SikaFiber® for Slabs

Unlike traditional reinforcing methods, SikaFiber® is uniformly distributed throughout the concrete mix and is designed to intercept crack propagation. The fibers become an integral part of the concrete composition.

SikaFiber® micro concrete fibers reduce the formation of plastic shrinkage and settlement cracks by reducing the segregation of the concrete ingredients while adding tensile strain capacity to plastic concrete. This reduction or elimination of plastic cracks enables the concrete to develop its optimum long-term integrity and increase robustness. The Sika® Fibermesh®-300 can be utilized to replace the lightest gauge wire mesh (6x6 W1.4/W1.4).

The SikaFiber® “network of reinforcement” reaches every cubic inch (mm) of the concrete section for uniform reinforcement that minimizes early age cracking, reduces water migration, increases impact, abrasion, and shatter resistance, and provides residual strength and crack protection throughout.

Commercial projects demand proven solutions-like SikaFiber® products. These products offer unmatched reinforcement performance throughout the entire life span of the concrete, plus the ease of use you’d expect from the world’s leader in fiber reinforcement. SikaFiber® calculation tools are available to our customers to correctly determine the appropriate dosage rates for each individual application.

Sika FiberSave is a web-based tool to calculate slab-on-ground and pavements. The tool will calculate thicknesses and fiber reinforcing due to a variety of loads. You can contact a local sales representative using the Find a Sales Rep form below.

Industrial applications can test the strength and toughness of concrete floors to their very limits. These heavy-duty floors are often required to perform under intense static and dynamic loads, impact stresses, and flexural fatigue. Improperly designed and reinforced, concrete slabs can fail, causing significant loss in  productivity and increased maintenance costs. Fortunately, SikaFiber® reinforcement products have been tested and proven time and again in some of the most demanding industrial environments in the world. 

For slab-on-grade applications, we offer a Slab Solution package encompassing the essentials to minimize cracking, increase joint spacing and enhance finished surface quality / durability has been created. This suite of products demonstrates measurable benefits for the designer, contractor, and owner alike.  Learn more about our Sika Slab Solution package here. 

FiberSave, the SikaFiber® slab-on-ground solution aid is available to our customers to correctly determine the appropriate dosage rates for each individual application. The FiberSave fiber solution program follows ACI or TR34 standards.

Sika FiberSave is a web-based tool to calculate slab-on-ground and pavements. The tool will calculate thicknesses and fiber reinforcing due to a variety of loads. You can contact a local sales representative using the Find a Sales Rep form below.

• SikaFiber® concrete macro fibers are designed to improve the flexural toughness, fatigue endurance, shear strength, ductility, and energy absorption of concrete.
• Enables concrete to withstand greater stresses, both prior to and post-cracking.
• Provides superior crack width control and unequaled impact resistance.
• Performs under intense loading conditions, including dynamic wheel loads, static rack loads, uniform distributed loads, impact from falling loads, and vibration from production machines.
• Offers three-dimensional homogenous pumpable reinforcement, which is always positioned properly throughout the concrete mix
• Technical support is available to provide solutions following industry standards.
• Products independently tested and proven to ASTM and European standards.

• SikaFiber® water-soluble bags can be added directly into the ready mix truck. Compared to welded wire fabric or rebar, there is no lifting, cutting, chairing, tripping, and scrapes.
• Lower labor and in-place costs and reduced liability.
• Saves construction time-quicker pouring schedule.
• Finishes easily and smoothly with common tools; any fibers which might appear on the surface are quickly worn away by foot or vehicle traffic.

• High tensile strength fibers create a tighter aggregate interlock at cracks and contraction joints, which increases load-carrying capacity and provides more stable transfer.
• Helps prevent rocking and unstable joints, and loss of filler material.
• Minimizes random cracking between joints to reduce the need for long-term maintenance of the floor system.
• Jointless slabs can be designed to remove the contraction joints and the long-term maintenance.
• In some cases, joints may be extended when the use of fibers is incorporated into the design.

Our team consists of highly qualified engineers and fiber-reinforced concrete specialists who will analyze the needs of owners, engineers, and end users. We will recommend a highly efficient and cost-effective solution to optimize the long-term performance of your concrete flooring system.