ADVA® Cast high-range admixtures

A high-range water reducing admixture for the precast/prestressed concrete industry. Excellent placeability and workability, flow through congested forms without segregation and high early strength: there is an ADVA® Cast to meet all your needs.

What is ADVA® Cast?

ADVA® Cast is a series of high efficiency, polycarboxylate-based, high-range water-reducing admixtures for the precast/prestressed concrete industry. In addition to providing excellent water reduction, ADVA® Cast products generate higher compressive strengths, better slump retention, improved rheology, enhanced air control, superior finishability and robustness across a wide range of materials, including both flowable and self-consolidating concrete.

Documents

ADVA® Cast Product Documents

Product Name Product Data Sheet
ADVA® CAST 552
Product Data Sheet
ADVA® CAST 554
Product Data Sheet
ADVA® Cast 560
Product Data Sheet
ADVA® Flow 340
Product Data Sheet
ADVA® FLOW 346
Product Data Sheet
Product Listing
  • Product Name
  • Description
  • Key Benefits
  • Applications Type
ADVA® CAST 552
Description

ADVA® CAST 552 is a powerful superplasticiser designed to yield high range water reduction, short setting time and very high early compressive strength as required by the precast industry.

Key Benefits
  • ADVA® CAST 552 is especially suitable for producing high range water reductions, allowing considerable increases in compressive strength
  • ADVA® CAST 552 provides improved impermeability and durability characteristics with reduced defects
  • ADVA® CAST 552 can be used to reduce the energy requirements of external heat in accelerated curing
Application Type
ADVA® CAST 554
Description

ADVA® CAST 554 is a powerful superplasticiser with accelerating properties designed to yield high range water reduction, short setting time and very high early compressive strength as required by the precast industry.

Key Benefits
  • ADVA® CAST 554 is especially suitable for producing high range water reductions, allowing considerable increases in compressive strength
  • Impermeability and durability are correspondingly improved. In this application, near neutral setting time is observed
  • The accelerating strength development given by ADVA® CAST 554 means that casting can continue in cold weather reducing the energy requirements of external heat curing
Application Type
ADVA® Cast 560
Description

ADVA® Cast 560 is an accelerating superplasticising admixture designed to yield high range water reduction, short setting time and very high early compressive strength as required by the precast industry.

Key Benefits
  • Considerable increases in compressive strength
  • Impermeability and durability are correspondingly improved
  • Early release strength
Application Type
  • Ideal for use in all precast/pre-stressed structures where high-range water reduction and accelerated early strength development are needed for early de-moulding and /or heat energy savings.
ADVA® Flow 340
Description

ADVA® Flow 340 is a high performance high efficiency, new generation admixture designed to impart extremely high consistence and enable the production of self compacting concrete.

Key Benefits

ADVA® Flow 340 is extremely efficient, allowing the production of high flow / self-compacting concrete without excessive admixture dosage and at ‘normal’ water contents.

Application Type
  • Can be used with most types of Portland cements.
  • Effective in concrete containing fly ash or ground granulated blast slag.
ADVA® FLOW 346
Description

ADVA® FLOW 346 is a high performance high efficiency, new generation admixture designed to impart extremely high consistence and enable the production of self compacting concrete.

Key Benefits
  • ADVA® FLOW 346 is extremely efficient, allowing the production of high Flow / self-compacting concrete without excessive admixture dosage and at ‘normal’ water contents
  • Using suitable mix design, self-compacting concrete produced with ADVA® FLOW 346, efficiently flows then compacts around rebar reinforcement without blocking or segregation
  • ADVA® FLOW 346 will enhance both the concrete pumpability and a combined plasticizing effect allows for high range water reductions, leading to considerable increases in compressive strength, impermeability and durability
  • ADVA® FLOW 346 is especially suitable for Precast Factory applications, as is has neutral setting time and high early age strength
Application Type
Overview

Solve challenging forms, improve efficiency and quality with high-strength SCC

Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) is a highly flowable, non-segregating concrete that spreads into place, fills formwork, self-compacts and encapsulates even the most congested reinforcement, all without any mechanical vibration. SCC flows evenly around complex or congested forms without segregation. SCC produced with ADVA® Cast products provides unique advantages over conventional flowing concrete:

  • Lower SCC viscosity
  • Self-placement
  • No segregation
  • No blocking
  • Improved finishes

 

    This results in high-quality, high performance, precast concrete elements.

    Technical services for every application

    Concerned about how to use ADVA® Cast for your project? Don't be. GCP maintains a worldwide team of professionals to consult with concrete producers. For more information on the best ADVA® Cast product for your mix, contact GCP today.