The main benefits are the high production rates combined with the opportunity to pour and cut the same day.
Early entry concrete cutting.
The biggest challenge to saw cutting at an early age was the raveling that would take place at the top edges of the joint if cutting was started too soon.
Published on jul 13 2017 norton clipper early entry green and decorative concrete cutting will never be the same.
Though often crucial to the early stages of many concrete projects planning early entry joint saw cutting can be just as challenging as early entry sawing.
The saw s skid plate prevents concrete from unraveling when new joints are being cut.
A number of approaches were tried.
The early age sawcutting was typically done less than three hours after concrete placement.
The idea of creating a saw that would allow contraction control joints to be cut soon after final finish was born out of necessity.
Joints in the test sections were sawed at 15 foot intervals using two different methods conventional water cooled sawcutting to a 3 inch depth and early age sawcutting to a 1 inch depth without cooling water.
The first successful early entry saw was a small 25 pound electric unit that made a 3 4 inch deep cut.
The u s saws early entry saw was designed for cutting control joints in green concrete but it can also be used for joint clean out applications.
Soff cut 4000 early entry concrete saw husqvarna self propelled gasoline saw is designed for heavy duty commercial industrial and paving applications.
Generally you want to saw cut 6 18 hours after the concrete has been finished unless you use an early entry soft cut saw.
This is where you can run into raveling when cut to early or uncontrolled cracks when cut to late.
Another innovation that has significantly changed and improved the way concrete floors are constructed is the early entry saw.
Husqvarna soff cut is a system developed for ultra early entry tm sawing of contraction joints after pouring concrete slabs.
The gc55 for early entry the gc25e for electric indoor cutting and the new.
A soff cut early entry saw can be used within a couple hours of finishing so you have less chance of uncontrolled cracking.
Controlled planning and cutting of joints in the early stages of a concrete project can help to reduce stress on structural joints.
U s saws early entry concrete sawpart number.
The best soff cut saw option for productivity along with various depth of cuts to handle larger and smaller jobs.
This saw can be used indoors on small jobs or for finishing cuts near walls.
