wire, practically with the same pitch, a linear clamping unit pressing against the metal wire and fixing it in its position, favourably fibreglass roving impregnated with thermosetting artificial resin is coiled on the surface leaving the barbs free, and in the given case the surface is roughened by sand- spraying.

Below the invention is described in detail on the basis of the attached drawing, which include exclusively equipment for manufacturingjpipes the_^jnlar^aLsurJace^f-w-MG-h^s_^eoated^w-ith-a⁷ plastic layer, as examples not restricting the scope of protection. In the drawings figure 1 is equipment for manufacturing reinforced concrete pipes with a plastic layer, with a large diameter, shown in schematic linear axial section; figure 2 shows the equipment as in figure 1, in an intermediate technological phase; figure 3 shows different equipment in vertical section, for manufacturing reinforced concrete pipes with a large diameter, the internal surface of which is coated with a plastic layer; figures 4 and 5 show the operation of coiling the barbed metal wire in the case of a plastic plate structure to be constructed as a cylindrical shell, in side view; figure 6 shows the operation of fastening the coiled metal wire with roving fibreglass tape; figure 7 shows the process of producing the shell, in perspective view.

Figure 1 shows a prefabricated reinforced concrete pipe 1 with a large diameter, for example a diameter of 800 mm, with a steel coupler 3 at one end, which reinforced concrete pipe 1 is standing with its front side, that is its side opposite the end with a coupler 3, on a production plane, on a ring-shaped seal 2 for example made of rubber. The prefabricated reinforced concrete pipe 1 may be made for example using the RO CLA- technology, and its internal D₁ diameter is a few centimetres, for example 6-3 cm-s larger than the planned noniinal_dj^jne_rter.^he_^r-eia-foEeed=eoncrete^~ pipe 1 with a primed internal surface contains injection pipes 4 situated in one plane, entering the pipe 1 from the outside near its lower - supporting - end, which injection pipes 4 have cut-off cocks 4a. Practically at least two injection pipes should be used situated opposite each other, but it is even more favourable to use four-six regularly spaced injection pipes 4.

According to the invention the internal surface of the prefabricated reinforced concrete pipe 1 is coated with a plastic layer by creating a pipe- shaped internal shell 5 made of fibreglass polyester, containing barbs 8 embedded in its material protruding outwards, with a steel wire, inside the reinforced concrete pipe 1 in the following way: the shell 5 - the wall of which may be 4-2 mm thick, and the construction of which is described in detail below - is entered into the reinforced concrete pipe 1 in a vertical position from above and downwards (figure 1, arrows), which is possible, because the external D2 diameter of the shell 5 - measured between the external end of the protruding barbs and the internal shell surface - is the same as the nominal diameter of the finished product, so D₁ > p_2. In figure 2 the width of the created gap 7 is indicated with reference letter k. Then the shell 5 (in a way already known in itself, not shown in the figures) is stiffened from inside, and it is fixed in its position taken inside the reinforced concrete pipe 1 with the help of a ring-shaped upper clamp 6 and clamping elements 6a shown in figure 2. According to the above a gap 7 of a width of 1-2 cm is created between the external surface of the shell 5 and the internal surface of the reinforced concrete pipe 1, and the steel barbs 8 mentioned above protruding from the shell 5 extend into this gap 7. In the following step the gap 7 is filled with ceme_jited_groutijig_^mi)ria^ which should be determined to prevent shrinkage of the injected material - injected as shown by arrows b. In the course of the injection process obviously performed under overpressure the seal 2 prevents the mortar from leaving at the bottom, and the mortar is moved from the bottom to the top to overcome the risk of the creation of air pockets and discontinuities.

The barbs 8 of the wire embedded into the fibreglass polyester material of the shell 5 - practically the shell 5 contains at least several hundreds of barbs 8 per square centimetre, which means that the same number of mechanic supporting points are created between the shell 5 and the mortar layer - set perfectly into the hardened cemented injected mortar, and the mortar layer itself binds to the primed internal surface of the reinforced concrete pipe 1 possibly sprayed with quartz sand - entering the gaps between the sand grains - with a cement-cement connection. In order to make this bond more intensive the external surface of the shell 5 may also be roughened by spreading quartz sand on it, and in this way the material of the mortar sets in it too.

After the injected mortar hardens at least partly, the internal strutting of the clamp 6 and the shell can be removed, the holes of the injecting pipes 4 can be sealed and the reinforced concrete pipe 1 the internal surface of which has now been coated with a plastic layer can be taken off the seal 2 and put in use.

