MC-Bauchemie

New FastKick hardening accelerators for concrete

With MC-FastKick, MC Bau-chemie has developed a new product family of hardening accelerators upgraded with the very latest MC polymer technology. They provide concrete with very good processing and application properties, including high early strength values. Their mode of action really does give concrete a kick by significantly accelerating the hardening process, thus greatly reducing cycle times in precast operations and also making possible shorter hardening times during wintertime construction.

The new PCEs (polycarboxylate ethers) which MC has formulated for MC-FastKick have a positive...

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