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• RUSSIA - Golden Horn Bridgeshock transmission units, 5000-15000 kN

Experience, innovation and flexibility: these are the words that best describe FIP Industriale. Since 1945 FIP Industriale has worked with avant- garde technologies in the field of civil engineering and gained particular expertise in the supply of services and products for roads, motorways, railways, industrial plants, tunnels, civic and com-mercial buildings, oil rigs.

Investment in human and technological resources, an innovative way of thinking, rigorous targets of quality, safety and organisation are the tools that permit FIP Industriale to respond to the ever more demanding requirements of public and private Clients, in Italy as well as abroad. FIP Industriale can offer tailor-made solutions for the simplest to the most sophisticated project.

In addition to the main office and production facility in Padua, FIP Industriale has a structure of offices and representatives in more than 40 countries.

Moreover, FIP Industriale has obtained certifications and approvals from various international boards, such as ITALFERR (the supervising body of Italian High Speed Railways), the GERMAN ZULASSUN-GEN, the English HIGHWAYS AGENCY, the French SNCF, the GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT - WORKS BRANCH of Hong Kong and the American CALTRANS, HITEC and GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.

At present FIP Industriale meets the most recent requirements by supplying bearings and anti-seismic devices with CE marking.

The certification ISO 9001, obtained in 1992, guaran-tees that the same quality level is kept from the design stage through manufacture to installation, while the Certificate OHS 618800 guarantees that FIP Industriale operates an Occupational Health and Safety Management System which complies with the requirements of BS OHSAS 18001:2007.FIP Industriale’s quality system is also certified to perform welding activities in accordance with EN ISO 3834-2 and DIN 18800-7.

FIP Industriale designs and manufactures its devices in accordance with the most widely adopted and stringent international specifications: EN, AASHTO, CNR, British Standards, DIN, NF.

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

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PROFILEPROFILE

CERTIFICATIONSCERTIFICATIONS

• TAIWAN, TAIPEI -- Taipei 101 Skyscraperviscous dampers for the Tuned Mass Damper

OHS 618800

It has a staff of skilled engineers and technicians who use state-of-the-art computer tools such as computing programmes for the design of devices for the dynamic analysis of structures and finite element programmes.The technical staff, in harmony with the customer, makes its experience available to designers to propose the most suitable technical/pricing solution to any structure in terms of functions, safety, reliability and optimization of resources, designing when necessary ad-hoc devices.

FIP Industriale usually collaborates with the most important design firms and the largest international building companies for the realization of projects all over the world.

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STRENGTHSSTRENGTHS

TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTTECHNICAL DEPARTMENT

FIP Industriale counts on its own production facility comprising a metalworking section, a section for mechanical works such as lathing, milling, etc, carried out by machinery with digital control, a wide assembling area and two sophisticated painting facilities.

FIP Industriale has also developed original chemical and concrete products to guarantee the most effective solutions to all possible site problems.

It devises innovative design solutions meeting the requirements of an ever-changing sector. For years it has been committed to far-reaching research projects often co-financed by international public authorities and realized in collaboration with universities, research agencies and other companies.This research activity has mainly involved seismic protection, with its early studies and applications in 1974 on Viadotti Savio and Somplago, and environmental protection, with its early studies on the safeguard of Venice and its monuments in 1972, recently proceeding with the recreation of the lagoon morphological balance through its affiliated company Mantovani.The strategy of focusing on constant innovation has allowed FIP Industriale to gain remarkable experience in research projects approved by the European Commission in partnership with main European companies, Universities and research Institutes. These projects and the constant analysis work performed by FIP Industriale have allowed us to implement new design and construction methods using the most innovative materials: a typical example of our strategy is the creation of shape-memory alloy devices designed for the protection of historical monuments and civil buildings, with first installation in the context of the remarkable restructuration of the San Francesco Basilica in Assisi. The creativity of FIP Industriale specialists has allowed us to file approximately 150 patents so far.Research and development activity also includes the design of special site equipment.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTDEPARTMENTRESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTDEPARTMENT

• Unidirection bearign with elastic element, for horizontal forces control

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TEST LABORATORYTEST LABORATORY

FIP Industriale‘s laboratory has also performed functional tests on bearings and seismic devices of remarkable dimensions and extreme load carrying capacities, among which the tests on the Bang-Hwa Bridge spherical bearings (South Korea), with a vertical load carrying capacity of 30000 kN and a horizontal capacity of 10000 kN; or the shock transmitters installed on the Stonecutters Bridge (Hong Kong), the biggest ever made, with load capacity of 8,000 kN and displacement ± 400 mm; or again, the fluid viscous dampers of the Rion Antirion Bridge (Greece), the longest ever made, characterized by an axial load capacity of 3500 kN, displacement ± 900 mm and maximum velocity of 1600 mm/s, length 7 m, weight 5.5 t, tested in laboratory at a velocity of up to 200 mm/s.