The equipment shown in figure 3 and the technology illustrated with it is different from the equipment and technology shown in figures 1 and 2 in respect of that instead of injecting afterhardening material composite action between the plastic shell 5 and the reinforced concrete pipe is realised by connecting the previously prepared shell 5 to the not yet set material of the reinforced concrete piτ3e_its^lf₎_anjdJ^J:his-way-_^the_^ bagbs^β-of^the- metal wire are embedded into the fresh concrete, and after the concrete sets perfect composite action is created between the shell 5 and the finished reinforced concrete pipe. In figure 3 the external mould unit of the mould 9 of the reinforced concrete pipe to be made is marked with reference number 9a, and the internal mould unit (mould skirt) is marked with reference number 9b. At the bottom the mould 9 is positioned vertically with a centre ring 13. Before the concrete is filled into the mould space 14 reinforcement marked with reference number 10 as a whole is placed in it together with the pipe-shaped shell 5 pulled onto the internal mould unit 9b, which shell 5 may be the same as the one sown in and described in connection with figures 1 and 2, so it is made of fibreglass polyester into a which a steel wire containing barbs 8 extending outside into the mould space 14 is embedded. Inside the pipe-shaped mould 9 there is a stiffening structure 11 known in itself, which, with the help of tension bolts 12, exerts an adjustable supporting force onto the internal surface of the mould 9, while on the external side the external mould unit 9 a is supported by stiffening rings 15.

With the help of the equipment shown in figure 3 pipes with a plastic layer on their internal surface are manufactured according to the following: the mould 9 with vertical geometrical central axis x is assembled and connected to centre ring 13 placed on the production plane t, the fibreglass polyester shell 5 with a slightly larger internal diameter than the external diameter of the internal mould unit 9b is pulled onto the internal mould unit 9b from above, then the reinforcement 10 of the reinforced concrete pipe to be manufactured is placed inside the mould space 14. After fitting the stiffening stiΛΛct^sΛJ^^hΛ&nsionjΘβlts^^the^miΘvήd^spsσe^' 14 is filled with monolithic concrete as shown by arrows c, the concrete is compacted by vibration and hardened by steaming. According to this technology the plastic shell 5 and the reinforced concrete pipe are built together in the same phase as the manufacturing of the pipe, and the barbs embedded in the set concrete material ensure perfect composite action between the reinforced concrete pipe and the internal plastic layer.

Below the manufacturing procedure of a fibreglass polyester artificial resin shell according to the invention functioning as an internal plastic layer of reinforced concrete pipes as above is described as an example, with reference to figures 4-7.

For the manufacturing of the shell a steel pipe - tool - is used of a maximum favourable length of 6.5 m, with an external diameter suiting the internal diameter of the reinforced concrete pipe to be manufactured, which is generally 300-3000 mm, and 35 μ, 100 mm wide seal polyester foil is wrapped around the external surface of the steel pipe.

This seal foil surface is coated evenly with a 50 μ thick layer of flexible abrasion-proof polyester resin. In the finished product this layer forms the internal surface of the pipeline made from such reinforced concrete pipe in direct contact with the medium forwarded inside the pipes, such as sewage.

Two layers of 100 mm wide 29.4 g/m², 0,3 mm thick glass fibre fleece (ERC) is applied onto the polyester resin layer, and then on these two layers 24 g/m², 0.09 mm thick layer of synthetic polyester fleece is wound; all three layers are impregnated with polyester resin and the air is discharged from them using a knurled roller. Γ U I / Π U^UU U / U U U U 4

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In the following step the whole surface is evenly coated with a layer of dried and assorted quartz sand of a grain-size of 0.8 - 1.2 mm and 19 μ cut fibreglass.

The internal layer made from part-layers as described above is cured by infrared heat-curing and a thermosetting activator and peroxide system. This internal layer ensures resistance to 150-bar pressure, was, abrasion and chemicals. The external surface of the internal layer - which, for example in the case of pipelines is in direct contact with the liquid flowing inside it - is perfectly smooth, which ensures excellent hydraulic characteristics for the pipeline, and it is also highly resistant to deposits.

After the internal layer is cured, 1,200 tex E glass fibre roving is coiled on it in precisely controlled and tense condition, by radial coiling (about 89°), impregnated with polyester resin. At the same time as radial coiling performed to an extent providing 50% coverage 10-50 mm long cut 19 μ fibreglass and dried and assorted quartz sand of a diameter of 0.8 - 1.2 mm is also spread on the surface. On this layer made by coiling roving fibre - in a number needed for the calculated and dimensioned wall width - further layers (generally one-three layers) are applied.

