Blastrac promotes Diamatic in full
2010-03-26
Responsible for developing the first shot blaster for naval ship decks in 1976, Dutch-based Blastrac now supplies grinding, polishing, shot blasting, scrapping and stripping machines to contractors in nearly 90 countries.
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Floor Prep & Polishing 09
2009-11-17
Few industry segments have experienced such a dramatic growth as concrete floor preparation during the last two decades. The floor preparation industry is much more then just preparing concrete floors as many other materials are used for flooring. This sector is very interesting because demolition, renovation as well as concrete cutting contractors very often have the need for floor preparation on job sites. So many of these contractors have started to offer concrete floor grinding and polishing services as well.
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“Power Drive” instead of Recession
2009-11-17
The Swedish company Scanmaskin has been supplying other manufacturers flooring equipment since 1975. But since 2003 the company has been manufacturing and supplying its own assortment of machines for floor preparation and polishing of concrete and stone floors. Now with a brand new production facility Scanmaskin is preparing to conquer the world market.
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Beyond the Surface
2009-11-17
Dennis Von Ruden, the President of General Equipment Company, based in Minnesota, USA, shares some interesting thoughts based on his long time experience working in the US surface preparation equipment.
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“The Proof’s in the polish”
2009-11-17
Since 1986 Superabrasive, Inc. has been manufacturing, engineering and testing diamond tooling.
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Eagle eyes new ideas for floor preparation maintenance
2008-12-05
From the outside the headquarters of Eagle Solutions in rural Adairsville, Georgia, looks like a typical light manufacturing facility. But inside, the otherwise ordinary 4,650m2 building is bustling with new ideas and innovations for concrete floor preparation and maintenance equipment. It seems hardly a month goes by that Eagle does not introduce a new product or spotlight a new way in which its products can benefit professional contractors.
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Concrete floor grinding and floor polishing
2008-10-14
Concrete floor grinding and floor polishing are regularly featured in PDi. The reason is simple. Demolition and concrete sawing and drilling contractors have found that they can also offer concrete floor grinding and polishing services. Concrete floor polishing came as a kind of bonus when HTC Sweden introduced their Superfloor method some years ago. On the following pages we report on the status of the floor grinding business.
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News From Blastrac
2008-10-14
BLASTRAC was the inventor of the first mobile shot blast cleaning machine in the early 80s. Blastrac offer horizontal and vertical shot blast cleaners, grinders, scarifiers, strippers, handheld equipment, steel machines. Customized projects like remotely-controlled and truck-mounted units.
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New grinder for renovation and polishing from Schwamborn
2008-10-14
Schwamborn is launching the new heavy-duty diamond grinder DSM 650S. The machine is equipped with contra-rotating diamond tools and suited for coating removal, grinding and polishing of concrete up to a high gloss polished concrete crystal finish.
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HTC Superfloor, the natural choice for the concrete specialists Conjet
2008-10-14
The Swedish company Conjet AB, based in Haninge, about 20km south of Stockholm is a world leader specialising in the manufacture of remotely operated high-pressure water jetting hydrodemolition machines.
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Exclusive boats demands exclusive floors
2008-10-14
Gulves in Stockholm is a company that sells exclusive boats. To have a spotless, nice and easy-to-clean floor they have chosen HTC Superfloor. The floor has been grinded by IGS (IndustriGolv Sweden AB), which is a certified Superfloor- grinder.
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Big change!
2008-10-14
Dramatically improved surface preparation output and reduced costs were the results when Chinese based surface preparation contractor Advance Specialist Treatment Engineering Ltd began to use Husqvarna’s machines for floor grinding.
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Hiperfloor, a supermarket success
2008-10-14
Pro Grind Australia, one of Australia’s leading grinding and polishing companies, was put to the test in a supermarket project using Husqvarna grinding equipment and tooling.
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New Wet and Dry collectors
2008-10-06
Demolition, concrete cutting and floor preparation activities create a lot of pollution in the form of dust and slurry. This would be a big problem without the implementation of new and stricter regulations, as well as action from manufacturers.
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Outdoor Dust busting with the new Dustboss DB-45
2008-10-06
Dust busting is also needed outdoors when it comes to demolition. US Dust Control Techno-logy has unveiled the new DustBoss, DB-45, a mid-sized unit that delivers an efficient control of airborne particles and surface dust, while using less water and manpower than traditional hand spraying techniques.
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“Polished performance”
2008-06-24
Rental market leader Equipment Development Company shapes up its processes and prospects. PDi’s Jim Parsons reports.
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“Increased focus on construction”
2008-01-18
Professional machinery and equipment for collecting concrete dust and slurry is an important part of a concrete cutting or demolition contractor’s daily work. There are only a few specialized manufacturers of this type of equipment and one of the biggest or maybe the biggest of mobile and stationary equipment is the Swedish company Dustcontrol.
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Concrete Surface Preparation and Polishing:
2007-11-02
There is about 30 billion square metres of concrete floors requiring renovation, grinding or polishing around the world today and is estimated to be worth about EUR 97 billion (US$ 136 billions). This is considered to be a great new business opportunity for our industry, but is it ready to take it on? PDi spoke to HTC, the strongest company in this business about its operations, the industry and the future.
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First Pan-European, then Global
2007-11-02
Development and manufacture of systems for concrete floor treatment is showing a strong growth all over the world. One manufacturer aiming for a larger international markets share is Scanmaskin based in Lindome just outside Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Grinding with Hilti like never before
2007-11-02
Grinding is not always connected to floors. It can also be handheld equipment for other purposes. Hilti is known for its revolutionary DG 150. A grinding system that, according to Hilti, smoothes the way to higher productivity without raising dust.
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