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The SAM is the air meter of the future.
TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CONCRETE WITH THE SAM
The SAM is the air meter of the future.
Behind the Innovation
Behind the Innovation
Super Air Meter is committed to helping owners achieve the maximum longevity of their concrete structures.
Join us as we pave the way to a brighter, stronger, more sustainable concrete future!
LEARN MORE ABOUT SAM
MEET OUR LEADER
AND FOUNDER
Dr. Tyler Ley
Founder and CEO
Dr. Ley is the inventor and founder of Super Air Meter, an innovative concrete air entrainment solution that can dramatically improve the freeze-thaw durability of concrete. He has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of structural and concrete materials engineering. His experience includes working as an engineer with a design consultant, construction contractor, government agency, and as a professor. He is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Oklahoma State University where he was named the outstanding professor at a research university by the Oklahoma Foundation of Excellence in 2018.
Dr. Ley was recognized as one of the Most Influential People in the Concrete Industry by Concrete Construction Magazine in 2019. He is active in the American Concrete Institute and is a voting member of the Concrete Durability, Material Science, Concrete.
Proportioning, and Sustainability Technical committees. He also serves on the executive committee of the National Concrete Consortium, a group made up of DOT engineers from 35 different states. His websites are visited by over 50,000 people per year and his education content on YouTube has been watched over 6 million times. Learn more about Tyler Ley here.
MEET OUR CO-FOUNDER
AND TRAINER
Jake LeFlore is the Co-inventor, Operations Manager, and founding partner of the Super Air Meter. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in Business Management. He has a wealth of experience in concrete materials and testing, transportation construction and maintenance, electrical work, commercial and residential construction, business operations, and distribution networks.
Jake LeFlore is also the operations manager and founding partner of Concrete Phoenix LLC. A water to cement ratio test for fresh concrete, patent pending. He is also a published co-author and concrete researcher at Oklahoma State University since 2011 in 3 separate publications: Field and laboratory validation of the sequential air method, Determining the air-void distribution in fresh concrete with the Sequential Air Method, and Improving Specifications to Resist Frost Damage in Modern Concrete Mixtures. He is also an evaluator for the Oklahoma Highway Construction Materials Technician Certification Program for concrete and aggregates testing certification and a master trainer on the SAM assisting state DOT's and private entities, conducting courses on the SAM in over 10 states.
Jake LeFlore
Co-Founder
Super Air Meter LLC was organized in 2014 by Dr. Tyler Ley and Jake LeFlore. The SAM is a patented test device and test method. It performs the AASHTO T 395 Standard Method of Test for Characterization of the Air-Void System of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Sequential Pressure Method.
The company is currently headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The SAM Measures What Matters About Your Concrete.
WHAT KIND OF AIR VOID SYSTEM DO WE NEED?
The Super Air Meter
The ideal air-void system consists of small and well dispersed bubbles.These specifications are a simplification of research done over 60 years ago by Klieger (1952, 1956). Recent research has shown that using total volume of air is conservative for some mixtures and not satisfactory for others. Modern concrete mixtures use very different admixtures, cements, and construction practices than when Klieger’s original research was completed.
Most modern specifications require an air content of 6% +/- 1.5%.
This is why the bubble size and spacing are the two most important parameters in determining the effectiveness or the quality of the air-void system (Powers 1949). Because historically these two parameters are difficult to measure in fresh concrete, most specifications instead require a certain volume of air in the concrete. Read More
WHAT KIND OF AIR VOID SYSTEM DO WE NEED?
The Super Air Meter
The ideal air-void system consists of small and well dispersed bubbles.These specifications are a simplification of research done over 60 years ago by Klieger (1952, 1956). Recent research has shown that using total volume of air is conservative for some mixtures and not satisfactory for others. Modern concrete mixtures use very different admixtures, cements, and construction practices than when Klieger’s original research was completed.
Most modern specifications require an air content of 6% +/- 1.5%.
This is why the bubble size and spacing are the two most important parameters in determining the effectiveness or the quality of the air-void system (Powers 1949). Because historically these two parameters are difficult to measure in fresh concrete, most specifications instead require a certain volume of air in the concrete. Read More
Concrete needs the right bubble size in order to survive in freezing climates. The Super Air Meter (SAM) is a modified version of the typical pressure method and can measure the bubble size and volume in wet concrete in about 10 minutes. This ensures you are placing concrete that is freeze thaw durable with more consistent air volume. The SAM also guides the user to make sure you’re testing the concrete right.
- Check what matters for freeze-thaw durability in 10 minutes.
- Design air entrained concrete to be more consistent.
- Measure the air void spacing and volume in fresh concrete.
- Use the SAM in place of your current air meter.
- Onboard sensing ensures the test is performed right.
- Use the latest concrete durability testing technology featured by the U.S. D.O.T.
Concrete needs the right bubble size in order to survive in freezing climates. The Super Air Meter (SAM) is a modified version of the typical pressure method and can measure the bubble size and volume in wet concrete in about 10 minutes. This ensures you are placing concrete that is freeze thaw durable with more consistent air volume. The SAM also guides the user to make sure you’re testing the concrete right.
