VACUUM DEWATERING

CONCRETE FLOORING
 WHAT IS VACUUM DEWATERED FLOORS..???

• CONCRETE IS BEING THE MOST VERSATILE OF FLOORING MATERIAL HAS BEEN IN

USE FOR A LONG TIME.
• TO OVERCOME THE DEFICIENCIES OF CONCRETE FLOORING, A SYSTEM WAS
DEVISED TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTIES OF SUCH CONCRETE FLOORS.
• THIS SYSTEM WAS “VACUUM DEWATERED FLOORS” .
• IT PERMITS TO ADD MUCH WATER FOR WORKABLE AND EASILY POURABLE. 
 HISTORY OF VDF

•  IT WAS ORIGINALLY INVENTED BY TREMIX AB, SWEDEN MANY YEARS AGO.
• SCANDINAVIAN FIRMS SIMPLIFIED THE EQUIPMENT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT
PRACTICAL FOR ALMOST ANY BUILDER.
• VACUUM DEWATERING IS USED WIDELY THROUGHOUT EUROPE TODAY, AND IN
SWEDEN THE METHOD IS USED FOR 40 TO 50 PERCENT OF ALL CONCRETE
FLOORS.
• THIS PROCESS WAS INTRODUCED IN INDIA BY AQUARIUS TECHNOLOGIES IN 1987.
 STEPS INVOLVED IN VDF

• PREPARE SOUND SUB-BASE

• FORM WORK OVER THE BASE
• CONCRETING & VIBRATION
• DOUBLE BEAM SCREED VIBRATION
• LAYING OF MAT & VACUUM SUCTION
• POWER TROWELING & FINISHING
 ADVANTAGES OF VDF 

• EARLY SETTING AND HIGH STRENGTH.

• AN IDEAL WATER CEMENT RATION CAN BE ACHIEVED.
• INCREASE IN COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE BY 40-70%.
• THE SURFACE HARDNESS OF THE SLAB INCREASES BY 130%.
• WATER ABSORPTION IS REDUCED ENORMOUSLY.
• MINIMUM DUSTS.
• LEVEL FLOOR, HIGH FLATNESS ACCURACY.
 DISADVANTAGE OF VDF METHOD

• JOINTS ARE A NECESSITY FOR CONCRETE FLOORS LEADING TO JOINT BREAKAGE

AS WELL AS SEEPAGE OF CONTAMINANTS.
• CONCRETE FLOORS GENERATE DUST DUE TO ABRASIVE MOVEMENT OF
VEHICLES.
• CLEANABILITY BECOMES A PROBLEM DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF
IMPERFECTIONS, SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND POROSITY.
• THE BEST-LAID FLOOR (TREMIX) CAN HAVE UNDULATIONS OF ABOVE 5MM.
 APPLICATIONS

• INDUSTRIALS FLOOR SHEDS LIKE COLD STORAGES, ETC.

• WORKSHOPS,
• RAILWAY GOODS, PLATFORMS,
• GODOWNS, WAREHOUSES ETC.
• CANALS
• HYDRO POWER PLANTS
• BRIDGES PORTS AND HARBOR
• AIRPORTS RUNWAYS/ HANGERS
• COOLING TOWERS
 INSTRUMENTS USED IN V D F

VACUUM DE-WATERING PUMP

• VACUUM PUMP IS USED TO REDUCE
WATER CONTENT IN THE CONCRETE
BY 15-25%.
• IT IS USED TO SUCK ALL THE AIR
BUBBLES THAT MAY HAVE TRAPPED
DURING THE LAYING OF THE
CONCRETE.
 FLOATER MACHINE

• FLOATING & TROWELING TAKE PLACE

RIGHT AFTER DEWATERING
• THIS MAKES THE CEMENT MORE
COMPACT AND ENABLING TO
GENERATE A VERY SMOOTH FINISH. 
 TREMIX SKIN

• SUCTION MAT OF SPECIAL GRADE

MULTILAYERED POLYMER SHEETS
ENSURE SUFFICIENT CROSS-
SECTIONAL AREA TO SQUEEZE OUT
AND REMOVE EXCESS WATER FROM
THE CONCRETE. 
 DOUBLE BEAM SCREED VIBRATOR

• DOUBLE BEAM SCREED VIBRATOR

CONSISTS OF A BEAM UNIT AND A
VIBRATOR UNIT.
• DOUBLE BEAM SCREED VIBRATOR IS
USED TO VIBRATE THE CONCRETE TO
GIVE A COMPACT AND LEVELLED
SURFACE.
 CONCLUSION

• VACUUM DEWATERING PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT MODERN CONSTRUCTION

WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMY, FACILITY, MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND
COMFORT.
• IT IS VERY USEFUL FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE PROJECTS LIKE FOR THE USE OF WEAR
HOUSE, PARKING AREA, INDUSTRIAL FLOORING LIKE FLOORING OF LARGE AREA.