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Concremote
The real time, in place measuring
device for concrete www.doka-me.com
Real-time concrete monitoring
Lifting concrete construction to the next level.

Concremote is based on the weighted maturity method which enables contractors, consultants and asset owners to measure
actual compressive strength as well as early age quality parameters of concrete. This ensures not only higher quality in construc-
tion, proper documentation and safer execution but can also save a lot of time and money in the construction stage.

Weighted maturity
method

The weighted maturity

method is a way of deter-
mining concrete strength
by considering time,
temperature and characte-
ristic values of concrete and
cement. These parameters
result in a so called maturity
of the concrete.

The fundamental base of

this method is that equal
maturity is equal strength
for a certain mix design.
Because of that, Concre-
mote can relate maturity  Maturity development of tested concrete
and compressive strength to
each other.

In-place measurements Covering all applications

Concremote provides in-place and real time data instead Concremote is applicable on slabs, walls, columns, rafts, civil
of test results of specimen which are cured under different structures or in combination with climbing formwork.
conditions than actual structures and do not reflect the actual
concrete strength of a structure.

Concrete cube tested for compressive strength Slab sensor and wall sensor during application

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High-end Devices
Enhancing a revolution in construction.

Calibration box

The calibration boxes come with three cube moulds each and
are designed to measure the temperature development of
concrete cubes.

The collected data is used for calculating concrete maturity

while the cubes are tested one after another during the
calibration.

 Calibration box

Slab sensor Cable sensor

The slab sensor is simply placed on the surface of the slab
and automatically switches on when the measuring tip points
downwards. Switched on, the sensor starts measuring and
transmitting temperature data via GSM network to the Con-
cremote data centre. After the measurement is completed the
sensor can easily be removed again.
The cable sensor consists of two components, the cable sen-
sor as transmitting device and, depending on the application,
the respective measuring unit. For wall measurements, a so-
called wall sensor measures the concrete temperature through
the formwork and is connected via cable to the cable sensor.
For applications where internal temperature measurements
are required, a cable with one or three temperature probes is
placed inside the concrete and connected to the cable sensor.
As soon as one of those two measuring units is connected to
the cable sensor the data transmission starts.

 Slab sensor switched off

 Cable sensor

 Slab sensor switched on

 Measuring cable  Wall sensor

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 Calibration is key
Knowing a mix design means knowing it’s potential.

In order to relate the measured maturity of a certain structure to actual compressive strength, the used mix design has to be
calibrated once.

Calibration

The calibration is made

by casting six cubes, Compressive strength TemperatureA Maturity Correlation cu rve Data ttachments

measuring their temperature CORRELATION CURVE Refresh graphP rint

development and testing
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their compressive strength
Compressive strength in N /mm² (MPa)

Results of the compressi ve test

at a certain maturity. This (cube/cylinder )
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leads to a correlation curve
Regressi on Curve
between maturity and
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compressive strength. Correlation Curve

0
100 1000
Strength development maturit Ch

 Correlation curve

 Concrete cubes in the calibration box

Target value

Before calibrating the con-

crete, the target value has to
be defined. This target value
can vary, depending on the
application.

ƒ early striking
ƒ post tensioning
ƒ climbing operations

The principle of this calcula-

tion is the ratio between the
loads during construction
and the loads in the final
 Target value calculation state.

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Advancing workflows
Concremote improves workflows effortless.

During application, the Concremote sensors regularly measure the temperature development of the fresh concrete and transmit
the data to the Concremote data centre. The strength development is calculated and immediately accessible in the Concremote
web portal, login.doka.concremote.com.

 All data is accessible in real-time and provides information for decision makers

Web portal

All measured data is availa-

ble through the web portal Compressive strength TemperatureM aturity Correlation curve Data Attachments
and will be stored in the COMPRE SSIVE STRENGTH
Target value reached
Refresh graph Print
Concremote data centre.
Compressive strength in N/mm² (MPa)

This ensures proper docu-

mentation in terms of quality
assurance. Temperature, Strength development of concret e

Target value stipulated by site

compressive strength,
maturity and the correlation
curve are available for every
measurement.
Time

 Typical measurement in the web portal

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Benefits speaking for themselves
Contractors, consultants and asset owners are benefitting.

TIME COST QUALITY BUSINESS VALUE

-47% -32% +55% +40 %

Contractors Consultants Asset owners

ƒ safer construction ƒ documentation “as built” ƒ investment is “open for service”

ƒ time savings
ƒ formwork optimization
ƒ workflow optimization
ƒ crack width limitation
ƒ remote data access
ƒ accurate post tensioning
ƒ fair faced concrete quality
ƒ reliable quality assurance
ƒ actual in-place results
ƒ temperature controlling
ƒ thermal stress reduction
ƒ confident decision making
sooner
ƒ ensures sustainable investments
ƒ documentation “as built”
ƒ continuous information flow

Contractors reduce costs and Consultants have a better base of Asset owners can ensure an
save time while optimizing work- making decisions and better docu- extremely long service life for their
flows. mentation. investment.

Crack width limitation Reduction of

formwork costs

Data access from

Optimization of everywhere
formwork utilization

Accurate timings for

post tensioning

Real time concrete

strength measurement
Faster striking
of formwork

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Accredited by specifications
The most important standards around the world include the weighted maturity method
as a reliable method of determining compressive strength.

ASTM EUROCODE GERMAN BRITISH TURKISH

STANDARD STANDARD STANDARD

References

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