New Superplasticizer

In Antwerp/Belgium, Sika has brought a new plant on line for production of the ­superplasticizers Sika® ViscoCrete® and ­SikaPlast®. Construction of the plant became necessary due to a vast...

In the area of concrete admixtures for ready-mixed and site-mixed concrete (Fig.), the Sika ViscoFlow product group opens up new possibilities for retention of the consistency of concrete and thus for...

1 Introduction Transport processes form an intrinsic part of the cast-in-situ construction technology of buildings and structures. The cement hydration processes that take place from the moment that...

1 Introduction Flowability has been considered one of the important properties of fresh cement-based materials due to their essential roles in the construction process as well as their effects on the...

1?Introduction In Western Europe, factory-made dry premix mortars have ­almost completely replaced site mixed mortar for nearly ­every single professional application. The newly industrialised...