Combination of UHPC and Nanotubes

We are being asked more and more often by
customers in Asia about the use of Nanotubes
in our UHPC products.
It is always the same question, can nanotubes
improve the technical properties of our UHPC
products? 

Our answer to that is:

Yes, Nanotubes with a certain geometry and size
can do that.  

BUT that's like trying to install an additional
carburetor / turbo system in a Bugatti Viron to
get 10% more engine power, with a standard
engine power of over 1000 hp. The Bugatti Viron
is a perfect car system, making it better with a
possible slight increase in performance only rarely
makes sense.

In other words:
A really good UHPC is a perfect, extremely
powerful system, which in today's industry
hardly ever reaches its performance limit.
The UHPC we make is made by creating a
perfect physical packing of specific particles
in order to achieve perfect chemical reactions.

We have been developing and testing the use
of Nanotubes in our UHPC products for more
than two years.
So far, these UHPC special products have only
been used in very special areas of application
that required very special technical solutions
in the areas of mechanics, electrical engineering
and thermal conductivity.
We have been developing and producing UHPC
systems for more than 25 years. We develop
UHPC products for the future. The processing
of Nanotubes and desert sand with our UHPC
products is part of our ideas for the future.

Sustainability and the use of natural materials
such as bamboo or natural fibers is another
development we are taking. The use of sustainable

raw materials in combination with our UHPC
materials, some of which will also be made from
sustainable raw materials in the future, is one of
our goals.

WPE DK International

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UHPC lined hydraulic conveyor pipelines for brine in salt mines

More than 14 years ago, a high-pressure-safe

(loadable up to max. 100 bar / 1450 psi) brine

hydraulic transport pipeline with UHPC wear

protection was installed as a test for other lines.

The pipe installation took place underground. In

addition to the extreme pressure, the line

should be highly wear-resistant and highly

corrosion-resistant.

After all these years, we had the opportunity

to check this line together with the customer

on site.

A pipe element was also removed from the

line and cut open to inspect the UHPC lining.

Neither the customer nor we expected such an

extremely good result after all these years of

operation.

The UHPC lining has only lost a few

millimeters from its 30 mm lining.

Thanks to the seamless, waterproof UHPC

lining, no expensive corrosion protection was

necessary during wear protection assembly.

Which made assembly much faster and less

expensive than the linings previously used.

 

WPE DK International

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Past and future of concrete in security and military

In the past there have always been interesting

safety solutions with concrete.

Some were successful, some were not. A

success story were bunker structures

underground or above ground for the navy, air

force and army. Even today, concepts for

military and civil security rooms are carried

out with concrete structures.

The next generation in which concrete is

replaced by Ultra High Performance

concrete, or UHPC for short, has been used

very successfully worldwide for a few years.

These UHPC security concepts resist the

strongest attacks, penetration is almost

impossible with the current known weapons.

UHPC security concepts are also increasingly

used in the civil construction industry for

security constructions in safes and security

rooms, coastal protection, fire protection, storm

protection, disaster protection and terrorism

protection.

We are constantly developing UHPC for new

applications, such as floating, unsinkable

platforms that can be used anywhere in the

world, both civil and military.

 

 

WPE DK International

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UHPC Phalt a semi rigid top layer for all areas of an airport

Our nanotechnology for UHPC binder is now

over 30 years old and has been used in a wide

variety of areas worldwide.

From the beginning, the idea was to create a

material combination that combines the best

material properties of both products in an ideal

and flexible manner.

We call this combination material UHPC-Phalt.

The technique is simply, lay a coarse-grained,

porous, locally produced standard asphalt and fill

the pores with an extremely liquid UHPC concrete.

The result is that a flexible, temperature-resistant, 

high-pressure-resistant and extremely resilient, 

frost and de-icing salt-resistant, long-lasting

runway surface is created.

Benefit:

High axle loads, extreme ambient temperatures,

limited construction time and

constrained budgeting.

Standard laying machines and mixing machines

can be used for processing. Asphalt assembly

companies can easily lay this combination of

such materials

Local asphalt qualities can easily be used for

processing.

Fine sand or desert sand can be used for the

UHPC concrete.

Our UHPC binder can be flexibly adapted to

customer requirements. Curing speeds can be

adapted to customer requirements so that the

laying speeds of the laying machines can be

used to the maximum.

WPE DK International

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Pipeline repair in a potash mine

When I visited a potash mine, I noticed this "cemetery"

of used pipe parts for the hydraulic potash extraction.

There are around 200 pipe parts of different diameters,

lengths, angles and radius. All parts that were specially

manufactured for this production. The pipe parts are all

lined with cast basalt and have a 3-component

anti-corrosion coating. On average, these new pipe parts

cost EUR 700.00 / piece. So there is a value of at least

EUR 140,000.00. Since the pipe parts show more or less

wear damage, all should be disposed of. The disposal

costs amount to at least EUR 12,000.00. The new price

for the pipe is approx. 156,000.00 EUR and the delivery

time is at least 3-4 months.

