CX-TEND mesh is made from stainless steel wire rope and stands for durability, 3D-flexibility, resistance to impact loads and high aesthetic value for a long lifetime. The mesh is worldwide used for applications like decoration, fall protections, green facades, access prevention, bird protection mesh, balustrade in-fills, etc. – or even to create waterfalls and 3-dimensional zoo enclosures.
At Warsaw Train Station, design and security requirements demanded applying the mesh to cover external and interior parts of the main hall roof’s construction, for cladding of the steel sub-structure and as a bird protection, as well as on technical and ventilating platforms and air intakes. The project also included mesh covering of roof’s ventilating tower, shed for bicycles and balustrade in-fills next to technical platforms and maintenance pathways on the roof.
A big advantage of the X-Tend mesh is its 3-dimensional flexibility allowing installation on curvilinear surfaces that are very characteristic for the Warsaw Eastern Station building, which dates out of the 1960’s and is a piece of architecture to be preserved and renovated.
X-TEND mesh is available with many different mesh widths and a variety of wire rope diameter from 1mm to 4mm. Two different types of mesh were applied at Warsaw Eastern Train Station: in order to cover the main hall’s curved roof construction, a mesh with cable diameter 1,5mm and mesh width 40mm was used, to act as ceiling decoration and cover of surfaces, and at the same time it highlighted the roof’s construction, ventilation and technical platforms and air intakes.
A mesh made of cable diameter 3mm and mesh width 160mm was used for protection and decoration applications on the ventilation tower and technical platform’s railing situated on the roof, outside the main hall.
Carl Stahl Tech Service sp. Z.o.o. contributed to the successful renovation of the protected Warsaw Eastern Train Station building by enhancing the building’s modern aspect, lightness and functionality by the use of X-TEND mesh. (on behalf of: Andrzej Skraba, M.Sc.Eng – president of Carl Stahl Tech Service sp. Z o.o.)
