DATA SHEET

BITU – FLEX
BITUMEN IMPREGNATED
EXPANSION JOINT FILLER

DESCRIPTION
B I TU - F L E X E xp a n s i o n J o i n t F i l l e r i s m a d e f r o m
c o m p r e s s e d d r y wo o d f i b e r s i m p r e g n a t e d wi t h
Bitumen prior to being compressed to ensure
wo o d f i b e r s t o b e f u l l y wa t e r p r o o f . A f t e r
c o m p r e s s i o n t h e b o a r d i s d r y a n d d o n o t e xc l u d e
any form of staining.

USES
Suitable for multiple purpose as:
 Industrial Flooring
 P a ve m e n t s
 Construction Bases
 P r o t e c t i ve B o a r d
 Roads
 A i r p o r t R u n wa ys
 A l l k i n d o f c o n c r e t e j o i n t s a n d b r i c k wo r k
 P r o t e c t i o n f o r wa t e r p r o o f m e m b r a n e s
against penetration by backfill materials

PROPERTIES
BITU-FLEX meets the following essential requirements:
 It completely fills a joint under repeated
c yc l e s o f e xp a n s i o n a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n
a n d wi t h m i n i m u m e xt e n s i o n .
 It is resistant to the penetration of
m o i s t u r e i n a j o i n t a n d i m m u n e f r o m we t
rot, dry rot, fungus attack or similar
forms of deterioration.

SIZES
B I TU - F L E X i s a va i l a b l e i n t h e f o l l o wi n g n o m i n a l
thicknesses:
- 10 mm
- 12 /13 mm
- 18 /19/ 20 mm
- 25 mm

S t a n d a r d s h e e t s i ze o f B I TU - F L E X i s :
- 1220 x 2200 mm

SPECIFICATION COMPLIANCE
BIT U - FLEX c onf or m s to the f unc tional
requirem ent of AST M D - 1751- 83
B it um en c o nt e nt – 10 %
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
PROPERTIES SPECIFICATION RESULTS TEST REPORT

Product Construction Cellular Fiber

Conforms
(ASTM D-1751-83 Part 4) Asphalt
Resistant to handling Must not deform or break under
Conforms
(ASTM D-1751-83 Part 4) normal handling

Load required to compress the test

piece to 50% of normal thickness 689 <- p <- 5171 kPA Conforms 3450-4365 kPA
(ASTM D-545-84 Part 7)

Weight loss during 50% compression

3% Conforms No weight loss
(ASTM D-1751-83 Part 4)

Recovery within 10 min.

 70% Conforms 79.4 – 81.0%
(ASTM D-545-84 Part 7)

Extrusion at 50% compression

 6.4mm Conforms none
(ASTM D-545-84 Part 7)

Density Air Dry Filler

300 kg / m 3 Conforms 357 – 394 kg / m 3
(ASTM D-545-84 Part 7)

Water Absorption, 24 h
15% Conforms 6.7 – 8.6%
(ASTM D-545-84 Part 7)

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION
B I TU - F L E X r e q u i r e s n o s p e c i a l i n s t r u c t i o n s o r c a u t i o n . S i m p l y c u t j o i n t s e c t i o n s t o t h e e xa c t c r o s s
s e c t i o n o f t h e c o n c r e t e i n wh i c h i t i s t o b e i n s t a l l e d . S e c u r e B I TU - F L E X i n p o s i t i o n a n d a l i g n m e n t
wh i l e c o n c r e t e i s b e i n g p o u r e d . Th e p a n e l s h o u l d b e c a r r i e d a n d p l a c e d o n e d g e s t o m i n i m i ze t h e
p o s s i b i l i t y o f b r e a k i n g , p a r t i c u l a r l y wh e n u s e d i n l o n g s t r i p s . I n s i d e wa l k , c u r b a n d g u t t e r a n d
g e n e r a l c o n c r e t e s l a b c o n s t r u c t i o n , e xp a n s i o n j o i n t s h o u l d p l a c e d s o t h a t t h e e xp o s e d e d g e o f t h e
j o i n t wi l l b e f l u s h wi t h t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e s l a b . Th e c o n c r e t e s h o u l d t h e n b e n e a t l y f i n i s h e d o f f wh e r e
i t c o n t a c t s t h e j o i n t f i l l e r . N o c o n c r e t e s h o u l d e xt e n d o ve r o r o n t o t h e j o i n t f i l l e r .

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