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Application

  • Mass void fill.
  • Trench fill.
  • Sewers.
  • Pipelines.
  • Tanks.
  • Culverts/ subways.
  • Sink holes.
  • Road pavement.
  • Reinstatements.
  • Tunnelling.

Description

Porofoam is a range of lightweight foamed concretes designed specifically for void fill, stabilization and other lightweight applications.

It is manufactured using CEMEX admixtures and is available in a wide range of densities and compressive strengths to suit the application and requirements.

The product is easily placed with no compaction required, and can be produced on site by a foam generation unit or delivered in trucks, pre-mixed. It can be pumped horizontally, vertically, or directly placed in layers of up to 1 m single lift depth in order to maintain the required air void structure. The fluid nature of Porofoam allows the concrete to free flow into even the smallest of spaces making it highly suitable for void fill applications. The product also exhibits no settlement characteristics that may occur with granular fill materials, allowing a much more stable fill.


Features and benefits:

  • Can be pumped.
  • Highly fluid.
  • Lightweight.
  • Freeze/ thaw resistant.
  • Self-levelling.
  • Load spreading.
  • Insulating properties.

General information

Material

Concrete

Length

Bespoke

Width

Bespoke

Height

Bespoke

Guidance for specification option:

It can be pumped horizontally, vertically, or directly placed in layers of up to 1 m single lift depth in order to maintain the required air void structure.

Uniclass

Pr_20_31_16_68 Proprietary concretesPrimary

CAWS

E10/190 Foamed concrete

Specification data - Proprietary concretes

Compressive strength

-

Target compressive strength of foamed concrete (maximum)

15 N/mm².

Properties of foamed concrete

-

Dry density (maximum)

1800 kg/m³.

Dry density (minimum)

300 kg/m³.

Literature

CEMEX Porofoam Brochure

CEMEX Porofoam Brochure

Case studies

Porofoam 60 Second Case Study

Porofoam 60 Second Case Study