Cement Gun

cement gun

[si′ment ‚gən] (mechanical engineering) A machine for mixing, wetting, and applying refractory mortars to hot furnace walls. Also known as cement injector. A mechanical device for the application of cement or mortar to the walls or roofs of mine openings or building walls.

Cement Gun

 

a device used to coat the surfaces of structures with mortar or a concrete mix. Soviet cement guns equipped with a sluice drum are designed for concrete mixes with filler no coarser than 10 mm and have an output of 1.5 cu m per hour; those equipped with a sluice chamber are designed for concrete mixes with filler no coarser than 25 mm and have an output of 4 cu m per hour. Both types are capable of delivering the mix over a horizontal distance of 200 m and a vertical distance of 30 m.

REFERENCE

Stroitel’nye mashiny: Spravochnik, 4th ed., part 1. Edited by V. A. Bauman. Moscow, 1976.

cement gun

A device for applying cement mortar as a spray; uses compressed air as the propellant.