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GeneralWet Shotcrete for Refractory Applications – Where It Has Been and Where It Is Going

Jim Farrell

Refractory producers and contractors have a history of trying to put themselves out of business.

GeneralRefractory Shotcrete Installations

Robert J. Harmon

The overall process of refractory shotcrete installation is similar to that of commercial and residential concrete installations.

GeneralRefractory Gunning Material Precertification by Correlation Testing

Robert J. Jenkins

In spite of advancements in cement technology, and research and development efforts on the part of refractory manufactures to develop the ideal gunning mixture, pneumatic placement of refractory castables remains more of an art than an exact science.

GeneralR2U – Ready-to-Use Castables

Carlos Pagliosa and Victor Carlos Pandolfelli

A novel generation of MgO-C castables has been conceived to be delivered to the customer as a ready-to-use (R2U) product and applied by self-flowing, pumping, or shotcreting.

SafetyGeneralTailgating – 5 Minutes is All it Takes

Caden J. Blevins

It?s 7:45 am and you?re not quite finished with the last few forms and concrete is on its way.

GeneralState-of-the-Art Refractory Shotcrete Techniques and Practices

Bill Allen

The use of low-moisture, low-cement castables as a substitute for certain brick installations and traditional gunning applications for working linings and maintaining vessels is a wellknown and accepted practice.

GeneralGunite Refractory Installations

Ted W. Sofis

Refractory gunning, like any other gunite/ shotcrete work, has much in common with the practices and procedures that one would typically use in any other good installation.

GeneralWinter 2007 Second Annual ASA Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards

The American Shotcrete Association (ASA) is proud to announce that the Second Annual Outstanding Shotcrete Projects Awards program has now been completed and winners in all six categories have been selected.

SafetyGeneralBetter Housekeeping

Chris Zynda

A clutter-free job site should be considered one of the Ten Commandments for safety.

GeneralWhat’s Wrong with This Picture?

Ray Schallom III

Over the past 7 years, the American Shotcrete Association’s (ASA) Education Committee has been acquiring pictures concerning different shotcrete applications for the shotcrete training module.