FIP ARTICOLI TECNICI S.R.L.

Many times blind noise barriers heavily affect the environment by changing, some times for the worst, visual perception; the fitting of wide clear barriers, in addition to breaking monotony and allowing the landscape to be seen, remarkably mitigates the environmental impact of the barrier. TECNOWALL clear panels significantly improve the appearance of deteriorated landscapes, with the fitting of mass-coloured or especially made panels. Examples of anchoring systems However the material that is more frequently used is polymethyl methacrylate for its clear and quick-handling features. The TECNOWALL clear panel is fixed to the bearing structure by a suitable frame hot-galvanized steel and painted frame; the sheet is surrounded by a rubber seal that is resistant to weathering agents, shaped so as to follow thermal-expansion-induced movements of the sheets. The polymethyl methacrylate sheets used can be hot- and cold-thermoformed so as to take on the shapes as requested by Customer or su

Another type of noise barrier solution is the use of typical building materials like concrete. Noise barriers TYPES: 6W64 TECNOWALL green wall TECNOWALL sound-absorbing concrete and lightweight concrete panel expanded clay or mineral wood fibres.

The environmental-friendly spirit of citizens has allowed us to perform a smart management of the division of urban solid waste, thus obtaining a new raw material and above all reducing the quantity of waste to be disposed of at the landfill. Recycling takes place starting from plastic materials from separate collection of R.S.U., and includes selection, milling, mixing and extrusion of mixed plastic. The extrusion phase, accomplished by means of low-temperature diabatic machines, represents a technological innovation which permits to obtain an extruded section with excellent technical, aesthetical and lasting standards. Plastic waste is turned into sections of various shapes and dimensions and is structured, when needed, with steel reinforcements and processed. The potentials of this brand-new material with an unlimited duration without maintenance, have been used for TECNOWALL recycled plastic panels, that have been designed and commissioned for their triple function of environment

FIP and TECNOACUSTICA, in the field of research on innovative materials and panels, are trying to optimize the resources available in order to obtain new panels, more and more compliant with Customer's requirements, at an industrial, road and railway level. Each panel that is manufactured and sold features many positive characteristics, but also different negative aspects that exclude it from usage in some special cases.
The quick handling, the high sound-absorbing power, the reduced weight, the total absence of maintenance of TECNOWALL aluminium panels are however accompanied by a very unpleasant appearance. The high sound-insulating power, its sturdiness, the appearance are strengths of porous concrete panels; however the heavy weight burdening the foundation structures, especially the engineering structures, the difficult transportation, often lead Customer to give up. FIP and TECNOACUSTICA R&D staff are examining a number of mixed panels that use the different types of materia

The noise reducer is a barrier devices that enhances the performances by virtue of sound wave propagation at the point of "diffraction". With the installation of the noise reducer it is possible, the acoustic result being equal, to reduce the barrier height thus obtaining a benefit in terms of visual impact. The elliptical noise reducer, thanks to its special geometrical configuration, can be installed on any type of barrier, reducing the sound pressure field behind the screen. The installation of the elliptical noise reducer guarantees an increase in the Insertion Loss value ranging between 1.7 and 4.4 dB(A) depending on the chosen reception in the barrier acoustic shadow area, and the testing method, the height being equal or adding the reducer, as certified by free field testing, in compliance with standard ISO 10847. The elliptical noise reducer consists of a shell of aluminium sheet, or hot-galvanized painted perforated sheet with circular holes with six different diameters, to o

Legislation concerning acoustic pollution very closely affects all industrial activities, in addition to infrastructural road and railway activities, with special reference to continuous-cycle industries: graphic design companies, paper mills, steel plants, thermal power plants, food companies. Noise barriers in many cases represent the ideal solution of the problem of the maximum acceptable noise level at the border, leaving the plants free for maintenance; they also allow to reduce noise generated by transports and internal goods handling, screening the moving sources like trucks and forklift trucks. TECNOWALL metal panels are ideal for these structures, because they are very sturdy and cheaper than the other types featuring very special applications

They insulate the surroundings from trams, trains and undergrounds-induced vibrations by means of rubber mats, or dull them by means of tuned mass dampers. FIP INDUSTRIALE has developed a wide range of systems to reduce the effects of vibrations. In the railway, tramline and underground sectors, the use of special rubber mats under the ballast or under the reinforced concrete platforms, permits to isolate the surroundings from travelling trucks-induced vibrations. In other sectors vibrations can be dulled by means of tuned mass dampers or some types of seismic devices. TYPES: Damping mats Tuned mass dampers

SICURLINK ® system is a patented system used for the connection of prefabricated elements, based on the concept of the three-hindged arch. It is particularly suitable for seismic enhencement or retrofitting of already existing prefabricated structures which have been carried out by means of elements simply laid on the structures or with scarce connections. SICURLINK ® system fulfills all the performance requirements of the nantional and international seismic standards.

Within the conservation of the world artistic heritage, it is always present the necessity of protecting the works of inestimable value from seismic movements, not only by means of seismic protection techniques of the building where the artistic works are, but also through the direct seismic isolation of the works themselves. FIP INDUSTRIALE has studied and developed a chain of innovative products for seismic isolation called ISOLART, aimed to the protection of works of art from the effects of seismic movements, through the decoupling between the movement of the work of art and the movement of the building which contains it, induced by the earthquake. These products are subdivided into ISOLART ® PENDULUM which is based on the idea of the pendulum, ISOLART ® FLUID and ISOLART ® SMA which is based on the characteristics of the shape memory alloy.

This bearing consists of: a lower part (base) of steel in which a cylindrical case is obtained to house the rubber disc (elastomeric bearing); a rubber disc housed inside the base; an upper part (piston) that is inserted in the case of the lower part.