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Technology Advance Maturity
Technology Advance Maturity
Technology Advance Maturity
WAKE, Inc.
Sturgis, Michigan 800-588-6393
Contact: Richard Yesh email - ryesh@wakeinc.com
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The Concrete Maturity Monitory System is the linking of two relatively new technologies.
Concrete Maturity Method Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Concrete Maturity
Concrete Maturity allows you to track the increasing strength of concrete as it matures by monitoring the internal temperature of the concrete.
Wireless Technology
Advantages
Wireless Programmable Data logging
Wireless VS Wires
Bury the RFID Tag. Cover it with concrete. Tag collects the temperature data. Retrieve data when applicable. Nothing to hook up! Nothing to destroy!
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Andrew DeFinis P.E. of the Tony Angelo Cement Construction Co. is checking out one of the buried RFID tags from his pickup. The robust iQ32T RFID tag allows him to do this.
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This is the CONCRETE TYPES window used for the Nurse-Saul (Time Temp Factor) or the Arrhenius (Equivalent Age) Maturity Method. The screen allows input of test results in MPa or PSI.
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By selecting a tag this Temperature Window will provide a detailed view of the temperature log along with other statistical tag data.
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The graph shows 48 logging intervals at a time providing a visual of the temperature log.
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Concrete Summary:
Chronological Age: TTF: TTF datum temperature Strength Pour time 416.46 14029.3 -10 Deg C 5710 10/01/03 Hours Deg.C-Hrs Concrete psi
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CONCRETE
Concrete of a given mix at the same maturity has the same strength, regardless of the temperature and time history that made up that maturity.
Concrete Temperature
Concrete Temperature
Cold
Hot
Concrete Strength Time
M2
M1
Time
M1=M2=M
Cost Advantages
A construction project manager explained the savings on large projects this way; for every hour saved at the beginning of a project, multiple the times saved by six for total savings at the end of the project.
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Tomorrow
With the advances in concrete maturity using established ASTM Standards - in-place concrete strength can be determined accurately in real time.
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Tag # 1 Lab Cured Cylinder Tag # 2 Field Cured Cylinder Tag # 3 6 Embedded in-place Concrete
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The use of concrete maturity will allow you to launch major gains in the completion of your projects, assuring you are maintaining the quality your customer requires, while providing the level your firm wishes to deliver.
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The use of RFID is a highly innovative method to take the science of concrete to a new level.
This is precisely why we received the very prestigious 2004 NOVA award, presented by The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF). 27
WAKE, Inc.
Sturgis, Michigan 800-588-6393
Contact: Richard Yesh
email - ryesh@wakeinc.com
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