Affordable Homes PlasmoliteTM - By: Mike Hudson

PlasmoliteTM Affordable Homes - Incorporates small enclosed air bubbles within the mortar thereby making it lighter and possessing special properties such as low thermal conductivity and high fire resistance. Affordable Homes Its density ranges from as low as 500kg/m3 to as high as 1600kg/m3 therefore allowing it to be used in a variety of applications such as high rise, commercial and industrial. Its erection takes just one‐third of time when compared to conventional systems, which eventually, results in quicker installation and lesser dependency on skilled labor.

PlasmoliteTM also saves you from the hassles of brickwork, hollow‐block and plastering. It can be very well integrated with conventional columns and beams. Affordable Homes Usage of this product leads to substantial weight reduction (dead‐load), improved fire rating and maximum sound absorption. It also offers huge saving in raw material (no gravel) and in steel reinforcement in high rise. Green Homes One has to see to believe the uniformly finished and thermally insulated walls with more strength and durability. Green Homes These walls act as non‐load bearing and will find wide acceptance for various buildings projects.

Simple and fast to produce with manifold benefits compared to conventional concrete, such as:
• Optimum thermal insulation
• Substantial weight reduction (dead‐load)
• Improved fire rating
• Maximum sound absorption
• Fast progress in construction
• Saving in raw material (no gravel)
• Savings in steel reinforcement in high rise
• Savings in transportation (double payload by volume)
• Savings in craning (less relocation, larger range)

Green Homes : When the cement, water and foam are mixed, the result is a highly flow‐able mix that is easy to work with. Depending on the amount of Plasmolite foam added to the mix, it is possible to produce different grades of the material. Affordable Homes It is possible to produce foam concrete with a very wide range of densities, each having different properties. Lighter mixes are generally made with cement, water and foam only.

The tremendous savings described when using PlasmoliteTM CLC are manifold, continuing with substantial savings in raw material (no gravel required), in dead load of high‐rise reducing by almost half. Affordable Homes Considering that a substantial amount of steel is necessary only to carry the weight of the structure, steel requirement might reduce by hundreds of ton in high rise buildings.
Weight reduction is obvious in transport, Green Homes where almost double of volume of building material can be produced; it has an impact on craning, where either larger panels’ can be taken, or the full capacity in span. Alternatively less relocation of the crane is necessary.

About the Author

Fabtech Technologies International Pvt. Ltd., India and Sterling Construction and Development Corporation, Australia. We offer full range of world-class pre-fabricated and pre-engineered concrete form systems for commercial, residential and industrial applications. . Affordable Homes | Green Homes

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