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Designed for use in buildings with light-gauge steel frame construction, LEVELROCK® CSD™ is the first poured underlayment that can be applied over metal framing systems or corrugated steel decks. The high-strength underlayment uses a gypsum-based concrete foundation that is thinner than poured-in-place concrete, creating a system that is up to 55-percent lighter per area than three-inch (7.6-centimeter) concrete. It is noncombustible and UL rated. Under normal conditions, the underlayment will set within two to three hours, allowing light traffic the following day. |
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AdvaTech's selective laser sintering (SLS®) technology can deliver a one-piece thermoplastic scale model built to exact specifications in less time and with lower cost than it would take to build the same model by hand. This allows architecture firms to present clients with a model the client can handle without concern. The ease and accuracy of the modeling process is improved, contributing to the efficiency of the entire design process. |
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In a step toward reducing the construction industry's environmental footprint, The Mohawk Group introduces Encycle™, a patent-pending, modular carpet backing system free of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It is the only carpet tile designed with three thermoplastic layers and no water-based components, enabling complete recyclability back into itself without separation. The new backing system also incorporates thirty-five percent preconsumer recycled content by total product weight and uses twenty-eight percent less virgin raw material. |
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CeeLite's Light Emitting Capacitor (LEC) paper-thin panels are constructed of recycled compositions that are screen-printable and flexible. They can turn any surface into a light source. Powered by SYLVANIA phosphors, they provide 99-percent uniform surface illumination, consume little power, and generate no heat. The panels range in size from that of cell phones to sheets of dry wall, and they are viable for either indoor and outdoor applications. Replacing traditional lighting where flawless surface illumination is required in floors, walls, ceilings, and within unconventional objects, the LEC technology offers lighting where it was previously impossible. |
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