WITHOUT SONOCRETE
WITH SONOCRETE
30% LESS CEMENT
SAME COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
When using Sonocrete, the amount of cement needed can be reduced by 30% with early compressive strength remaining similar.
By using Sonocrete, we can increase early compressive strength after 8 hours by a factor of 4.
With this increase in early compressive strength, moulds can be stripped up to 6 hours earlier than those made by using conventional concrete mixture.
Hours remain before strip.
Moulds can be stripped up to 6 hours earlier than those made by using conventional concrete mixture.
This translates to a 100% increase in output
When using Sonocrete, the amount of cement needed can be reduced by 30% with early compressive strength remaining similar.
In a standard concrete composition a reduction in cement clinker by 40% would lead to a significant decrease in the 12 hour compressive strength. However when the same concrete is treated with Sonocrete the early compressive strength after 8 hours will reach almost stripping strength.
Cement
SCM
Water
Plasticiser
Aggregates 0-16 mm
[kg/m3]
380
[kg/m3]
0
[kg/m3]
171
[wt.-% bwoc]
0.9
[kg/m3]
1754
Standard Reference Concrete
Cement
SCM
Water
Plasticiser
Aggregates 0-16 mm
[kg/m3]
270
[kg/m3]
110
[kg/m3]
150
[wt.-% bwoc]
1.3
[kg/m3]
1754
Standard Reference Concrete
In an average concrete plant that produces 35,000m³ concrete per annum, this translates to a cement clinker reduction of approximately 3,200 tonnes per annum.
Looking at all the precast plants in the world the clinker saved could amount to 110,000,000 tonnes per year.
Such a reduction in clinker would mean a carbon reduction of 85 Million tonnes per year.
A saving comparable to switching off 23 coal fired plants.
A saving of this dimension has a similar impact as planting around 1.4 billion tree seedlings and letting them grow for 10 years.
Decreasing cement content is the right step into a more sustainable future.
With sonocrete this is possible.