I explained to the plant management that we can repair

all the pipe parts. We would remove the existing and

partially worn cast basalt lining and replace it with a

new UHPC wear protection lining. I calculated the

budget costs for this at EUR 66,000.00. The repair work

takes approximately 2 months. Here, however, we could

orient ourselves according to the wishes regarding the

installation sequence to the customer and always repair

the pipe parts that he needs at short notice.

Our customer decided on a new lining instead of a new

production and saved 90,000.00 EUR and at least 1-2

months delivery time.

Today there are no more "cemeteries" for used pipeline

parts in his plants.

www.hhbc-consulting.de

info@hhbc-consulting.de

Repair with UHPC wear protection systems

UHPC wear protection material has been used for over 25 years in all industrial sectors worldwide, such
as the cement industry, power plant industry, steel industry and mining industry. A large part of the projects we carry out are repair orders. In recent years, the share of repair orders has risen sharply. Our customers want fast, flexible and cost-effective repairs. A decisive advantage for UHPC wear protection material is the very high protective function against wear and corrosion, the high flexibility in layer thickness and the simple. Assembly. With UHPC wear protection, existing wear protection systems can be quickly repaired. There is no need to order special plates or cylinders with long delivery times. No installation plan is requested.

More and more of our customers order UHPC wear protection in 25 kg paper bags and process the material themselves in order to have the greatest possible flexibility and very short downtimes for the repair.
We define our wear protection material for plants and floor areas. UHPc wear protection material can be processed as mortar, castable and shotcrete.

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We increase the sustainability of UHPC

With our high-performance UHPC products, we started

using sustainable products years ago. We are also

increasingly focusing on sustainability when it comes

to units for our UHPC binders.

One example is corundum, which we use as an aggregate,

among other things. Corundum can be produced as

synthetic corundum with very high energy consumption

or can be mined as natural corundum in open-cast mining.

We have chosen natural corundum for more than 15 years.

Together with our partner in Africa, we pay attention to a

nature-friendly mining and an equally nature-friendly

restoration of the surface areas. The natural corundum

mined by our partner has proven to be an almost perfect

unit for our UHPC over many hundreds of applications

in the offshore industry, architecture, wear protection

and security industry.

Another problematic aggregate of quartz sand, we can

completely replace today with desert sand, including

from Africa. The technical values ​​of desert sand

concrete are far above the best standard concrete.

In our opinion, it is not necessary to destroy beaches

and rivers by sand mining. The cost of desert sand

mining is many times less than the predatory mining

of river sand or beach sand.

As far as the reinforcement systems or fiber systems

are concerned, nature offers us very sustainable

products that can be used in combination with

high-quality UHPC binder systems to create a perfect

sustainable product.

Our goal is always to produce UHPC binder systems

so flexibly that we can always use a high proportion

of local raw materials.

WPE DK International

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UHPC Wear protection lining in a titan ore grinding system

After more than 15 years of grinding operations,

the first repair on the UHPC wear protection lining

are now necessary.

More than 15 years ago, the classifier housing and

the fine material discharge of the vertical roller

grinding system were lined with a UHPC wear

protection lining. The grinding system grinds a

special titanium ore for prigment production.

Originally, very little wear was expected and no

wear protection system was planned. However,

the regrind was extremely wear-resistant and after

a very short time after the vertical roller grinding

system was put into operation, the sheet metal 

construction showed considerable wear.

For fluidic reasons, only a layer thickness of 15 mm

for wear protection could be permitted.  The

UHPC wear protection work was started quickly

and was completed within a few days. The

grinding plant was put back into operation after

six days of inactivity.

WPE DK International

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UHPC Wear protection lining in a granulated slag grinding plant

For a granulated slag grinding plant in Germany, 

the channel between the mill and filter was lined 

with UHPC wear protection. The layer thickness 

of 25 mm / 1 inch has so far been standard in all 

of our granulated slag grinding plants lining 

projects.

For around 20 years, areas of cement-, clinker-,

coal- and slag grinding systems have been lined 

with UHPC wear protection material. 

A particular important advantage alongside many 

other UHPC wear protection devices for slag 

grinding plants is the jointless lining.

The assembly effort compared to the assembly of

ceramic plates or special welded metal sheets is the

simple and quick assembly.

WPE DK International

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UHPC Wear protection for a KHD Sepmaster cement separator system

Today we lined our 60th KHD SEPMASTER

cement separator with UHPC wear protection. 

For a long time UHPC castable wear protection

concrete was specified and standard for all KHD

SEPMASTER separators.

The first KHD SEPMASTER separators were

lined with UHPC wear protection concrete more 

than 25 years ago. In the current project, the 

associated classifiers and chutes were also lined 

with UHPC wear protection mortar. 

The classifier was cast with UHPC castable wear 

protection concrete. The cyclones and

chutes were lined with a 25 mm / 1 inch UHPC

wear protection mortar layer.

