COSTARMIX 200 CAST
Costarmix 200 Cast is a super plasticizer based on SNF (Sulfonated Naphthalene Formaldehyde) that has been specially formulated for the precast concrete industry. It combines highly effective high- range water reducing properties with exceptional dispersion levels, ensuring strong and reliable performance. This product is particularly well-suited for precast concrete applications, where the primary goal is to optimize the concrete’s performance in both its plastic and hardened states.
Description
Costarmix 200 Cast is a super plasticizer based on SNF (Sulfonated Naphthalene Formaldehyde) that has been specially formulated for the precast concrete industry. It combines highly effective high- range water reducing properties with exceptional dispersion levels, ensuring strong and reliable performance. This product is particularly well-suited for precast concrete applications, where the primary goal is to optimize the concrete’s performance in both its plastic and hardened states.
Advantages
- Offers high early age strength development, enhancing productivity by enabling earlier transfer of pre-stress and eliminating the need for accelerating admixtures in cold weather.
- Free from chlorides, making it ideal for use in concrete containing embedded steel.
- Allows water reductions of up to 45%, leading to increased early age strength and superior ultimate strength.
- The enhanced final strength permits earlier removal of formwork, quicker lifting of precast elements, and further reductions in cement usage. This boosts efficiency and reduces overall energy consumption.
- Improves the rheology of concrete, resulting in a smooth surface finish with fewer blemishes, reducing the need for remedial work (dressing).
- Compatible with all types of cement.
- Produces concrete with excellent durability, low permeability, and improved resistance to sulphate attack.
Uses
- Ideal for producing Self Compacting Concrete (SCC), good workable flowing concrete and high workability concrete.
- To produce workable concrete at very low water to cement ratios providing ease of mold fillingand less workmanship where access or dense reinforcement can be a challenge.
- Contributes to the creation of high-strength and low-permeability concrete.
- Ideal for use in complex and heavily reinforced concrete areas.
- Suitable for high-performance concrete in applications like columns, beams, decks, and dams.
- Enhanced quality and plasticity of concrete mixes.
- Ability to produce pumpable ready-mix concrete.
- Suitable for rheoplastic concrete, allowing easy formation of densely reinforced concrete elements.
- Enables the production of high-grade concrete with high-range water reduction and excellent workability.
