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Air Meter Calibration: A Step-By-Step Guide

February 17, 2020

<div><a href="/blog/calibrating-air-meter-guide"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2020/february/air-meter-calibration.jpg" alt="Air Meter Calibration: A Step-By-Step Guide" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>In this blog, concrete air meter calibration will be broken down into everyday language in such a way where the practice won't be tough to carry out and won't take long either.</p>

Tags: Concrete Testing , How-To , DIY , Concrete Air Meter , Air Content Testing , Maintenance , Fresh Concrete , Field Testing

Concrete Air Testing: Why, When, & How: An In-Depth Look

January 08, 2020

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/blog/air-content-test"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2020/january/concrete-air-hero.jpg" alt="Concrete Air Testing: Why, When, & How: An In-Depth Look" width="100%" max-width:="" 715px="" /> </a></div><p>Testing for air content is always recommended to profile characteristics of the admixtures in concrete. In this blog, we discuss what, why, and how to perform such test methods for concrete air testing.</p>

Tags: Concrete Testing , Air Content Testing , Testing Insights , Concrete Air Meter , Resource Guide , Fresh Concrete , Air Void , Field Testing , ASTM C231 , AASHTO T 152 , ASTM C173 , AASHTO T 196 , ASTM C138 , AASHTO T 121 , ASTM C457 , AASHTO T 395

Tyler Ley, Inventor of the Super Air Meter: The Interview

June 28, 2019

<div><a href="/blog/tyler-ley-interview"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2019blogpictures/June2019/tyler-ley-blog-hero.jpg" alt="Super Air Meter Interview with the Inventor Tyler Ley" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>He's the professor who's passionate about concrete! In this exclusive Gilson interview, Dr. Tyler Ley discusses some of the history of concrete testing, his incredibly entertaining and informative videos on YouTube, and how he invented one of the industry's most innovative tools - the Super Air Meter!</p>

Tags: Concrete Testing , Super Air Meter , Tyler Ley , Concrete Air Meter , Air Content Testing , Air Void , Fresh Concrete , Interview