Based on the very long experience we now have,

we expect the lifetime of the UHPC lining is15 years.

WPE DK International

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Repair of dams and hydroelectric power plant constructions with UHPC concrete

Hydroelectric power plant

UHPC Concrete has been used as a construction or

repair material in offshore, port construction and

coastal protection worldwide for more than 25

years. UHPC concretes are far superior to standard

concretes in their application and service life

expectations.

Typical areas for UHPC concrete repairs

 - Core walls
 - Deflection tunnel
 - Spillways
 - Stilling basins
 - Slope protection

Advantages of UHPC compared to standard concrete

 - Extremely high compressive strength
 - Very good adhesion
 - Waterproof from a layer thickness of 15 mm
 - Very high wear resistance
 - Very high corrosion resistance
 - Very high resistance to frost and ice
 - Very good impact resistance
 - Quick and easy installation, even of large areas
 - Thanks to the extremely fine UHPC binder, even the

   smallest joints and cracks can be closed well and permanently
 - UHPC can be processed as shotcrete, castable or as mortar.
 - UHPC reaches more than 70% of its maximum nominal

   strength after 48 hours.

Dams
Especially the slides of a dam are subjected to high amount

of wear as a very high volume of water is running over

these. UHPC can easily withstand this water. UHPC is the

ideal material for dam reinforcement and repair/maintenance.

UHPC materials can be quickly and extensively processed

as mortar, cast or shotcrete.

The rapid and high strength development favors a quick

restart of the system.
In the lake in front of the dam, the dam will be subjected

to impact by debris, which can deteriorate concrete. Placing

a layer of UHPC will end the deterioration.

New build and repair of sewage treatment plants and sewers with UHPC concrete

Sewage treatment plants and sewers are exposed
to a permanent chemical and mechanical attack
by sewage from households and industry. Due
to the changing climate conditions and the resulting
extreme rain or flood masses, the systems and
channels are extremely stressed and damage that
their function is no longer guaranteed.

A material with high resistance to chemical and
mechanical attacks is necessary for the maintenance
of these systems.
This material should also be able to be processed

flexibly on site and should not require any complex
machinery.

Damage causes in a sewage treatment plant
- due to mechanical wear
- through frost and de-icing salt
- due to chemical attacks or solvents
- due to concrete corrosion in closed systems

UHPC Ultra High Performance Concrete
UHPC are special concrete products with a minimum
compressive strength of 130 MPa and a water/cement
ratio of less than 0.2.UHPC products can be used very
well for the rehabilitation of concrete - and steel structures.
UHPC products can increase to be rehabilitated
construction next to the corrosion protection even
with admixture of ceramic aggregates the static
bearing capacity.

Benefits of UHPC
- Easy installation as spray, mortar, cast
- Very high corrosion resistance
- Extremely wear-resistant
- Extreme low to no carbonation
- Usable at very high humidity
- Very high impact strength
- Extreme low chloride permeabilit
- Very high resistance to mechanical loads
- No pore formation
- Maritime and port water resistant    
- Installation in the water possible
- Duration resistant
- The standard drying time is under 48 hours
- Penetrates into the smallest joints and cracks,
   and closes them permanently
- Joint less installation
- Very good thermal shock resistance
- Absolutely frost and de-icing salt resistant

Machining UHPC concrete like metals

UHPC is a very unusual material that is still

far too little considered by architects and
designers. It is still viewed and processed
like a normal concrete.
Our view is more that we design and
manufacture UHPC to treat it more and more
like metal. UHPC in the right quality can
already be machined with tools from the metal
industry. Very high accuracies can be achieved
here whether in surface processing or in shape
processing.
The surface treatment can either be carried out
using special UHPC casting molds or by
identical processing steps as for metals, or
combined casting and subsequent processing.
There are no limits to the design options here.
In terms of shape, metalworking tools or machines
can be used with the same objective as metals.

Architects, designers and artists have not even
used a fraction of the technical possibilities.

One example is the use of computer-controlled
water jet cutting machines. For a customer, we
should test the possibilities of making special
bevel cuts as plate slots that cannot be cast in
this way. Additional cutting tests were carried
out to check which geometries can be cut and
what minimum wall thicknesses can be achieved
between the individual cuts. With the right
combination of UHPC binder, unit quality and
setting of the cutting machine, amazing results
can be achieved. The tested UHPC plates had a
plate thickness of 15 - 25 mm, no metallic
reinforcement and were dried for 48 hours in
normal ambient temperature before they were
processed.

With the UHPC binder-aggregate combination
used in the test, cutting distances of 5 mm could
be achieved.
As soon as possible, further cutting tests will be
carried out with UHPC desert sand binders.
Water jet cutting enables complete "images" to be cut in UHPC panels or special construction elements.
With this type of material / machine technology, it is possible to produce a large number of facade panels with an elaborate cut design at low cost in a short time.

WPE DK International

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