Since August 2016 PREBENA Wilfried Bornemann GmbH & Co KG has manufactured different staples with a European Technical Assessment (ETA – 16/0101), as a certified building product.
An ETA is a generally accepted form of proof of technical usability of a building product throughout the member states of the EU and conforms to the Construction Product Regulation (CPR). The DIBt (German Institute for Structural Engineering) in Berlin granted the certification to the Schotten-based company once all the conditions and test results had been satisfied.
Consequently, the new PREBENA building staples have all the necessary properties for permanent use in the building industry, prefabricated housing industry and wooden frame construction industry.
Staples are certified wire diameters 1.52mm – 2mm up to a length of 170mm in the following versions: RF (stainless steel, material no. 1.4301) and SV (strong galvanised steel, 12μm zinc coating).
The approval is valid indefinitely throughout Europe and contributes to safety for users/processors. It defines head pull-through parameters for wood fibre insulating material and confirms the staples as having a useful life of 50 years. It also defines materials for the staple base and the connected component (OSB, Rigips, fibre boards, etc). The staple leg length when connecting wood fibre insulating materials with WP staples is up to 170mm. Staple back widths of 8.8mm – 30mm are also possible.
The current product range with ETA includes PREBENA types L, Q, WP und Z. Other types are available on request. The building staples are produced at the factory in Schotten and can therefore be marketed and sold as ‘Made in Germany’.
In parallel with the staple certification a range of devices have been developed to handle the staples in the relevant industries. This includes covers all pneumatic staplers for rapid and simple stapling with ETA staples. There are modules for static use in industrial manufacturing and also mobile modules for large-scale moving substructures. There are also pneumatic staplers with automatic trigger system and a SlideSystem for placing staples at precise, regular intervals. The building staples can also be handled with the PREBENA pneumatic staplers from the standard range.
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