• Tests at FIP Industriale’s laboratory of shock transmission units, 8000 kN, designed and manufactured for the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong, overall lenght 1600 m, main span 1018 m

One of the most equipped in the world, the test laboratory plays a key role within FIP Industriale. The laboratory equipment and skills are constantly improved and increased and allow us to meet the most complex experiment requirements, both at the service of FIP Industriale and of other companies.The laboratory covers an area of 800 sqm and is equipped with the most modern equipment for static and dyna-mic testing on materials and devices, and a test rig for static testing of bearings and isolators, certainly one of the most powerful worldwide affording application of 80000 kN vertical, 7500 kN transverse, and 1500 kN longi-tudinal loads.There is a new 680 kW hydraulic power supply system for dynamic testing, providing 1150 l/min flow rate at 300 bar pressure, controlled by a PC system capable of managing 5 operating stations in an independent as well as a combined mode, allowing for dynamic real-condition testing of seismic devices mounted inside support frames and driven by servo-controlled actuators of 200, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000 and 5000 kN capacity.Other equipment of current use also includes:• climatic chamber providing working temperatures from -15 to +60° C.• universal material testing machine of 600 kN capacity• compression testing machine of 3000 kN capacity• biaxial testing machine, of 10000 kN vertical and 200 kN horizontal load capacity• test rig for biaxial dynamic testing of rubber bearings

They enable the transmission of vertical and horizontal loads between deck and pier/abutment, and simultaneously allow rotation and displacement.The range of the main FIP Industriale’s structural bearings includes:• all types of PTFE/steel bearings;• all types of elastomeric bearings.Apart from the traditional equipment, FIP Industriale can design special devices such as bearings with uplift capacity, with adjustable height, dynamometric bearings, etc.

They protect buildings, bridges, viaducts or any other structure by modifying the reaction to dynamic actions (earthquake, wind storming, etc).ISOLATORS: limit the acceleration transmitted to the structure, through the increase of the fundamen-tal period, and hence reduce the inertial forces.DAMPERS: dissipate part of the input energy, thus contributing to reduce the inertial forces, according to their constitutive law (viscous, viscoelastic or elastic- plastic).SHOCK TRANSMISSION UNITS: create temporary restraints, thus resulting in the mutual collaboration among the elements of the structures connected to them.SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY DEVICES: are made of shape memory alloy and are particularly suitable to reduce the earthquake effects on monumental structures.

The expansion joints for bridges and viaducts feature the following properties:• they enable relative movement (displacement and rotation) between facing structural parts;• they ensure the continuity of the road surface;• they prevent water leakage.FIP Industriale’s range of expansion joints includes:• modular reinforced elastomeric expansion joints for movement from 30 to 1000 mm;• finger type expansion joints in weathering steel for movement from 40 to 1400 mm;• railway expansion joints;• under pavement expansion joints;• modular rail joints.

• Ran P 600 series expansion joint installed on Pont du Mascaret, Autoroute A 89 (France)

• Bang-Hwa Bridge spherical bearings (South Korea), vertical load 30000 kN, horizontal capacity 10000 kN

• Tests of one of the dampers, 3500 kN ± 2600 mm, designed and manufactured for the Rion Antirion Bridge (Greece)

PRODUCTSPRODUCTS

ANTI-SEISMIC DEVICESANTI-SEISMIC DEVICES

EXPANSION JOINTSEXPANSION JOINTS

BRIDGE BEARINGSBRIDGE BEARINGS

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Shield Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) are becoming the most common means used for the construction of tunnels. This technique requires the main lining to be made with concrete prefabricated segments.

For this type of tunnel FIP Industriale can design and supply:• watertight gaskets;• connection systems for prefabricated elements;• guidance rods;• adhesives;• load spreading pads (bituminous packings);• threaded inserts for segment handling;• flat jacks for vault pre-loading.

Noise barriers definitely constitute the most effective and widespread system for reducing noise pollution. FIP Industriale’s operations concerning the road and railway sectors are:• monitoring of the territory’s noise levels;• analysis of the visual impact, finding the solution that best fits in with the surroundings;• design and setting up of effective acoustic barriers;• acoustic testing of the structures set up.The range of FIP Industriale’s noise barriers includes also metal panels (varnished steel, inox steel, aluminum), wood panels, mixed wood/metal, transparent (PMMA, polycarbonate, glass), concrete, recycled plastic. Greening panels, integrate barriers and noise reductions complete the range.

FIP Industriale has developed a wide range of systems for vibration reduction.

In the railway, tramway and underground railway sectors special elastomeric mats can be placed under ballast or underneath concrete platforms to insulate the surrounding area from vibrations induced by the passage of the trains.

In other sectors vibration mitigation can be obtained by means of tuned mass dampers or of other types of anti-seismic devices.

