Company’s latest programmable scale device, the 880 Performance Series, is a compact digital weight display and controller for mounting within larger control panels and DIN-rail applications.
OEMs and users from a wide range of industries will note the compact, modular design—the smaller, removable indicator face and overall depth of just over 4 inches making the 880 one of the most compact full-size controllers on the market.
Company has redesigned point level product line, including Roto-Bin-Dicator, Pulse Point and VRF models. The redesign focuses on features included in the electronics, frame construction and certifications. The new features make the point level product line versatile enough to suit a wide range of dry bulk level measurement applications.
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The RMX-5000 Mixer/Pump has 15 percent more pumping pressure than any other machine of its size on the market, company engineers note, and is one of the manufacturer’s five models for concrete repair and shotcrete.
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Set for a premier this month in Las Vegas at 2014 World of Concrete, the Lo-Pro 327D model has time- and labor-saving potential, underscored by self-erecting and self-leveling features enabling installation without a crane. The plant can be erected on steel mats, eliminating the need for concrete foundations. It features large capacity (16 yd.) aggregate weighing bins with a low 10 ft., 7 in. charging height.
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Responding to the increasing use of blended cementitious materials in concrete, Cyclonaire Corp. has developed technology for terminal operators seeking to expedite batching and loading of portland cement, fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag combinations.
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Until now the so-called knead bag test has been used to determine concrete hardening or solidification time, tE. It entails filling a plastic bag with a small amount of mix, testing at different time intervals to measure when the concrete can no longer be pressed by thumb. European practitioners find the method subjective and uncertain, which is why the time determined in accordance with the German DIN 18218 standard must be extended by 25 percent.
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Sources: BASF Construction Chemicals, Cleveland; CP staff
BASF has announced the North American launch of its new global brand, Master Builders Solutions, representing a wide range of products previously sold under a variety of well-known, specialty brands.
Read MoreSources: BASF Construction Chemicals; CP staff
BASF Construction Chemicals’ Admixture Systems business has launched a third-party, critically reviewed Environmental Product Declaration Manager tool for concrete, enabling preparation of customer-specific EPDs to help producers communicate mixtures’ environmental performance and attributes.
Read MoreSources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CP staff
The University of Washington/College of the Built Environments-hosted Carbon Leadership Forum has released a new version of the Product Category Rules (PCR) for concrete, the key document used for Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). Version 1.1 improves on the original PCR, published in November 2012, with new input from key experts in the field of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
Read MoreSources: Lafarge Group, Paris; Bluegrass Materials, Jacksonville, Fla.; CP staff
Lafarge North America’s pull back from key U.S. positions continues with the planned sale of Baltimore and western Maryland aggregates businesses to a four-year-old company backed by members of Florida Rock Industries’ founding family.
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