Materials Engineering
In conceptual terms, most materials/products are comprised of the following technology elements:
- Cement: a binder capable of setting through a chemical mechanism (i.e.: hydration, condensation, oxidation-reduction, etc) or a physical mechanism (such as a thermoplastic binder.)
- Functional additives: specialty chemicals, aggregates, supplementary cementing materials, reinforcing fibers and fillers.
From the engineering standpoint, we have expertise in:
- Product Engineering: of the component materials and final products.
- Manufacturing Engineering: of the material production processes.
More specifically, our expertise includes:
Materials Engineering & Component Materials:
Such as:
- Hydraulic cements (Portland and non-Portland).
- Thermoplastic cements (such as asphalt, sulphur.)
- Chemically bonded inorganic binders.
- Supplementary cementing materials (fly ash, slag, silica fume, other pozzolans, etc.)
- Inorganic industrial minerals (wollastonite, mica, talc, clay minerals, etc.)
- Organic bio-materials (natural agri-fibres, forestry fibers and by-products, pulp and paper residues, etc.)
- Reinforcing fibers (glass, thermoplastic, mineral, natural, etc.)
- Specialty chemicals (accelerators, retarders, plasticizers, etc.)
- Industrial by-products.
Process Engineering & Component Material Manufacturing:
Specialty processing such as:
- Grinding.
- Classification.
- Blending.
- Densification.
- Bulk solids and liquids handling.
- Surface treatment and coating.
Materials Engineering & Composite Products:
- Concrete.
- Oil and gas well cement.
- Pre-cast building products.
- Asphalt.
- Specialty bulk solid carrier/delivery matrices (solid bio-fuels, fertilizers.)
- Synthetic aggregate.
- Encapsulating cements.
Implementation Support:
Including:
- Specialty process engineering.
- QA/QC systems.
- Product support.
