Masonry Magazine October 1994 Page. 47
PRODUCT UPDATE
TELESCOPIC HANDLER
ROUGH TERRAIN telescopic handler has a lift capacity of 3,000 pounds at 39 feet with an over all lift height of 54 feet. Its rear axle stabilization system provides increased stability when boom angles exceed 40 degrees. Comes standard with four wheel drive, four wheel steer and it has a variety of optional attachments including concrete buckets, truss boom and auger. Trak International, 369 W. Western Avenue, Port Washington, WI 53074.
CONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE COMES in four modules for use in the construction field. The software provides profit and loss analysis to indicate profitable resources, projects or clients. It also handles actual versus estimated variance reports, job billing and union affidavits, and tracks inventory levels of needed materials, reports stocking level status and places reorder requests based on vendor shipping lead time. Armor Systems, 324 N. Orlando, Ave., Maitland, FL 32751.
ENGRAVED MASONRY
PRE-GLAZED CONCRETE masonry wall units are now available with integrally engraved designs and signs. Designers may specify standard symbols or design their own. Available in a wide range of colors, including earth tones and custom hues, the engravings are sealed to be stain and chemical resistant. The Burns and Russell Company, Box 6063, Baltimore, MD 21231.
WATERPROOF CEMENT
A MIXTURE of calcium-aluminate cement, fine sand and other additives, cement, stops leakage wherever active water is present. Non-shrinking, non-toxic when set, and free from iron, it also protects against radon infiltration. Quikrete, 1790 Century Circle, Atlanta, GA 30345.
MORTAR GUN
THE GUN uses standard U.B.C. and premixed pointing mortars with a vibrator fed auger drive and an unbreakable polyurethane body. It weighs only seven pounds and holds a half gallon of mortar per load. Available with a variable speed drill or a universal drill mount that chucks to your drill. Quikpoint, 23 B Bradford Street, Concord, MA 01742
CAP SHADES
CAP SHADES are designed to shade the ears and neck from the sun and protect from the cold. They are available in different fabrics depending on the type of protection needed and they come in a variety of colors. Clement Enterprises, Box 1778, Cave Creek, AZ 85331.
FIREPLACE
COMPACT DIRECT vent fireplace for use in the bedroom, living room, dens, studies and entryways can use a 90° elbow and extension pipe or vent straight up through the roof, thus allowing installation along an interior wall, in basements as well as in corners. Ceramic fiber logs and an ember bed provide flames with a low Btu input. Heatilator, 1915 W. Saunders Street, Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641.
GLASS BLOCK
GLASS BLOCK panels are pre-fabricated, reinforced and assembled in white Portland cement and fine white sand with a latex additive. Four sizes are available: 24" x 24", 24" x 32", 24" x 40" and 24" x 48. Stepped curved walls are also available. United Panel Systems, 38 Kinkel Street, Westbury, NY 11590.