- Check what matters for freeze-thaw durability in 10 minutes.
- Design air entrained concrete to be more consistent.
- Measure the air void spacing and volume in fresh concrete.
- Use the SAM in place of your current air meter.
- Onboard sensing ensures the test is performed right.
- Use the latest concrete durability testing technology featured by the U.S. D.O.T.
Sam Is Used Around The Country
The Super Air Meter is in use by Departments of Transportation
and other organizations in over 30 states
MAKING CONCRETE IS HARD
MAKING IT STRONG, DURABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
Out With The Old & In With The New
Standard Air Meter
Super Air Meter
Benefits of the Super Air Meter (SAM)
- Check what matters for freeze-thaw durability in 10 minutes.
- Design air entrained concrete to be more consistent.
- Measure the air void spacing and volume in fresh concrete.
- Use the SAM in place of your current air meter.
- Onboard sensing ensures the test is performed right.
- Latest concrete durability testing technology featured by the U.S. D.O.T.
Out With The Old & In With The New
Standard Air Meter
Super Air Meter
Benefits of the Super Air Meter (SAM)
- Check what matters for freeze-thaw durability in 10 minutes.
- Design air entrained concrete to be more consistent.
- Measure the air void spacing and volume in fresh concrete.
- Use the SAM in place of your current air meter.
- Onboard sensing ensures the test is performed right.
- Latest concrete durability testing technology featured by the U.S. D.O.T.
Producing Freeze-Thaw Durable Concrete
When concrete is in a wet environment and exposed to freeze-thaw (F-T) cycles then tensile stresses develop within the concrete. Localized damage to the surface of concrete can also occur when deicing salts are used. Concrete is most at risk for this type of damage when it is close to being saturated. This can lead to damage in just a few F-T cycles
Why Do We Entrain Air In Concrete?
To protect concrete from F-T damage, a soap or surfactant, called an air entraining admixture (AEA), is added while the concrete is mixing. An AEA helps stabilize air-voids that are spherical and typically between 0.0005” and 0.05” in diameter.
After the concrete hardens, these voids can reduce damage from freezing. In addition, entrained air also improves the workability of fresh concrete, and can reduce segregation and bleeding.
Entrained air will reduce the strength of the concrete mixture. Typically for every 1% increase in air content this causes a reduction in the compressive strength of about 500 psi. While entrained air is important to the F-T durability of concrete, it is also critical to use F-T durable aggregates, and a cement paste that is strong and moisture resistant.
Producing Freeze-Thaw Durable Concrete
When concrete is in a wet environment and exposed to freeze-thaw (F-T) cycles then tensile stresses develop within the concrete. Localized damage to the surface of concrete can also occur when deicing salts are used. Concrete is most at risk for this type of damage when it is close to being saturated. This can lead to damage in just a few F-T cycles
Why Do We Entrain Air In Concrete?
To protect concrete from F-T damage, a soap or surfactant, called an air entraining admixture (AEA), is added while the concrete is mixing. An AEA helps stabilize air-voids that are spherical and typically between 0.0005” and 0.05” in diameter.
After the concrete hardens, these voids can reduce damage from freezing. In addition, entrained air also improves the workability of fresh concrete, and can reduce segregation and bleeding.
Entrained air will reduce the strength of the concrete mixture. Typically for every 1% increase in air content this causes a reduction in the compressive strength of about 500 psi. While entrained air is important to the F-T durability of concrete, it is also critical to use F-T durable aggregates, and a cement paste that is strong and moisture resistant.
See how It Works
We have an extensive library of videos on how to use, specify, and design concrete with the SAM. We also have videos to explain how and why the SAM works and how it is useful.
See how It Works
We have an extensive library of videos on how to use, specify, and design concrete with the SAM. We also have videos to explain how and why the SAM works and how it is useful.
CHAMPIONS OF CONCRETE
"I will require the SAM as part of our internal Quality Assurance/Quality Control program. It is important to me to provide the highest quality concrete as possible, and the SAM is a tool that we must have to do that."
Jason Adams
President & CEO
Megaslab
"
"Time is of the essence, to wait two months to know if something is going to pass or fail [can be frustrating]. People are driving over the roadways already. To have [results], to run the test, it just saves so much time and stress in the beginning and towards the end."
John Filiberto
Quality Control and Concrete Mix Design Development at All Island Testing Associates
"The SAM is the air meter of the future."
Frank Kozeliski
Michelle's Ready Mix
SEE WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
CHAMPIONS OF CONCRETE
"I will require the SAM as part of our internal Quality Assurance/Quality Control program. It is important to me to provide the highest quality concrete as possible, and the SAM is a tool that we must have to do that."
Jason Adams
President & CEO
Megaslab
"
"Time is of the essence, to wait two months to know if something is going to pass or fail [can be frustrating]. People are driving over the roadways already. To have [results], to run the test, it just saves so much time and stress in the beginning and towards the end."
John Filiberto
Quality Control and Concrete Mix Design Development at All Island Testing Associates
"The SAM is the air meter of the future."
Frank Kozeliski
Michelle's Ready Mix
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