TOPROC ED

Reduced permeability and increased durability concrete for injection moulding machine in a factory

Mountain Ash, Rhondda


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Client

United plastics


Contractor

Mid Glam Construction


Location type

Factory


Completion

June 2016



The challenge

United Plastics operates a precision injection moulding facility in Rhondda and appointed Mid Glam Construction to excavate and prepare a base in the heart of the working factory to take two new high pressure injection moulding machines. The challenge was two fold – install a concrete that would give strength capable of accommodating the equipment within as short a time frame as possible and then provide a concrete capable of taking the forces of the two machines in operation. Both presses were mounted on feet and the individual point loading was in excess of 120 tonnes. The employed consultant engineer had designed the base on the proviso that the strength would be measured at 28 days to assess suitability for machine installation. United Plastics couldn’t afford to wait that long and wanted to get them running earlier.



Our solution

In order to find a solution to this, Tarmac suggested the use of TOPROC ED, a high performance concrete suitable for use in industrial, commercial and infrastructure construction where high early strength is required. TOPROC ED is a cohesive concrete with a dense micro structure and improved bond between paste and aggregate that imparts benefits including high early and ultimate strength, reduced permeability and increased durability. Mid Glam had experience of the product on other local contracts so this solution allowed them to be confident that the machines could sit on the slab earlier than planned and the client confidence that the material would withstand the loadings.



Results and benefits

88.7m3 of TOPROC ED was supplied and achieved in excess of 50N at 2 days. This allowed the heavy equipment to be off loaded, crane lifted and seated onto the TOPROC ED in less than 7 days, a 21 day improvement on the original design. United Plastics were delighted that they could start utilising the expensive plant earlier, increasing productivity and quality.


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Additional info

Faster construction time 

Toproc dries in weeks not months, so it can be worked on soon after placement helping to dramatically cut programme times and costs. Also Toproc is designed to provide a relative humidity at its surface of below 75%. 

Faster curing

Toproc offers faster curing and extreme toughness. Toproc gains strength in hours, not days and on average will gain 25N strength in 24-48 hours compared to a C40N concrete, which typically gains 40N strength in 28 days. The average strength of Toproc is 60N+/28 days.

Use in extreme environments

Toproc high performance concrete resists corrosives such as chemicals, acids, seawater and de-icing salts and still maintains exceptional durability. 


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