2009 Most Innovative Products

Placement & Finishing

Lightweight Laser Screed At 470 lb, the Mini Screed C can be placed easily on upper decks providing a quality impossible to achieve with conventional methods. This lightweight, maneuverable laser screed also reduces placement time and can be used on a wide variety of applications: elevated metal decking, post tension, chaired wire mesh, and chaired rebar. Operators can screed to high tolerances while driving over obstacles on decks and slabs-on-grade. The screed has both single and dual slope capabilities, can screed up to 3000 sq ft/hr, and can be transported in a pickup truck. Somero Enterprises Inc. 603-532-5900. www.somero.com. World of Concrete Booth C5612.
Eco-Friendly Floor Hardener Duro-Nox LS is a lithium-based liquid floor hardener that provides outstanding abrasion and impact resistance, develops eye-catching gloss, and is engineered to eliminate the traditional requirement of rinsing and costly disposal of hazardous waste rinse residue. Its proprietary chemistry enables the product to penetrate deep into concrete surface pores where it chemically reacts with calcium hydroxide (lime) to produce water insoluble calcium silicate gels that fill surface pores to densify, harden, and seal concrete floor surfaces. Nox-Crete Products Group. 800-669-2738. www.nox-crete.com. World of Concrete Booth S11139.
Durable, Quick-Curing Concrete Protection RapidShield is a one-component, high performance coating for protecting and maintaining concrete floors. Applied by roller or squeegee, it is cured instantly with a portable ultraviolet light. Its proprietary blend of oligomers, monomers, photoinitiators, and pigments provides a long-lasting, tough finish, resulting in a film with cross-link density that provides a perfect balance of hardness and flexibility. It emits little to no odor and produces a tough, non-slip, gloss finish with excellent chemical and stain resistance. RapidShield is NSF registered and conforms to LEED guidelines. Quaker Chemical Corp.; 610-832-8503. www.rapidshield.com. World of Concrete Booth S22105.
High-Tech Ride-On Trowel The Titan TT208 ride-on trowel features new patent pending steering and drive train designs, power-assisted blade pitch controls that are electronically operated, and spider plates that allow overlapping or non-overlapping operation. Its single steering stick works with a force-assisted steering box . All important instruments are on a panel between the handgrips on top of the steering column. The drive train includes a torque sensitive, continuously variable primary belt drive. A large fuel tank provides a full shift of run time. Bartell Morrison Inc. 866-501-1683. www.bartellmorrison.com. World of Concrete Booth O30613.
Wireless Boom Extension Screeding Machine The ScreedSaver wireless remote controlled, laser leveling concrete screeding machine allows the operator to move freely and safely about the jobsite participating in the pour. It includes an emergency stop function that when actuated causes the machine to automatically sit down on the wheels and wait for further instructions. The 2500-lb machine can be transported economically on a 6x12-ft trailer with a standard pickup truck. The boom assembly extends more than 12 ft. A 14-ft-wide screed head is standard; optional heads are available in 8 to14-ft widths. Ligchine International. 812-923-4120. www.ligchine.com. World of Concrete Booth O30743.
Floating Screed The Rasbre 1214 floating skid screed has a 14-ft adjustable floating head that can be used high-centered for driveways, straight for floors, or crowned down in the center. Its two vibrators are controlled with the auxiliary hydraulics from the skidsteer loader. The screed head is capable of floating with the banking of a road and effortlessly screeds 12 to 14 ft in less than a minute. Rascon Enterprises. 816-752-1891. World of Concrete Booth O31108.