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    Vacuum Dewatered Flooring (VDF) is a concrete flooring method that uses vacuum dewatering to remove excess water from freshly laid concrete. This reduces the water-cement ratio, improving strength and durability while allowing easier finishing. The process involves laying concrete with high slump, vibrating, leveling, then using a vacuum pump and mat to extract water. The resulting floor is monolithic, shrinkage-free, and can be laid quickly at a rate of 100-200 square meters per day.

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    Vacuum Dewatered Flooring (VDF) is a concrete flooring method that uses vacuum dewatering to remove excess water from freshly laid concrete. This reduces the water-cement ratio, improving strength and durability while allowing easier finishing. The process involves laying concrete with high slump, vibrating, leveling, then using a vacuum pump and mat to extract water. The resulting floor is monolithic, shrinkage-free, and can be laid quickly at a rate of 100-200 square meters per day.

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    Vacuum Dewatered Flooring (VDF) is a concrete flooring method that uses vacuum dewatering to remove excess water from freshly laid concrete. This reduces the water-cement ratio, improving strength and durability while allowing easier finishing. The process involves laying concrete with high slump, vibrating, leveling, then using a vacuum pump and mat to extract water. The resulting floor is monolithic, shrinkage-free, and can be laid quickly at a rate of 100-200 square meters per day.

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    VDF Flooring - Slideshare

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    Ashik Rehmath Parambil
    Vacuum Dewatered Flooring (VDF) is a concrete flooring method that uses vacuum dewatering to remove excess water from freshly laid concrete. This reduces the water-cement ratio, improving strength and durability while allowing easier finishing. The process involves laying concrete with high slump, vibrating, leveling, then using a vacuum pump and mat to extract water. The resulting floor is monolithic, shrinkage-free, and can be laid quickly at a rate of 100-200 square meters per day.

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    EPA Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.

    Vacuum Dewatered Flooring (VDF)


    B-267, North Ex Mall
    Sector-9, Rohini,
    Delhi-110085
    Email:  info@epa-infrastructure.com
    What is VDF?

    The Vacuum Dewatered (VD)


    Flooring method, is a system for
    laying high quality concrete floors
    with superior cost-effectiveness.
    The key to the use of this method is
    the dewatering of concrete by
    vacuum process. Surplus water
    from the concrete is removed
    immediately after placing and
    vibration, reducing the water-
    cement ratio to an optimum level.
    Why is VDF preferred?

    Other Facts about VDF are as follows:

    Adopting the VD flooring method facilitates use of concrete with better


    workability than what is normally possible.
    A lowered water to cement ratio due to vacuum dewatering leads to
    improvement in each of the properties of concrete like wear resistance,
    compressive strength, less shrinkage and minimum water permeability.
    Through the vacuum treatment, it is possible to reduce the water
    content in the concrete by 15-25% which greatly increases the
    compressive strength.
    By lowering the water-cement ratio, the tendency of shrinkage and
    subsequent cracking is greatly reduced.
    Since the water-cement ratio is lowered through vacuum dewatering,
    concrete of high initial slump can be used while pouring.
    Laying Method

    The method involves the laying of


    concrete in the following sequence:
    Concrete in the conventional way but
    with a higher slump so that the
    workability is good and concrete
    pouring and spreading is done fast.
    Poker Vibration (specially on both
    sides of the panel) is always essential
    for floor thickness of 100mm and
    above.
    Surface Vibration using Double
    Beams Surface Vibrator
    Leveling the vibrated surface with a
    straight edge.
    Vacuum Dewatering using Vacuum
    Pump and Suction Mat Top Cover &
    Filter Pads.
    Floating and Troweling of the
    concrete pavement using Skimfloaters.
    Advantages

    The vacuum treated concrete floor/pavement, exhibits inherent advantages


    viz.
    Monolithic, Shrinkage free pavements.
    Single panel without joints upto 100 sq. meters (depending on design
    specifications)
    Very high splitting strength.
    Very high quality pavements in terms of strength of the pavement is
    increased giving flexibility to adopt wither leaner mix or design a slab of
    lesser thickness giving the required strength.
    Controlled and uniform surface finish.
    Very high output exceeding 100 to 200 sq. meters. in a day (depending
    on the configuration of Vacuum Dewatering System and other site
    conditions like concrete mixing and pouring speed).
    Advantages

    The vacuum treated concrete floor/pavement, exhibits inherent advantages


    viz.
    Monolithic, Shrinkage free pavements.
    Single panel without joints upto 100 sq. meters (depending on design
    specifications)
    Very high splitting strength.
    Very high quality pavements in terms of strength of the pavement is
    increased giving flexibility to adopt wither leaner mix or design a slab of
    lesser thickness giving the required strength.
    Controlled and uniform surface finish.
    Very high output exceeding 100 to 200 sq. meters. in a day (depending
    on the configuration of Vacuum Dewatering System and other site
    conditions like concrete mixing and pouring speed).

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