Applications
Polymer concrete has been in use for many years. Beginning in the mid 1950's polymer concrete has been used in Sewer Manholes, Pipe, flat wall structures and tanks. It has not been widely adopted due to the high costs and manufacturing difficulty in traditional manufacturing techniques. Although major progress and significant cost savings have recently been discovered and slowly being implimented into the marketplace.
A growing market for corrosive resistant Polymer concrete sewer manholes is revitalizing precast polymer concrete. This is allowing for competition and innovation making the products more avaliable and affordable. Used in both new construction and rehabilitaion of manholes, polymer concrete carries a corrosive resistant property to toxic and corrosive sewer gases and bacteria in the systems. Polymer concrete is seen as a solution to corrosion resistance in sewer manholes just as PVC has been found as a affordable and lasting solution in smaller diameter sewer pipe. Polymer conrete structures also require no coating or welding of PVC protected seams in traditional concrete structures.
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