Plasteco tensile structure for Circolo del Pallaio

The Pallaio bowling club in San Giovanni Valdarno, in the province of Florence, has a new tensile structure built by FT Plasteco Milano.

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The historic Pallaio bowling club in San Giovanni Valdarno (Florence) has reopened its doors after renovations that led to the replacement of the tensile structure by FT Plasteco Milano. The structure was old and no longer suitable for protecting the interior of the venue.

Together with the roof, the lighting system was also renewed, as was the heating system.

The new tensile structure by Plasteco, with a covered dimension of 13 m, length of 53 m and height of 7.5 m, consists of 7 newly manufactured metal carpentry masts including new truncated conical collar systems for interlocking the continuous membrane rope.

The outer sheeting is made of Type 3 Precontraint material supplied by Ferrarì, reinforced with ‘ties’ in the area of maximum stress (the top and the sheeting plates that attach the membrane to the side stands).

The inner curtain is black/white Type 1 for proper reflection of the internal LED lights, which have been positioned in indirect mode (light reflection on the inner curtain).

The inner sheet is also stretched over the masts by means of truncated cone-shaped collars; the inner membrane is also welded perimeterwise to the outer sheet and to the edge ropes.

The INOX steel sheet plates are anchored to the 20 perimeter trestles by means of shackles; the outer wind ropes have been replaced with new systems comprising double bars and INOX pins for greater tensioning travel.

In addition to the 27 LED lights oriented towards the inner curtain, two appropriately perforated destratifiers were provided for better heat distribution inside the structure.

The work was completed by Plasteco in just 20 days, to the great satisfaction of many frequenters of the Club, who since the beginning of August had feared that they would no longer be able to use the meeting point, which was almost unusable.

Contributing to the success of the work, together with FT Plasteco Milano, were the club’s board of directors and several volunteers.

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