In the following step the untreated barbed steel wire - with a black surface - of a diameter of 0.3 - 1.5 mm, favourably 0.6-0.8 mm us coiled onto the complete cylindrical surface along a spiral track - with funnel-type guidance -, with a 100 mm pitch. This operation is shown in figure 4, where the pipe- shaped plastic shell with longitudinal geometrical axis y made as above is marked with reference number 15, the barbed steel wire is marked with reference number 16, and the pitch is indicated with reference letter m. Figure 5 shows a section of the plastic shell 15 and the steel wire 16 coiled on it as in figure 4 on an expanded scale, where the steel wire 16 consists of two intertwined steel wire sections 16a, 16b, on each of which two short pieces of steel wire containing barbs 8 are coiled at a given place 17 each, in a way that their ends protruding in different directions - partly inwards and partly outwards - form the barbs 8. The practically same distance between the places 17 is determined to ensure a sufficient number and density of barbs protruding from the shell 15 to provide appropriate composite action between the shell 15 and the reinforced concrete pipe to be manufactured. For example one hundred of evenly scattered barbs may protrude from the shell surface per m².

After the barbed steel wire 16 has been coiled as shown in figures 4 and 5, on a spiral track going in the opposite direction with respect to the coiling direction, but with the same pitch 100 mm wide strand fastening the steel wire 16 impregnated with thermosetting artificial resin, practically roving tape impregnated with such artificial resin, is coiled on the surface, and the complete surface is covered by such radial coiling - which ensures perfect fixation of the steel wire -, except for the barbs 8 protruding outwards, which form the points ensuring connection with the concrete. This step of the procedure is shown in figure 6.

Finally, in the last step one layer of dried and assorted quartz sand with a diameter of 0.8-1.2 mm is spread on the external surface, as a result of which additional bond - apart from the connection ensured by the barbs 8 - is realised between the concrete and the shell, which may increase the efficiency and safety of composite action. It is pointed out here that the process of the ^tejp^_d^s^πb^^ρ^^jcaii_^bejbllowed^n^figure^₇-where^h^"e same reference numbers are used as before, and the pipe-shaped plate element formed by the layers below the steel wire 16 is marked with reference number 19 as a whole.

By choosing the density of the barbs of the steel wire and the extent of the pitch the number of the connection points - that is barbs - joining the concrete or the injected cemented mortar layer can be determined, that is the bond between the plastic layer and the concrete unit can be dimensioned.

The advantage of the invention is that beside preserving the positive characteristics of concrete and reinforced concrete - filling the static function perfectly - a plastic layer can be formed on the surface of the concrete or reinforced concrete unit in a simple and economical way, with an optimal degree of resistance to water and abrasion, forming an absolutely stable bond to concrete material; there are no problems deriving from the different heat-expansion coefficients of the two materials, and the lifetime of the finished product representing an extremely high usage value is extremely long.

Obviously the invention is not restricted to the realisation methods described in detail above or to the realisation method of the procedures, but it can be realised in several different ways within the scope of protection defined in the claims. Although the invention can be used especially favourably for manufacturing reinforced concrete pipes with an internal plastic layer, it can also be used favourably for manufacturing other closed-section cylindrical structures, such as tanks and similar structures, and even the flat surfaces of concrete or reinforced concrete structures can be coated - for example for the purpose of insulation - with the plastic layer created according to the invention.

Claims

1. Concrete or reinforced concrete body, especially pipe or tank, provided with a plastic surface layer, characterised by that the plastic layer is made of a cross-linked, thermosetting, fibre- reinforced plastic plate, in which or to which a metal wire is (or metal wires are) fitted, favourably embedded, containing barbs protruding into the concrete material or into the cemented layer in composite action with the concrete material.

2. Concrete or reinforced concrete body, especially pipe or tank, provided with a plastic surface layer as in claim 1, characterised by that the plastic layer is made of fibreglass polyester resin.

3. Concrete or reinforced concrete body, especially pipe or tank, provided with a plastic surface layer as in claim 1, characterised by that the plastic layer is made from basalt fibre, carbon fibre, aramid fibre, kevlar fibre, glass fibre or a combination of two or more of the above and from vinylester or epoxy or furan or bakelite or melamine or polyester water-based polyurethane resin.

4. Concrete or reinforced concrete body, especially pipe or tank, provided with a plastic surface layer as in any of claims 1-3, characterised by that the metal wire is a steel wire with an untreated surface.

5. Procedure for manufacturing units as in any of claims 1-4, characterised by that a plastic plate is fitted at a given distance from the surface of the hardened reinforced concrete unit, especially prefabricated reinforced concrete unit, such as a pipe or tank, to be provided with a plastic layer, in a way that its protruding barbs extend into the ga^_b^w^eji_the_^αmit_^and₌th©-_; plastic plate, and then the gap is filled favourably by injecting cemented afterhardening material into it.

