Why Elemix Additive

Elemix concrete additive is composed of innovative polymeric spheres that have been specially formulated for use in concrete.  This additive distributes uniformly in concrete, providing lighter weight for durable concrete in structural and non-structural concrete applications.
Elemix concrete additive is added during the batching process and distributes uniformly with regular mixing.  Manufactured to exact tolerances, Elemix additive ultimately reduces the verifiability in concrete mixtures, delivering a more consistent batch.
Elemix concrete additive has been successfully used in numerous commercial applications.  Example markets include: ready mix in grouts and fills, poured in place, elevated decks and toppings, and manufactured concrete products, including block and precast building components.

Elemix concrete additive is a global, sustainable solution that offers:

• Reduced weight by delivering targeted unit weights while achieving structural compressive strengths
• Improved concrete performance through enhanced thermal properties and resistance to cracking.
• Increased efficiencies with easy placement, pumping and finishing while reducing building and transportation consts.  

The use of Elemix concrete additive has been found to provide durable concrete in freeze-thaw degradation.  Mixtures using Elemix additive and no traditional air-entraining admixtures have produced durable concrete.

Concrete made with Elemix concrete additive can be placed and finished by traditional methods.  

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Why Elemix Additive

Elemix additive provides architects, structural engineers, builders and developers with a concrete additive that changes the way projects are designed, built and maintained.

Elemix additive enables...

• Design flexibility with smaller columns, thinner slabs and more usable floor space
• Structural savings with less reinforcing steel required and reduced foundation costs
• Global specification with consistent product shape, size, weight and density available worldwide
• Construction savings with reduced materials, transportation costs, time, handling and placement
• Increased energy efficiency with enhanced R-value

Science creates the closed-cell, honeycomb-like interior structure of Elemix additive, which gives concrete the ability to absorb energy and improve thermal insulation performance – reducing cracking while maintaining durability.

Because Elemix additive is uniform and has very low abrasion qualities, it pumps, places and finishes easily with less wear on equipment.

INTEGRAL CONCRETE ADMIXTURE FOR WATERPROOFING AND CORROSION PROTECTION

IMRAE Corporation is a chemical company engaged in research and manufacture of environmentally friendly admixture and coating products that are based on emulsion technologies containing zero VOC’s (volatile organic compounds). The CM9007 was developed based on chemistries of emulsification of medium and long branched chain fatty acids, and with medium to high molecular weight silicon emulsions. The successful development of this technology has found numerous applications in general concrete construction and has also served as an alternative for solvent based products containing harmful VOC’s and carcinogenic containing materials used in waterproofing and corrosion protection for various types of concrete structures.
The waterproofing and corrosion protection industry is a multi-billion dollar market in the areas of new construction, civil engineering, and building renewal. The commercialization of this technology has been successful with numerous applications in GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) and regular SRC (Standard Reinforced Concrete) engineering designs. The new technology stands to benefit many segments of the industry by significantly reducing the cost of steel embedded materials, and elimination of waterproofing and corrosion type materials from current industry standard. Therefore, this technology enhances the intrinsic value of the finished product and positively impacts the sustainability of life for our people and the environment; thus, overall, supporting our country’s “Green Building” initiatives. It is also expected that other related sub-segments in construction shall find new applications requiring improvement in the quality of our lives, particularly with the growth of new urban communities.
IMRAE Corporation intends to lead this market by fully commercializing our developed admixture, and further exploring other possible areas of applications. At IMRAE we pride ourselves with new product developments which will combine advances in “Nano Technology” that further enhances other performance characteristics beyond traditional science of corrosion protection.
Improving the water resistance of concrete is seen to be an essential factor in maintaining critical performance characteristics in application areas of architectural design, elemental durability, asset protection, and environmental sustainability in various areas of construction. The new generation of integral admixtures "CM9007” developed by IMRAE reacts continually during the hydration of cement “in-situ”, and produces a concrete matrix that reduces porosity through molecular bonding with silicates resulting to a denser material with greater hydrophobic characteristics. As a result, significant properties are improved such as freeze thaw resistance, reduction of water ingress, reduced chloride ion penetration, and corrosion protection to name a few. The CM9007 alkylated silicone emulsion also contributes to further reduction of water to cement ratio, as a result increases overall physical properties of concrete in both compressive and flexural strengths . The CM9007 admixture is also found to be very compatible with all types of polycarboxylate reducers, and has been observed and tested on various types of mix designs both with heavy and light weight aggregates including non-ionic to highly anionic plasticizers and/or systems, maintaining workability performance whether in SCC (self consolidation concrete) or in traditional Slump type mix designs.

Why Imrae

Providing an environmental solution in eliminating use of solvent based coatings as major source of VOC emissions.

Environmentally and Regulatory compliant water based emulsions. 

Growing environmental consciousness and official regulations demands low VOC or no-VOC on various types of coatings in general. CoatMasters products are designed to have very low VOC's, for sealers they all very well exceed below limit requirements of Rule 1113 of the South Coast Air Quality Management District for Waterproofing Concrete / Masonry Sealers. Currently the limit for sealers is 100 grams/liter maximum which took effect on July 1, 2006. 

The use of CoatMasters admixture as an integral part of any cementitious composition totally eliminates the need for any VOC related add-on coating sealer materials when integrated in the fabrication of any type of concrete material. This significantly reduces and up to eliminates VOC emissions on renovated and new construction building materials requiring waterproofing protection.

