While fuel costs are high, there's another commonly used liquid whose cost also is steep: water.
In the last few years, innovative technologies such as self-consolidating concrete, quick form changes, and effective lifting devices have sped up most precast operations. When producers combine these innovations with more sophisticated computer-assisted drawing, they find themselves with a...
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How a performance concrete mix may eliminate vibrators on slipformer pavers.
Producers are discovering that there is more to professing their greenness than just manufacturing concrete that contains fly ash or slag. Many customers now ask tough questions about the production process itself and to what extent producers have eliminated waste and reduced their own carbon...
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For precasters who require a steady production process, losing a few days to bad weather can turn a great job into merely a good one.
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OPW Fuel Management Systems, a Hodgkins, Ill., manufacturer of fuel dispensing equipment, recently introduced a high-tech hydrocarbon sensor suited for the harsh conditions of a concrete plant.
Always strapped for room, wetcast precasters value every square foot of production space. Now production has a new dimension: upwards.
After visiting bauma in Germany in April, I realize that there are many materials with which to build a structure. One item that caught my attention was the European material called calcium silicate, commonly called sand-lime block.
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Producers looking for an efficient method to warming those special admixture drums and liquid color storage containers should welcome the introduction of BriskHeat's full-coverage drum heater. Not only does the new product aid in protecting temperature-sensitive chemicals, it also features an...
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Wrench-activated magnets eliminate dangerous pinch points.
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BlockQualifier measures the height of freshly cast concrete masonry units and pavers from an overhead position as they are carried on the pallet exiting the block machine.
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Web-based dispatching has several advantages.
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A Florida cast stone producer creates architectural showpieces.
A new adhesive system increases reveal quality without damaging casting beds.
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In a typical month, we devote this space to a new product or technology that may not have reached a show's exhibit floor or the press release stage. Since this is our 10th Anniversary issue, we wanted to take that one step further.
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