Genfix Ceiling Material Obtains Wind Pressure Resistance Certification... Ready for Rainy Season and Typhoon Preparedness

Cases of ceiling materials, previously installed, being damaged or detached due to the increasingly powerful energy of typhoons are on the rise.

In particular, many buildings recently constructed with pilotis structures, which have a large contact area with the outside, are even more exposed to typhoons without protection.

Secondary damage caused by detached ceiling materials and damaged light steel frames that could not withstand strong winds and typhoons is also considerable, raising calls for preventive measures.

Amid this, metal ceiling material specialist company, Genfix Co., Ltd., announced that it has obtained a wind pressure resistance certification.

To prevent ceiling materials from detaching due to typhoons and strong winds, ceiling materials equipped with a wind pressure resistance system must be installed, and the wind speed rating on the wind pressure resistance certification should be checked.

Genfix Co., Ltd.'s ceiling materials feature a wind pressure resistance system that withstood wind speeds of 58 m/s, surpassing the wind speed of 50 m/s, which is strong enough to break concrete, and exceeding the highest wind speed of Typhoon Maemi, the strongest typhoon on record, at 51.1 m/s.

A Genfix representative stated, “This certification is even more meaningful because it uses the existing clip bar system rather than specially manufactured steel frames for the wind pressure resistance system,” adding, “Non-structural elements, which are becoming increasingly important as damage grows beyond structural factors, require the application of wind pressure resistance systems to ceiling materials with large contact areas with the outside to minimize or prevent damage.”