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Light Weight Block Intro


EMCON Manufactures Light Weight Blocks by using Pumice Light-weight Aggregate. Pumice is
produced by volcanic action and its cellular structure is created by the formation of air bubbles
or voids, when the dissolved gases in the lava re-released on cooling. It is of an extremely low-
density off-white coloured clean rock, expanded in its molten state by entrained gases, thrusting
up from the volcanic core. The volcanic gases have effectively turned the lava, into foam, and it
is this multitude of enclosed air channels that gives Pumice such a low density. Pumice is used in
concrete masonry units, in its “natural” state, requiring only crushing and grading to size. Unlike
manufactured and by-product aggregates, Pumice does not require critical control processes
that give room for error and non-uniformity. Pumice has been in use for the last 30 years and
has proved to be a chemically and physically stable. Having a high degree of elasticity, excellent
thermal insulation, and light colour Pumice is a popular aggregate for the light-weight blocks in
Europe and the USA & Middle East.

Pumice is found in natural state in countries like Turkey, Greece and Italy where large range of
volcanic mountains and terrains are formed.
EMCON currently imports high quality, graded pumice from turkey which meets the requirement
BS 3797:Part 2 and ASTM C 331-81. The Light Weight Blocks are tested by Dubai Municipality
Central Laboratory and meet requirements of Local Order No. 44:1991.
EMCON was one of the first companies to introduce Pumice Light Weight Blocks in the year 1990
for Al Moosa Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, an Arena Project.
Light Weight Solid Blocks

Concrete masonry solid lightweight blocks are manufactured with the lowest density of 1100
Kg/m3 density. At Emcon, solid lightweight blocks are available with a face dimensions of 400 x
200 mm (L x H) and 390 x 190, with varying thickness of 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 mm.
 Shape & Dimension

Size (mm) Weight(Kg) Strength(N/mm2) Density (Kg / M3)

390 x 190 x 90 7 5 1100

390 x 190 x 100 8 5 1100

390 x 190 x 140 11 5 1100

390 x 190 x 190 15 5 1100

390 x 190 x 250 20 5 1100

390 x 190 x 300 24 5 1100

400 x 200 x 100 9 5 1100

400 x 200 x 150 13 5 1100

400 x 200 x 200 18 5 1100

400 x 200 x 250 22 5 1100

400 x 200 x 300 26 5 1100


Light Weight Hollow Blocks

Concrete masonry Hollow light weight blocks are manufactured with the lowest concrete density
of 1100 Kg/m3 density and the block density at 963 Kg/m3 to 688 Kg/m3. At Emcon, Hollow
lightweight blocks are available with a face dimensions of 400 x 200 mm (L x H) and 390 x 190,
with varying thickness of 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 mm.
 Shape & Dimension

Size (mm) Weight(Kg) Strength(N/mm2) Density (Kg / M3)
390 x 190 x 90 6 3.2 1100
390 x 190 x 100 6 3.2 1100
390 x 190 x 140 7 3.2 1100
390 x 190 x 190 9 3.2 1100
390 x 190 x 250 12 3.2 1100
390 x 190 x 300 22 3.2 1100
400 x 200 x 100 8 3.2 1100
400 x 200 x 150 10 3.2 1100
400 x 200 x 200 12 3.2 1100
400 x 200 x 250 14 3.2 1100
400 x 200 x 300 17 3.2 1100
Light Weight Thermal Block

Lightweight Thermo Plus Blocks are Lightweight Concrete Sandwich Thermal blocks. These
Blocks have a thermal core made of Polystyrene with 25kg/m3 density and lightweight pumice
weight concrete is at 1100 Kg /m3 density. These blocks are perfect for thermal insulation and
is mandatory for external walls due the polystyrene core and the Thermal insulation properties
of the Lightweight blocks. The blocks are available with a face dimension of 400 x 200 mm (L x
H) and thickness of 200, 250 and 300mm. The common thickness for the thermal polystyrene is
60mm for all three sizes.
 Shape & Dimension

Polystyrene Density
Size (mm) Weight(Kg) Strength(N/mm2) Image
Thickness(mm) (Kg / M3)

400 x 200 x 200


(Thermal LW 12 3.2 60 1100
Pumice)

400 x 200 x 250


(Thermal LW 16 3.2 60 1100
Pumice)

400 x 200 x 300


(Thermal LW 18 3.2 60 1100
Pumice)
Light Weight Hourdi Blocks

Hourdi Blocks are also called Filler blocks. They are used as fillers in the construction of concrete
floor or roof slabs to make the slabs hollow which improves the thermal values between the
floors
 Shape & Dimension

