Richard
McKeown
Research and
Development Scientist
'Providing
Concrete Answers to Customer Queries'
The
Research and Development laboratory, based in Platin,
provides a valuable in-house resource for investigation
into issues such as raw meal burnability, clinker
mineralogy and cement calorimetry in order to improve the
production process and enhance product quality.
This resource also offers a facility for petrographic
analysis of mortars and concrete, including optical
microscopy, as an in-depth tool for problem investigation
and resolution. Thermogravimetric and calorimetric
analyses are also employed to evaluate issues such as
cement admixture performance and to assist in resolving
customers’ queries on a range of applications.
Typical investigations carried out for customers relate to
strength development, durability, prolonged retardation in
concrete and early stiffening in mortar.
