Abstract: A device comprising a carbon-fibre sheet for reinforcing support structures is disclosed, said carbon-fibre sheet terminating in an end fitting, whereby the ends of the carbon-fibre sheet are provided with means for coupling or with a bonding layer. The carbon-fibre sheet lies pressed in the end fitting by means of at least on wedge. Coupling means can take the form of glue, friction material with a particle size of 0.1 1.0 mm, a film provided with friction material, a powder coating or a plasma coating, Methods for reinforcement of support structures with device, with or without pre-stressing are disclosed. The device is characterised in having a high flexibility on arrangement of the support structure for reinforcement and the methods is characterized by a rapid and very economical assembly.

Abstract: A device comprising a carbon-fibre sheet for reinforcing support structures is disclosed, said carbon-fibre sheet terminating in an end fitting, whereby the ends of the carbon-fibre sheet are provided with means for coupling or with a bonding layer. The carbon-fibre sheet lies pressed in the end fitting by means of at least on wedge. Coupling means can take the form of glue, friction material with a particle size of 0.1 1.0 mm, a film provided with friction material, a powder coating or a plasma coating, Methods for reinforcement of support structures with device, with or without pre-stressing are disclosed. The device is characterised in having a high flexibility on arrangement of the support structure for reinforcement and the methods is characterized by a rapid and very economical assembly.

Abstract: The ends of carbon plates reinforcing supporting elements, such as concrete beams, are divided into at least two splines having approximately the same thickness and are glued in the appropriate retaining slots of a terminal element. The splines form an angle in relation to each other. This assembly is then glued to the traction side of the supporting element, whereby the carbon plates are directly prestressed by the terminal elements in relation to the supporting element. The terminal element can be inserted into an appropriate groove in the supporting element or glued directly on the surface of the supporting element and/or doweled, optionally by using a transverse tensioning device.

Abstract: A device for splitting the ends of strands of laminar bonded fiber material, preferably carbon fiber-reinforced lamellae, into two or more end piles with a cutter, accurately to the measurements. The device includes a positioning device which enables the cutter to be aligned exactly in relation to the end of the fiber strand. In one embodiment, the carbon fiber lamella is fixed on a bearing table in a cutting position and a cutter that is pivotally mounted on the table is manually pivoted through the lamella end. In another embodiment, the cutter is held in a cutter slide and can be linearly displaced together with the same along a slide guide. Yet another embodiment includes a planing device in which the cutter is fixed and placed on the lamella end, the lamella end being guided through a linear guide and onto the cutter directly at the front in a manner which is accurate to the measurements and split into the desired number of end piles.

Abstract: An arrangement and method for reinforcing a structural component utilizes an elongated strip or lamina which is applied to the surface of the structural component and which has at least one end which submerges into a recess in the surface of the component and is anchored in that recess. This has been found to greatly increase the reinforcing effect of the strip on the structure.