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  2. Ready-mix concrete - Wikipedia

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    In the UK, ready-mixed concrete is specified either informally, by constituent weight or volume (1-2-4 or 1-3-6 being common mixes) or using the formal specification standards of the European standard EN 206+ A1, which is supplemented in the UK by BS 8500. This allows the customer to specify what the concrete has to be able to withstand in ...

  3. 3D concrete printing - Wikipedia

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    The fleet of Vulcan printers can produce eight different floor plans of 3 to 4 bedrooms and 2 to 3 baths. [22] A concrete feeding system known as Magma supplies the Vulcan printer with Icon's developed concrete mix known as Lavacrete, which can adjust for site weather conditions and supply read-to-print concrete automatically. [22]

  4. Self-consolidating concrete - Wikipedia

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    Self-consolidating concrete or self-compacting concrete (SCC) [1] is a concrete mix which has a low yield stress, high deformability, good segregation resistance (prevents separation of particles in the mix), and moderate viscosity (necessary to ensure uniform suspension of solid particles during transportation, placement (without external compaction), and thereafter until the concrete sets).

  5. Cemex - Wikipedia

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    Cemex. CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., known as Cemex, is a Mexican multinational building materials company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It manufactures and distributes cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates in more than 50 countries. In 2020 it was ranked as the 5th largest cement company (by amount of cement ...

  6. Jiffy mix - Wikipedia

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    The company's corn muffin mix is its most popular brand, and has around a 90 percent market share in the corn muffin mix category in the United States. [1] In 2013, 14 of the company's products were also manufactured in institutional-sized packaging, [ 3 ] which is sold to institutions such as hospitals and schools, among others.

  7. Construction 3D printing - Wikipedia

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    Construction 3D printing. Construction 3D Printing ( c3Dp) or 3D construction Printing ( 3DCP) refers to various technologies that use 3D printing as a core method to fabricate buildings or construction components. Alternative terms for this process include "additive construction." [1] [2] "3D Concrete" refers to concrete extrusion technologies ...

  8. Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Since 1 April 2020 the number is free to call. The operator is obtained via 100 from landlines, while directory enquiries , formerly 192 , is now provided in the 118xxx range, (not to be confused with 0118, the area code for Reading.) e.g. 118 212, 118 800, 118 500, 118 118 , by different companies.

  9. Water–cement ratio - Wikipedia

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    Water–cement ratio. The water–cement ratio ( w/c ratio, or water-to-cement ratio, sometimes also called the Water-Cement Factor, f) is the ratio of the mass of water ( w) to the mass of cement ( c) used in a concrete mix: The typical values of this ratio f = w⁄c are generally comprised in the interval 0.40 and 0.60.