Material | Return to service time | Application Type | Ease of use 1-3 |
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SR 30 Structural Repair | 8 hrs | Mix and trowel | 1 |
Form and Pour | 2 | ||
SR 15 Structural Repair | 2 hrs | Mix and trowel | 1 |
Form and Pour | 2 | ||
SR Deep Pour Epoxy Grout Fast Set | 6 hours | Form and Pour | 2 |
Crackbond CSR | 1-2 hrs | Cartridge | 1 |
Crack-kit | 2-3 hrs | Complete kit | 2 |
Miricle Bond Epoxy |
Repairing a foundation is the best way to reduce the chance it gets worse and eventually fails to do its job. But, when would you do it? You put it off because you don’t think you have the time or the expertise to do it yourself. Well, it really easier than you think. You just have to have the right material in the right packaging to pull it off.
Take a look at the most common foundation repair products and their ease of use:
Your concrete isn’t just exposed to general wear and tear like a plant floor or warehouse. Your concrete takes a beating from steam, traffic, metal totes and the chemicals you’re processing. You need repair materials that can take it.
Here a few things to consider when planning your next repair project.
What is the predominant chemical or mix of chemicals that this area will have to stand up to? Your material will have to withstand exposure to these chemicals for a specified time.
Is this area a secondary containment, loading area, storage, processing floor or something else? This will add the effects of temperature, traffic and abrasion to your list of things to consider.
If your area is outside,
In food and beverage facilities, one of the most important tasks is cleaning and sanitation. Trench and drain maintenance are an often overlooked – yet critical – aspect of keeping your floors clean and up to USDA standards. With the constant clean up, your trench or drain is constantly wet with water, cleaning chemicals, and waste. Unfortunately, with all that water flow, a damaged trench goes unnoticed and it may begin to leak into the surrounding soil. All of that water has to go somewhere so it runs downhill.
The leaking trench creates a void. As these voids form, it reroutes the water causing your trench to be undermined. Once this happens, your trench is vulnerable for a collapse. If a vehicle or an employee travels over the trench, not only is the trench damaged but an employee could be severely
Choosing the right grout can be a challenge. That’s why we’ve put together this guide to help you make the right decision based on your project, application, and needs. Refer to the table below to determine which grout is right for you.
Grout Type | Controlled Environment | Seasonal Ambient | Bonded Y/N | Repair Materials |
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Cement | x | N |
Most of the focus of plant/mill management is understandable on the “Manufacturing” processes. Attentions are on improving productivity and equipment reliability. That makes perfect sense, production equipment is the heart of the machine that is the plant or mill. The facility or physical plant is there to protect the processes and tie them all together with a physical structure designed specifically to house and protect the manufacturing and supporting operations.
The plant or mill infrastructure is almost always an afterthought. Permanent repairs to it are put off or substituted with temporary fixes just to get to the next outage only to be put off again due to some unexpected failure or priority that arises.
Many of these situations will become chronic and could put a strain on normal operations or