Durand aluminum forms are built for one grade of performance only:   heavy-duty! This guarantees nicer looking walls and longer form life.  Yet, Durand heavy-duty aluminum forms are competitively priced even when compared to a competitor's light-duty forms with less raw materials costs.

All form components are welded to the all important face sheet.  In addition, all Durand forms feature:

• 1/8" thick face sheets
• Extruded 3/8" thick, beam-designed side rails
• In-set face sheets
• High strength cross-members with uniform 1/8" thick walls
• Rivetless bushings locked into the side rails
• 1/8" thick gussets which fully reinforce the corners
• 3/8" thick end rails

Durand "locks" its bushings into the siderails without rivets.   This makes Durand siderails the easiest to keep clean.

You have a choice of two proven side rail hole patterns.  Our popular 8" center rail hole pattern and a 6"-12" hole very good choice with either, totally enclosed, 1" x 2" tube cross-members. The walls are 1/8" thick throughout their entire perimeter.   There are 10 of these heavy duty cross-members supporting the 1/8" thick face sheets on the 8-foot high forms; 11 on the 9-foot forms; and 4 on the 4-foot high forms.
  

Advantages of the 8" center side rail hole:

• All forms are reversible. They may be laid down on their side, stacked or staggered.
• With tube cross-members, the side rails and the top and bottom rails are welded to the face sheet around the entire edge of the form.
• The entire face sheet is accessible for repairing or for securing block-outs to the form.
• With tie holes on 8" centers, there is more versatility in tie space selection, an advantage on very thick or very high walls.
• Concrete grout, release agents and water will not enter into a totally enclosed tube cross-member to add form weight and job discomfort.
• Tube cross-members have flat top and bottom surfaces which are far easier for crew members to grab and climb on compared to extrusions with slanting exterior surfaces.

When a 6"-12" center side rail hole pattern is specified, we use a strong, shielded, channel cross-member.  The span between cross-members is about 8".  There are 7 of these heavy-duty cross-members supporting our 1/8" face sheets on our 8-foot high forms; 8 on our 9-foot forms; and 3 on our 4-foot forms.
   

Advantages of the 6"-12" center side rail hole:

• All forms are reversible. They may be laid down on their side, stacked or staggered.
• More suitable for forms in uneven heights such as 3, 5, 7 or 9-foot.

Durand introduced the attached pin to aluminum forming in 1980.  Today, it is job-proven as a major, labor-saving innovation. Our competitors agree.  Now, they have responded. But, thanks to Durand's patented, stainless steel ball bearing design, none match our smooth and easy operation or the ability to withstand both the abrasion and blockage caused by rust from the pinshaft, grout, sand and ice. Durand pins are the most widely used attached pins in the aluminum form industry.

Our attached pins hold firm and straight while forms are aligned and connected.  Every panel sets faster and easier. When the forms are stripped from the wall, the attached pins automatically semi-lock in the retracted position and will not slide through the form's siderails when carried or transported.  Durand forms with attached pins set and strip a good 20% faster than any aluminum form with "loose" pins, or, 25% to 30% faster than any 1/8" plywood form with locking levers.

Durand "brick" textured panels or V.I.P. (Vertical Interchangeable Pattern) panels, 36"x96", weigh 78 pounds each.  That's 10 pounds lighter than a 50% smaller, 24"x96" cast aluminum "brick" form. (In a 200 foot set, for example, there's a weight savings of about 3 tons!)  What's more, there are 33% fewer panels, ties, pins, wedges and water brackets to contend with.  Regarding form life, all-welded Durand forms are capable of many years of service and are not subject to cracking common to castings.