6. Procedure as in claim 5, characterised by that the prefabricated reinforced concrete element, especially pipe (1) is placed with its front side on a favourably ring-shaped seal (2) situated on a horizontal production plane; in the unit a pipe- shaped plastic shell (5) with barbs (8) protruding from it is placed facing the internal surface of the unit, at a given distance (k) from it; the gap (7) between the shell (5) and the reinforced concrete unit is sealed with a favourably ring-shaped clamp (6) also fixing the shell (5); and the gap (7) is filled with cemented afterhardening material through one or more injection pipes (4) taken through the opening(s) made in the wall of the reinforced concrete unit at the bottom.

7. Procedure for manufacturing the unit as in any of claims 1-4, characterised by that in the course of constructing a concrete or reinforced concrete unit on the site, especially deep- level construction structure such as a pit, tank or a similar structure, the plastic plate is fixed to the internal side of the shuttering in a way that the barbs protruding from it extend into the space to be filled with concrete; then concreting is performed, and after the concrete sets the shuttering is removed.

8. Procedure as in claim 7, characterised by that for the manufacturing of closed-section reinforced concrete or concrete units, especially reinforced concrete pipes, from monolithic concrete a mould (9) is set up on a production plane (t) practically stabilised with a centre ring (13) and a stiffening structure (H)₇ on the internal mould-member (9b) of the mould (9) a plastic pipe- shaped shell (5) is pulled on with barbs (8) protruding into the mould space (14), jand_^jn_a_ given_ casjs__^jemforcement_^(J.-θ)=is^ placed in the mould space (14); then monolithic concrete is filled into the mould space (14) from the top, and after the concrete sets the mould (9) is removed.

9. Plate structure for the manufacturing of concrete or reinforced concrete units with a plastic surface layer, characterised by that a metal wire containing barbs (8) is fitted into or/ and to the material of the fibre-reinforced cross-linked thermosetting artificial resin, the barbs (8) of which protrude from the surface of the plate structure facing the concrete or reinforced concrete unit to be connected to it.

10. Plate structure as in claim 9, characterised by that on its external surface opposite the concrete or reinforced concrete unit it has a smooth plastic surface layer on the internal side of which further layers are applied including one or more layers of glass- fibre fleece or/ and synthetic glass-fibre fleece impregnated with thermosetting cross-linked artificial resin, and then on top of it - in a given case - quartz sand and/ or cut fibres are applied by- spraying; and the barbed (8) metal wire (16) is embedded in this further layer and/ or fastened to it with a linear fastening device applied onto the further layer in one or more layers for example by coiling, favourably with fibreglass and/ or plastic roving tape impregnated with thermosetting artificial resin.

11. Plate structure as in claim 10, characterised by that it is made from a combination of polyester, vinylester, epoxy, furan, bakelite, melamine or water-based polyurethane resin and/or basalt fibre and/ or carbon fibre and/or aramid fibre and/ or kevlar fibre.

12. Plate structure as in any of claims 9-11, characterised by that it contains barbed (8) steel wire (16) with an untreated PCJ/HU200 6 / 0 0 0 0 4- 5

20 surface, with a diameter of 0,3-1,5 mm, favourably between 0.6-0.8 mm.

13. Plate structure as in any of claims 9-12, characterised by that it contains a layer (or layers) of 20-50 g/m² glass fibre fleece and 20-50 g/m² synthetic fleece.

14. Plate structure as in any of claims 9-13, characterised by that it contains a layer (or layers) of dried and assorted quartz sand with a diameter of 0.8-1.2 mm.

15. Plate structure as in any of claims 9-12, characterised by that the thickness of the external smooth layer is between 20-80 μ, favourably about 40-50 μ.

16. Procedure for the manufacturing of the cylindrical plate structure as in any of claims 9-15, characterised by that

- a pipe- shaped layer of thermosetting artificial resin, favourably polyester resin, favourably wrapped in seal foil is applied;

- on the above layer one or more layers of glass fibre fleece and/ or synthetic fleece impregnated with artificial resin, especially polyester resin are applied, and favourably the air is discharged from these layers for example with a knurled roller; and

- a layer of sand and /or cut fibres, practically a layer of quartz sand and /or fibreglass, is applied onto the surface of the above layer by spraying; then, after this last layer has been cured as a result of infrared heat-curing, it is covered with several layers of pre-stressed roving fibre, especially glass fibre impregnated with artificial resin, by radial spiral coiling, and in the course of the coiling operation sand, practically quartz sand and/ or cut fibres, especially glass fibre is sprayed on the surface; then

- on the surface created in this way barbed (8) metal wire (16), favourably untreated_steel wire is_^TOUe.d_s.pirally-;_^theEL - in the opposite direction with respect to the direction of coiling the metal wire, practically with the same pitch, a linear clamping unit pressing against the metal wire and fixing it in its position, favourably fibreglass roving impregnated with thermosetting artificial resin is coiled on the surface leaving the barbs (8) free;

- and in a given case the surface is roughened by sand- spraying.