NPCA Blog: Production

Maintaining quality of your raw materials affects the health of your products.

When combining raw materials into the mix, you’ll want the right equipment.

Contact with wet concrete can do serious damage to skin.

You may not realize it, but virtually all the reinforcing bar currently produced in the United States is a “soft metric” bar. This not-so-well-known fact conjures up several important questions: Is there a difference in size between a soft metric rebar and an inch-pound rebar?

Consolidating and compacting freshly placed concrete with an internal vibrator is a fairly simple and straightforward process. However, precast concrete manufacturers are continually spending unnecessary amounts of time and money repairing defects often associated with the improper use of internal vibrators.

A few simple tips will help you collaborate with your precast producer to get the results you want.

Core drilling systems and recommendations for their productive use.

The types, advantages and history of prestressed concrete.

Several practices must be addressed in order to produce quality products that meet specifications.

What to do when things don’t turn out perfectly.

How to keep on pouring when the temperature’s soaring.

What to look for when using fly ash in precast products.