Concrete thermal break. Egcobox® thermal break assemblies reduce heat loss due to thermal bridging at concrete balcony and canopy connections. This creates continuous insulation within the wall assembly where the exterior insulation is normally interrupted.
The Egcobox® is a load bearing assembly used as a thermal break to minimize thermal bridging when connecting external reinforced concrete slabs to internal reinforced concrete slabs.
Each assembly is composed of stainless-steel reinforcing bars and an insulating layer of mineral wool with a thickness of 3.15 inch or 4.72 inch. The Egcobox® type depends on the internal forces (shear and moment) to be transferred through the joint for connecting to the reinforced concrete slab. It also can be used for transmitting loads at height offsets.
Egcobox® is a structural element, and therefore requires
appropriate structural design to local building codes. The latest generation of Egcobox® software is a tool specifically developed to support this task.
This software is used by Max Frank Engineers to prepare proposals.
The software suggests the most suitable type of Egcobox® for your application and manual changes are easy to make. For accepted proposals, our registered structural engineer provides a final, stamped calculation package with layout drawings.
Alternatively, structural engineers can use Egcobox® technical
information and design tables available in the Egcobox® ‘Design Guide’.