ETFE-Technology

+41 71 440 13 30
office@flontex.ch

Fredericia Waterpark, Denmark
ETFE greenhouse, F-clean
Flontex ETFE fixing-system node

ETFE-Technology

Our service includes

Cost estimate
Technical project planing
Form finding
Static calculation
Building physics consulting
Mounting with accessories

Flontex, specialist for EFTE-films

offers planning, manufacture and execution of

ETFE Cushions air-supported
ETFE Constructions single layer
ETFE Films in frames or stretchers
ETFE Foils printed & ornaments
ETFE Lightweight and transparency
ETFE Films for greenhouses
ETFE Clamping/fixing profiles
ETFE Foils fabricated for industrial purposes
Blower and accessories for ETFE cushion constructions
Sports and recreation
Industrial builings
Shopping center
Atrium roofs in hospitals and care facilities
Transparent facade
Skylights and rooflights

Machines for the processing and finishing of ETFE films - Welding of ETFE films

ETFE films are joined by contact welding: the welds are about 10 mm wide. Our modern welding systems and tools enable the assembly of form-accurate ETFE foil fields. Rim bags with piping, reinforcements, or even radii can be welded at the highest quality.

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Continuous belt circulating welding machine

Continuous belt circulating welding machine

Welding seam width 13 mm
Curve and lineararn without needles
Table assembly workings 6/9/12 meters
230 V. 50 Hz, compressed air: 6 bar
Heating up to 320 °C, integrated cooling bars
Controlled feed speed
Welding time approx. 40 - 60 sec./ meter

Material Processing:

ETFE films, also multi-layered
Sun-screens

Beam impulse welding machine

Welding seam width 15 mm
Working width 500 mm / 2,000 mm
Adjustment function
Preset controller for time welding & cooling
380 V . 50 Hz, air pressure 6 bar

ETFE welding machine

Ideal for hem, reinforcement and piping.

Material Processing:

ETFE foils
Multi-layered steps
Sun-Screens
Silicon-glass fabric

Hand welding equipment - Impulse technology

Ideal for repair and rework

Weld seam width 13 mm
Contact width 120 mm
Preset controller for time welding & cooling
380 V . 50 Hz

ETFE-Hand welding equipment - Impulse technology

Mounting-systems and clamping profiles for ETFE designs

Flontex offers you a variety of profiles, accessories, technical advice, technical planning or ready-to-install solutions for your project.

Waterproof profile system for multi-layered ETFE constructions

ETFE Edge detail with tensioning strip

Single layer ETFE film in a circulating drainage channel

ETFE Frame construction with rope support

ETFE support system for single-layer constructions

ETFE support-system node

ETFE-Foils printed

To give a first impression of the variety of designs we've drawn some of our printed films. To enlarge click on a pattern.
Our sample services provides you with the opportunity to direct several films keep "in your hands". To get a better idea about the nature and quality of our products. Please contact us and we will immediately send you the desired pattern.

Sun shade printings, grafic printings
Easy to repair
Almost unlimited life
Very good acoustics

Main advantages of this execptional material

Highly transparent
Ultraviolet permeable and resistant (greenhouses / ideal for plants)
Many design possibilities through shaping, printing and lighting (LED)
Light weight
Robust, tear resistant, elastic
Weather-resistant, also hail-proof
Self-cleaning (require no expensive roof-mounted systems for cleaning)
Usable in wide temperature ranges
Non-combustible (film melts without dripping)
Heat insulating

Design and fabrication capabilities

Due to the almost unlimited possibility of shaping architectural structures can be realized, which would not be possible with other materials. For example, large elements are possible, which could not be implemented with glass. Here, the low weight of the film is crucial.

The films can be printed in almost any way, and therefore more even color. Printed films can also be used for shading. Similarly, crystal clear films are possible. It is also possible to equip the ETFE foil cushions with LED elements permanently and to create unique, even controllable lighting effects.