Durus EasyFinish

Durus EasyFinish is used as secondary reinforcement in concrete matrices and is added in a rate of 2-6kg/m³ of concrete depending on the application. Typical application areas are foundations, floor slabs and precast concrete elements. The EasyFinish packaging is designed to be dosed as such in the concrete batching plant or the concrete mixing truck. Reinforcement of ready-mix, precast or sprayed concrete

mass for unit processes. Product stage (A1-A3) includes: A1 – Extraction and processing of raw materials A2 – Transport to the production site A3 – Manufacturing processes The product stage comprises the acquisition of all raw materials, products and energy, transport to the production site and packaging. The LCA results are declared in aggregated form for the product stage, which means, that the submodules A1, A2 and A3 are declared as one module A1-A3. Durus EasyFinish production: PP granulates and additives are gravimetrically dosed and mixed in the extruder feeder hopper. This mixture is molten and blended in an extruder to a homogeneous polymer melt. After filtration and metering, the liquid polymers are extruded trough a die plate where the filaments are created. In order to increase the mechanical strength of the filaments, they are drawn and annealed in multiple steps. These high strength filaments undergo a surface deformation step in a consecutive step. In the next step the filaments are simultaneously wound into bundles, wrapped with water soluble film and cut to length to form pucks. Edge trim waste is regrinded and re-fed to the extruder. In the last process step, the pucks are stacked and packed in paper bags of 2-4 kg/ per piece. After pallet stacking of the bags, the pallet is wrapped with PE stretch film and provided by a cover. Construction process stage (A4-A5) includes: A4 – Transportation from the Adfil factory in Belgium to a construction site in Europe. A5 – Accounts for the environmental impacts related to the incineration of the packaging waste handled at the construction site. No impacts are associated with adding Durus EasyFinish to the concrete mix. Use stage (B1-B7) includes: Modules are not relevant for this product. End of Life (C1-C4) includes: C1 – Deconstructing the concrete structure using a mechanical demolition hammer. C2 – Transportation of the demolished concrete parts to a waste processing site. C3 – The concrete with Durus EasyFinish embedded is grinded to smaller pieces at the size of gravel and used as road fill using a mechanical grinding machine. C4 – All disposal processes are handled in C1-C3, and no disposal emissions occur in this module, as the entire product is assumed recycled and used as road fill. Re-use, recovery and recycling potential (D) includes: D – Durus EasyFinish is used as road fill and credited the amount of replaced gravel. Energy credits from incineration of the packaging are also accounted for in this module.

Durus EasyFinish is used as secondary reinforcement in concrete matrices and is added in a rate of 2-6kg/m³ of concrete depending on the application. Typical application areas are foundations, floor slabs and precast concrete elements. The EasyFinish packaging is designed to be dosed as such in the concrete batching plant or the concrete mixing truck. Reinforcement of ready-mix, precast or sprayed concrete.