• Stratified glass noise barrier installed on Bridge over the Taglio River, Mestre Bypass (VE), A4 Highway - Italy

• Underballast damping mats FIP MAT DS type, installed on the Central Umbria Railway, Perugia - Italy

NOISE BARRIERSNOISE BARRIERS

VIBRATION-DAMPING SYSTEMSVIBRATION-DAMPING SYSTEMS

FITTINGS FOR TUNNELSFITTINGS FOR TUNNELS

• Biblock systems, gaskets, guidance rods and adhesive supplied for Rome’s Underground, C line

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WORLD REFERENCESWORLD REFERENCES

• AUSTRALIA -- North West Rail Link Tunnelfittings for tunnel lining segments

• I. R. IRAN, TEHERAN -- Azadi Hotelviscous dampers

• ITALY -- Somplago Viaduct, 1974buffers, Europe’s first seismically isolated bridge, 1974

• CROATIA -- Krka Bridgepot bearings with fuse restraints, viscous dampers

• VENEZUELA -- Caracas -Tuy Medio Railwaysliders with steel hysteretic dampers, expansion joints

• BRASILE -- Guamà Bridgeexpansion joints

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• RUSSIA, KALININGRAD -- Berlinskij Bridgespherical bearings

• RUSSIA, SOCHI -- Adler Stationviscous dampers, anti-seismic devices and bearings

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• the world’s most sophisticated shock transmission units, installed on the 1018 m span Stonecutters Bridge (Hong Kong) and also on the longest suspension bridge in Europe, the Storebælt East Bridge (Denmark).

• the longest viscous dampers ever built in the world, tested at UCSD in California, and installed on the longest continuous deck cable-stayed bridge in Europe, the Rion Antirion (Greece).

• manufacturing capacity of over 20,000 devices per year.• one of the tallest building in the world, Taipei 101, as well as other high-rise buildings, is protected by unique

fluid viscous dampers that cope with dynamic actions from earthquake and windstorms with different constitutive behaviour.

• thousands of bearings, expansion joints and anti-seismic devices for high speed railways in France, U.K., Spain, Taiwan, Italy.

• special bearings such as anti-lifting, load measuring and for incrementally launched bridges bearings, applied worldwide since 1984.

• over 5000 seismic isolators with steel hysteretic dampers and expansion joints installed in railway viaducts in Venezuela (Caracas-Tuy Medio and Puerto Cabello-La Encrucijada lines).

• a complete range of accessories for TBM tunnel segments designed thanks to 30 years experience in the tunnel sites and in product manufacture. Over 10 million m of gasket installed in metros, high speed railways, hydraulic and gas tunnels. A committed partner to major tunnel contractors and designers in the world. Worth mentioning is the supply for the 100 km long Yellow River diversion tunnel in China.

• 600 elastomeric isolators for the East - West Highway in Algeria.• the first European application of viscous dampers on buildings (Dives in Misericordia Church, Italy).• the world’s first seismically isolated offshore oil platform (Chirag I, Azerbaijan).• approved supplier of viscous dampers for Caltrans, the California Department of Transportation.• both fluid viscous dampers and flat sliders with steel hysteretic dampers successfully underwent testing according

to the U.S. HITEC protocol at the Boeing laboratories in California.• special spherical bearings with an additional elastic element of predetermined stiffness, as well as expansion

joints, for high speed railway bridges in Italy.• elastomeric isolators for the 27-storey Sea Plaza Hotel, part of the development of the Black Sea city of Sochi

(Russia) in view of the 2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games.• the world’s first application of Shape Memory Alloy seismic devices (Basilica of San Francesco, Italy).• high capacity bearings for loads of up to 98000 kN (Kota Bypass across the river Chambal, India).• the only non-American company pre-qualified for providing viscous dampers for the retrofit of the Golden Gate

Bridge in San Francisco, California, USA.• the cable-stayed bridge over the Po river on the Milano-Bologna high-speed railway line (Italy), equipped with

load measuring spherical bearings with an additional elastic element of predetermined stiffness and restraint lateral bearings.

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• BANGLADESH -- Jamuna Bridgeflat surface sliders with steel hysteretic dampers and shock transmitters, expansion joints

• GERMANY, MAGDEBURG -- Water Bridgeshock transmission units

• SPAIN -- Alcazaba Viaduct, Autovia del Mediterraneo Albunol-Adraviscous dampers

• ITALY, L’AQUILA -- New “Auditorium del Parco”elastomeric isolators

• UAE, ABU DHABI -- Sheikh Zayed Bridgeseismic isolators, viscous dampers, fuse restraints

• ITALY, SIENA -- Cathedralfluid spring dampers

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WORLD REFERENCESWORLD REFERENCES

• PORTUGAL, LISBONA -- Da Luz Hospitalelastomeric isolators

• GREECE, ATHENS -- Olimpic Stadiumroof special pot bearings

• TURKEY -- Ankara-Istanbul Raliway Line pot and elastomeric bearings, expansion joints

• LEBANON, BEIRUT -- Sirian Border Highway expansion joints

• ALGERIA, CONSTANTINE -- Trans-Rhumel Viaduct expansion joints

• U.K., KINCARDINE -- New Bridgebridge bearings, expansion joints

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