Patent ID: 8272620

Claim:
A formwork system, comprising: formwork elements which have mutually oppositely disposed formwork inner surfaces; and formwork ties, wherein the formwork elements are connected to one another and spaced apart from one another by the formwork ties, wherein at least one of the formwork ties comprises a bolt element and two locking elements that are respectively coupled at two mutually remote end regions of the bolt element, wherein the locking elements abut the formwork elements to transmit tensile forces from the formwork elements onto the bolt element, and have coupling elements that are removably engaged with the formwork elements and structurally configured to transmit compressive forces from the formwork elements onto the bolt element, wherein one of the locking elements is captively connected to the bolt element and the other locking element is releasably connectable to the bolt element, wherein the bolt element is rotatably journaled around a longitudinal axis in the captively connected locking element.