Value adding products that will always embody a practical sense of development and manufacture to attain the most cost-effective solution for our environment and its intended application.  All CoatMasters products are carefully formulated using environmentally friendly materials designed to meet and exceed desired performance characteristic requirements.

The past is the past, the present is hear, and the future is inevitable. We have the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Why Imrae

To realize practical savings on long term maintenance and long term customer satisfaction that truly delivers a “Value Adding Product”.

A value to the customers in protecting an investment.

Whether in new building construction, reconstruction or renovation, the water resistance of a building should not be left as the last taks of planners, businessmen and clients in defending against the financial losses caused by water damage. Chemistry plays an important role in "architectural protection" and should be to the forefront of every strategy for blocking water ingress. The effectiveness of CoatMasters film and non-film forming sealers provides several of the following benefits.  

* High water repellancy
* Excellent vapor permeability
* Reduced salt transmission and chloride ion penetration
* Stain protection
* Good alkali resistance
* Good penetration
* Uniform substrate appearance
* Long term effectiveness
* VOC (volatile organic component) compliant
* Environmentally friendly

Ecolite: Form, Function, Faster

Innovative structural building technologies which enable the rapid design, fabrication and installation of structures, large and small.  Live out our commitment to sustainable building by employing eco-friendly materials both in our product and in our organization.  Strive to deploy the highest quality products which better the lives of those who build with Ecolite and those who inhabit the structures made with Ecolite.  Partner with organizations to provide housing opportunities to those less fortunate.

Design

The Ecolite manufacturing process takes place off site at a manufacturing plant licensed to produce the Ecolite panels. While the project plans are being modeled and panelized in EcoCAD, Ecolite's proprietary modeling/engineering software, the foundation and other structural elements at the job site can be prepared. At the manufacturing plant, the EcoCAD plans are input into the system and ERP. The automated system then produces a shop drawing of each wall panel.

Roll Forming

Once the shop drawings are approved and finalized, the information is sent to the automated roll-forming equipment which produces the pre-punched, notched, and labeled cold formed steel framing members.

Framing and Lath

Fabrication of the Ecolite wall panel involves the "snapping" of the steel members into place and connecting them with the screws. Ecolite's high performance steel lath is then attached to the assembled frames to provide strength and integrity to the concrete. Depending on the wall design, X-bracing, block outs, electrical outlets, and hold downs are installed. Once complete, the framed panel is moved to the pouring beds and readied for Ecolite concrete.

Concrete pour

The completed steel wall panels are placed on pouring beds, lath side down, with mould rails on the perimeter and block outs at door and windows. Ecolite’s proprietary concrete mixture combines Portland cement with fly ash and a post consumer recycled additive. This mixture is self leveling and pumped through a hose to the pouring beds in a continuous manner.

Casting beds

The panels are cured on pouring beds which are then tilted up for easy panel removal. Panels are stripped and transferred to the storage yard via indoor cranes or forklifts. Concrete is finished and smoothed prior to curing.

Shipping

Finished panels are strapped to A-frames and loaded via forklift onto flat bed trailers for shipment to the job site.

Delivery

Once Ecolite panels have been delivered to the job site, they can be easily moved by a crane or forklift, depending on size. Panels are placed into position and secured with fasteners and hold downs.

Installation

At the jobsite panels are lifted into place via forklift or crane and secured to the foundation.

Elemix additive - low densities, structural, sustainable concrete.

Sustainability

We are rethinking the way concrete is manufactured.  
By helping people build smarter with Elemix additive, an efficient product that delivers sustainable benefits in bold tangible ways.
We are committed to the triple bottom line approach to sustainability – economic, social and environmental.  Our belief is that a sustainable business is a profitable and socially responsible one.

Environmental - Elemix additive is a patented, manufactured product that supplements naturally occurring aggregates. That means fewer quarries have to be mined – decreasing the impact construction has on the environment.

Social – The lightweight properties of Elemix additive provide a safer working environment. Loads are lightened significantly, lessening the effect manually transported concrete has on workers well-being.

Economic - Elemix additive improves the thermal characteristics of concrete.  As the R-value increases, energy demand decreases, resulting in lower heating and cooling costs for buildings.  The lightweight characteristics of elemix additive allows for overall material source reduction – reducing the amount of concrete and steel needed to build – delivering a more cost-effective structure.  The global consistent availability of Elemix additive helps to streamline product offerings for businesses operating in multiple geographies – delivering a standard solution, regardless of location.

Learn more about how Elemix additive can contribute to up to 32 LEED® points

Why Imrae

To develop high performance impregnating and film forming products that truly exhibits excellent performance characteristics.

CoatMasters products are composed of environmentally friendly silicon modified emulsions designed for long term protection of construction materials against the destructive impacts of humidity, water penetration and chloride ions. These new waterborne emulsion formulations can now perform extremely well as traditional solvent borne coatings.  

Hydrophobic silicones in particular have proved through more than 40 years of use to be highly effective in creating humidity barriers in building materials. Humidity and dampness are the main reasons for various forms of damage and unsightly appearance in buildings. The porous structure of different mineral construction materials gives them a high sensitivity towards water absorption. The destructive effects of freeze-thaw changes, erosion of the structure and micro-organisms which prosper in humid environments are well understood phenomena. The erosion of reinforcing steels in concrete construction can also be attributed to the corrosive effects of absorbed water, and may require expensive renovation. Efflorescence, washing out of lime and the growth of mosses, fungi, and algae all occur on wet surfaces. Finally, the thermal insulation of masonry is impaired under these wet conditions.