Why grouting equipment

This first issue in a series of technical newsletters is designed to provide practical help to people in the field who install grouting materials. It will also provide, in subsequent issues, design tips to help engineers and equipment technicians in the proper selection of materials and installation details that will insure better grouting designs and specifications.

While a definition of machinery grout is not necessary for many of you, a brief definition will help those new to this field and avoid confusion with the use of the term "grout" as used in masonry construction. Machinery grout is a material; either organic such as an epoxy or inorganic in the case of cement-based materials that serves as a filler between the bottom of the machine base and the top of the concrete foundation or metal equipment skid.

Typical machinery grouts are flowable, virtually non-shrinking or slightly expanding, and serve to support the equipment base at a precise elevation within. Usually installed 2" to 3" in thickness, they fill the gap between a non-precise top elevation of the concrete block and the machined bottom of the equipment base. Grouts only keep the machinery base from moving downward.

Drill rigs. Mechanical rock excavation. Go Back. Excavator attachments. Raiseboring equipment. Rock drilling tools. Rock reinforcement. Ventilation systems. Water, oil and gas. Demolition and recycling. Automation and information management. Provide excellent fluidity so that it can fill the whole space between the floor and the machine. Expand slightly during the first hours and not shrink after hardening in order to avoid the formation of hairline cracks at the point of contact with the machine.

We contribute to the equipment mechanical reliability , particularly dynamic equipment such as: compressors, turbines, engines, pumps and blowers , preventing the harmful effects of vibrations. Having installed more than 30, pieces of equipment , we approach the new construction or renovation projects from the point of view of machines to achieve the best possible foundation and anchoring. Foundation system made up of epoxy or cement grout or high-performance grout to resist degradation and absorb vibrations.

Technique to fill in frames pouring epoxy grout in the workshop; this enables a better control of the filling, weight and stiffness of the structure.