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CONSTRUCTION WORLD

JULY

2015

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PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

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YFEL – so called because of its

inverted Y shape and its resem-

blance to the Eiffel tower in Paris

– was devised by ReMaCon because

of its flexibility of application in numerous

different industries that are not the obvious

target for precast concrete products.

“Our first three sales already confirm this

diverse demand,” commented Silvio Ferraris,

the company’s managing member.

“One is for shipping company Grindrod

Intermodal, which purchased mainly 4 m

high YFELs – the largest in our range – to

contain and separate a variety of locally

mined high-value minerals such as chrome

and ferro-manganese in granular and powder

form it holds in storage at its Bluff Road,

Durban, and Denver, Johannesburg, premises

prior to export.”

Another is for Remade Recycling, a

Germiston-based company that recycles

various waste materials, mainly paper.

The order from Grindrod Intermodal was

placed in September last year for a total of

367 YFEL’s, comprising 164 x 4 m units for

Bluff Road and 179 x 4 m units and 24 x 3 m

units for the Denver facility. The 4 m units

supplied to both storage sites include

special corner units that are designed to

intersect a YFEL wall at right angles to

provide for establishment of a series of

separate adjoining enclosures.

ReMaCon completed delivery of the Bluff

Road units in February and of the units for

Denver in March this year. Purchasers of

the units are provided with instructions

for installing the walling, for which either

forklift trucks or a crane is used to lift and

place them. The YFEL’s are designed to hold

support pins used for this purpose.

Remade Recycling ordered over 60 x

1,8 m high units that have been shared

among its Kya-Sands, Pretoria and Kempton

Park sites. In all but one instance they have

been installed in external areas to optimise

the use of space for storage of waste paper,

plastic and other recyclable materials.

The single different application is at the

Kya-Sands facility west of Johannesburg

where some of the YFEL’s have been installed

in place of the bottom sections of the sheet

metal-clad sides of a waste paper storage

shed as protection from forklift trucks, which

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2015

MODULAR

wall system

a winner

YFEL, an innovative modular precast concrete wall unit developed

by retaining blocks producer ReMaCon Products and launched

into the market 18 months ago, has won acceptance by a variety

of industries requiring easy-to-assemble and moveable walls for

containing and separating different types of products.

Grindrod Intermodal is using 4 m high YFEL

wall units to separate high-value minerals

stored at its Durban and Johannesburg depots

prior to export.

The YFEL wall units are transported on site and

put in place using a forklift truck or crane.

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previously damaged the walls while oper-

ating inside the shed.

The third purchaser of YFEL wall units

is a chemical company in North West

Province. ReMaCon supplied over 100 x 4 m

YFEL’s along with a number of corner units

for establishment of a series of separate

enclosures for storage of various

materials involved in the company’s

production processes.

The YFEL is particularly well-suited for

storage of dry bulk materials.

“Its great advantage over conventional

storage methods, which invariably comprise

fixed built-in structures, is that it can be

easily and quickly installed and reshaped

in accordance with changing requirements

for dividing and storing products of many

different kinds,” Ferraris explained.

The units are manufactured in heights

ranging from 1,2 m to 4 m.

The new website

www.henkel-adhe-

sives.com/furniture-building-compo-

nents comprises of in-depth application

know-how, Henkel’s technology portfolio for

woodworking operations, training and technical

services as well as the ’Henkel House’, an inter-

active feature showing typical applications and

technologies in a house.

Fully responsive website

Besides its service character and user-friend-

SITE TO GET STUCK ON

Adhesives for furniture and building components are a multi-layered

field with several influencing factors such as application methods,

materials and bonding technologies. Henkel has now launched a

global web platform bundling all relevant information on adhesives

for furniture and building components.

Henkel operates worldwide with leading

brands and technologies in three business

areas: Laundry & home care, beauty care

and adhesive technologies. Founded in

1876, Henkel holds globally leading market

positions both in the consumer and indus-

trial businesses with well-known brands

such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite.

Henkel employs almost 50 000 people and

reported sales of €16,4-billion and adjusted

operating profit of €2,6-billion in fiscal 2014.

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liness, the brand-new website

is also meeting current tech-

nology standards: this is

demonstrated by a respon-

sive web design, which has

been fully optimised for tablets,

smartphones and PCs.