Size (mm) Weight(Kg) Strength(N/mm2) Density (Kg / M3)
420/380 x 200 x 150 7 3.2 611
420/380 x 200 x 180 9 3.2 619
420/380 x 200 x 200 9 3.2 589
420/400 x 200 x 200 12 3.2 702
420/380 x 200 x 220 10 3.2 595
420/380 x 200 x 240 12 3.2 628
370/350 x 200 x 240 10 3.2 576
420/380 x 200 x 250 12 3.2 549
420/400 x 200 x 250 13 3.2 613
400/360 x 200 x 250 11 3.2 579
420/380 x 200 x 280 13 3.2 585
420/380 x 200 x 300 13 3.2 524
420/360 x 200 x 300 11 3.2 482
370/350 x 200 x 300 13 3.2 582
410/390 x 200 x 300 13 3.2 546
420/380 x 200 x 320 14 3.2 553
370/350 x 200 x 340 14 3.2 556
410/390 x 200 x 340 16 3.2 578
400/380 x 200 x 350 16 3.2 576
410/390 x 200 x 350 18 3.2 636
410/390 x 200 x 350 16 3.2 580
420/380 x 200 x 400 18 3.2 573
Light Weight Ponce Block

Using the same materials for the complete structure of the building – blocks, mortar and
concrete.
 Shape & Dimension

Size (mm) Weight(Kg) Strength(N/mm2) Density (Kg / M3)
400 x 200 x 200 9 3.2 1100
Building Applications

Pumice stone qualities are suitable for:

Building applications

 Production of lightweight structural elements (pumice concrete blocks)


 Production of lightweight concrete
 Insulations and floor fillings

LAVA pumice stone is a natural, chemically inert building material that combines several intriguing features:

 Low density (600-800kg/m3) when the sample is dry;


 Good compressive strength and satisfactory elasticity;
 Good thermal and noise insulating properties;
 A porous structure with low permeability;
 Non-combustibility
 Pozzolanic properties.

LAVA pumice stone's extraordinary qualities have been utilised by numerous industries in the US, Europe, Middle East
and Greece over several decades to produce high-quality building materials that comply with international regulations and
meet contemporary building requirements.

Pumice stone building products have the following advantages:

 Excellent mechanical strength-to-weight ratio;


Although approximately 30% lighter than traditional concrete, pumice stone features high strength values with
significant benefits for the structure's cost-efficiency and behavior (reduced dead loads and transportation cost).

 All types of lightweight concretes can be manufactured by altering the pumice stone's granularity and the
concrete's composition:
o Structural: Compressive strength > 15 Mpa, Density < 2000 Kg/m3
o Structural and thermal-insulating: Compressive strength > 3.5 Mpa, Density < 1400 Kg/m 3
o Thermal-insulating: Compressive strength 0,5 Mpa, Density < 1000 Kg/m 3

 Altering the composition of lightweight concrete, the element's geometry and pumice stone's granularity, we can
produce building blocks for load-bearing or non-bearing masonry:
o Compressive strength: 2,5-10 Mpa
o Material density: 900-1400 Kg/m3
o High thermal-insulating capacity
o Thermal conductivity λ=0,22-0,33W/mK
o Good sound dampening properties thanks to the pumice stone's porous texture that traps air, and high
soundproofing-to-weight ratio

 Pumice stone products are non-combustible and thus enhance the structure's fire resistance

 Pumice stone products feature good seismic behaviour


Pumice stone lightweight concrete is ideal for:

 Filling interior floors and shaping final elevations and inclinations before laying marble, tiles or asphalt membrane.
 Insulations, as either the final layer to form inclinations or thermal insulation for roofs or thermal-sound insulation
of interior flooring.
 Constructions and repairs, where reduced permanent loads and improved seismic behaviour are required.

More durable cities: A concrete that reduces energy bills for urban dwellers.

How great would it be to live or work in a building that saved you money? Well, you can in the French cities of Angers and
Perpignan, thanks to our range of Thermedia® insulating concretes! The special feature of these materials is that they
optimize the insulating abilities of external walls to reduce energy consumption.
Over three million households in France spend at least 10% of their income on energy bills. To reduce that level - especially
in terms of space heating - there is only one solution: improving the thermal insulation of buildings.

As part of our contribution, Lafarge in France launched Thermedia® 0.6 concrete in 2009, in partnership with the construction
company Bouygues. Its secret lies in its formulation, which improves the insulating properties of concrete by reducing thermal
bridges in external walls. The result is a 35% reduction in energy loss through the façades.

This innovative concrete is already serving urban dwellers in France and has already demonstrated just how effective it can
be! As part of an urban renewal project for a community on the outskirts of Angers, the developer and construction contractor
specified Thermedia® 0.6 for a four-floor social housing block of 62 homes. Using this material also saved 200 man-hours of
installation time.
In Perpignan, Thermedia® 0.6 has also been specified for the external walls of an office building used by occupational medical
services. As the largest project so far to use Thermedia® in the south of France - and the first in a seismically active location
- it also boasts another original feature: the aggregate used to produce the 530 cubic meters of Thermédia concrete was
based on LAVA pumice stone.

LAVA Mining & Quarrying Co - HERACLES Group of Companies - Member of LafargeHolcim


19,3 km Markopoulou Avenue, 19002 Paiania-Attica. Tel.:+30 210 2898462,+30 210 2898382, Fax:+30 210 2817778, http://www.lava.gr,
E-mail: lava@lafarge.gr

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