UPenn's Franklin Field is home to Quakers sports and, since its construction in 1922, has been a pioneering stadium in many respects.  In 1925 when the second tier of the bowl was added it became the second and largest two-tiered stadium in the US.  The first televised commercial football game came from Franklin Field in 1939.

What the hallowed site has shared with many other sports facilities, however, is leaking expansion joints.  The use of field-applied wet sealant in repeated joint replacements has inevitably met with the same result--failure in tension or at the bondline (see photo above left).

The selection of EMSEAL's DSM SYSTEM for the expansion joints has ensured that failed-applied caulk and backer rod approaches are no longer a part of the maintenance demand on the facility.  DSM is one of EMSEAL's line of hybrid precompressed, preformed joint sealants that offers a durable, tensionless, alternative to backer rod and wet sealants. 

Unlike wet sealants in their traditional field-applied format, EMSEAL's precompressed sealants are never in tension.  Tensile stresses at the bond line AND within the cured wet sealant are the principle reasons for wet sealant failure.  Combine these physical forces with any deviation from the hour-glass geometry required for wet sealant to function and caulk-joint failure is likely to occur even after one winter cycle.

UPenn joins a long and growing list of sports facilities that are benefiting from EMSEAL's approach to stadium expansion joint sealing at new construction or at retrofit--Who else is using EMSEAL stadium joint sealing solutions--click here?