November 2013
CONSTRUCTION WORLD
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products & services
“NOW IN THE ULTRA-HIGH
strength class
and with 15% more concrete in every bag
than the 32.5N class, All Purpose Cement
delivers an early strength in excess of
15MPa after only twodays,”MikeMcDonald,
AfriSam product manager, says. “With the
construction industry under constant pres-
sure to fast-track projects, this early strength
offers a major advantage.”
Ideal for general use in concrete, mortar,
plaster and screed applications, All Purpose
Cement is a sophisticated composite con-
taining milled clinker, advanced mineral
components and additives which improve
the product’s workability and durability.
This world class product also reduces the
risk of corrosion and is amore environmen-
tally responsible choice, having the lowest
carbon footprint in the 42.5N strength class.
Other product upgrades
AfriSamhas alsoupgraded its High Strength
Cement andnowoffers the highest possible
strength class from each production plant.
This product has been specially formulated
and activated to allow for further extension
with additional mineral components in the
production of structural concrete.
“In contracts where durability is speci-
fied, High Strength Cement has proven to
easily meet the required levels of oxygen
permeability, chloride conductivity and
water sorptivity,” McDonald says. “And,
despite its exceptional performance, High
Strength Cement maintains a carbon foot-
print lower than pure cement.”
All AfriSam bagged products carry
the e-mark, reflecting compliance with
SANS 1841 that guarantees accurate and
consistent bag weights.
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THE NEW PRODUCT, BRANDED
YFEL
because of its characteristic inverted‘Y’shape
combined with its resemblance in profile to
the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, is designed
to provide easily erectable temporary walls as
dividers inwarehouses and other areas where
dry bulk materials are stored.
“Unlike the traditional permanent or semi-
permanent walls that are usually built for such
purposes, the YFEL is mobile and YFEL free-
standing walls can quickly be dismantled and
re-erected in accordance with the changing
storage requirements of the operation con-
cerned,” comments Silvio Ferraris, ReMaCon’s
managing member.
“The wide variety of industries that have
to store dry bulkmaterials of various kinds will
readily recognise the convenience and time-
and cost-saving advantages ofYFEL compared
to the traditional methods of separating dif-
ferent kinds and grades of dry bulk material
kept in storage, as well as helping companies
in their compliance with qualitymanagement
systems such as ISO,”he points out.
Industries that are potential users of the
new product encompass an almost limitless
range. They include the mining industry,
mineral processing operations, the construc-
tion industry, civil engineering contractors,
road builders, cement producers, pulp and
papermanufacturers, glassmanufacturers, the
chemical/fertiliser blending industry, waste
recyclers and agricultural and food processing
operations such as grain and sugar producers.
”In coal mining and handling, for example,
coal of different grades has to be stored in
separate areas. Similarly in the construction
industry and for other users of different types
of sand, gravel and aggregates, such as road-
builders and civil engineering contractors,
thesematerials have tobe kept apart wherever
theymay be stored. In all these applications, as
in numerous others, use of YFEL walls is more
convenient, flexible and in every other way
more suitable than the traditional methods
used currently,” says Ferraris, adding that the
concept as applied with YFEL has been suc-
cessfully applied and proven abroad.
The YFEL product is manufactured to order in
heights ranging from 1,2 m to 4 m. “Concrete
28-day strengths exceeding 40 MPa ensure
rapid early de-moulding strengths and the
product can withstand abrasive construction
machinery handling,”Ferraris points out.
The product has the option to be bolted
into the floors of warehouses and other
storage areas for extra stability. ReMaCon
Modular
concrete
ReMaCon Products, the Gauteng-
based manufacturers of precast
concrete retaining blocks, has
launched an innovative new
modular product that provides
a flexible alternative to the
conventional ways of separating
stored dry bulk materials.
A YFEL section being transported on
site by a forklift truck.
A typical application, showing a YFEL wall
separating two types of building material.
A stronger position
Consolidating its position as a leading Southern African brand, AfriSam’s flagship
product, All Purpose Cement has now been upgraded from the 32.5R to the
42.5N strength class, further differentiating this all-round performance product
from the low-end economy cements available on the local market.
also supplies steel carrier attachments for
insertion into each unit to make them easily
transportable by forklifts and other handling
equipment for loading onto and off trucks and
for positioning on site.
Also on offer is an ‘anti-climb’security wall
option in which the top of the YFEL unit is
curved to prevent entry of intruders into the
area requiring protection.
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AfriSam's All Purpose
Cement has been
upgraded to a 42.5N
strength class, provid-
ing customers with
even more cement and
all-round best per-
formance for mortar,
plaster and concrete
applications.
