FiberWrap™ II

 

An attractive, cost-effective pole restoration option

 

The FiberWrap™II system helps to extend the life of a pole by restoring bending strength without bonding to the pole, while including effective preservative treatment. Engineered for strength and long life, the FiberWrap™II system can accommodate poles with high decay or extremely limited access and significantly extends pole life. The materials in FiberWrap™II are stronger than those used in other systems, providing superior performance when exposed to moisture, heat, cold, and freeze-thaw cycles.

 

 

 

Visually appealing and thoroughly tested

 

Osmose developed the FiberWrap™II system to provide utilities with an additional option to using steel trusses when restoring poles. FiberWrap™II satisfies a demand for a visually appealing restoration by incorporating a wood grain design on its outermost layer. The system has been thoroughly evaluated with full-scale destructive tests and exposure to environmental conditions. Testing details and results are available upon request.

 

 

 

How it's applied

 

The Osmose FiberWrap™II system consists of effective preservative treatments combined with a custom-fit fiberglass repair applied in the field. After treating the pole internally and externally, several layers of high strength fiberglass are wrapped onto the pole and saturated with a vinylester resin. The appropriate use of supplemental treatment products such as COP-R-PLASTICTM, Hollow Heart ^® CF TM and MITC-FUME^®, in conjunction with FiberWrap™II, helps to maintain the integrity of the remaining sound wood.

 

 

To learn more about pole restoration options, please contact Mike Sokoll at 770-632-6716 or msokoll@osmose.com.