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RAPID is a high-level programming language used to control ABB industrial robots. RAPID was introduced along with S4 Control System in 1994 by ABB, superseding the ARLA programming language.
Features in the language include:

Routine parameters:
Procedures - used as a subprogram.
Functions - return a value of a specific type and are used as an argument of an instruction.
Trap routines - a means of responding to interrupts.
Arithmetic and logical expressions
Automatic error handling
Modular programs
Multi tasking

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  1. M

    rapid set

    hi got a back of a toilet to tile its on plasterboard been told by topps tiles to use rapid set flexible is this right for this application i find topps very dear for stuff cheers
    • madmonk
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    • rapid rapid set set tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  2. K

    Rapid setting slc ?

    Hi all, does anyone know of a rapid setting slc that i can tile onto within 4 or 5 hours ? (or sooner if poss) going on a solid floor so flex is not essential. Most specs say foot traffic after 2-4 hours, but i need if poss to beable to lay the tiles the same day, Failing that would you go...
    • kev
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    • rapid rapid set setting slc tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  3. B

    Bondmaster Flexi Rapid set

    What is the general consensus on the forum for Bondmaster adhesives and grouts. A supplier close by now stocks it and its cheaper than the Bal i've been using. Thanks
  4. T

    Floorfast 20 Rapid

    Hello all I have had to use about 50 bags of PCI Floorfast 20 rapid on 2 jobs for a fast food chain because of the spec(i normaly use Mapei) and ive had nothing but trouble on the 2 sites, the tilers on site are telling me it is taking at least 7 hours to dry .. Has anyone else had the same...
    • Tony B
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    • floor floor tiling rapid usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  5. S

    rapid set,aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgghh!!!!

    thats my last bag of that,when doing walls,only been able to mix 4 inches in the bucket as im working in a 400 year old house,up 2 set of stairs in a bathroom in the attic,no window wouldnt mind if i thought id lose some weight, but im still shaped like a queen anne chair leg:mad2:
    • stevee
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    • rapid rapid set tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  6. S

    rapid set vs standard set

    I am considering giving up using rapid set(spf r) on the majority of my commercial work due to the high level of waste involved ,we lose countless of bags where subbies are knocking up gorilla buckets of rapid and having it set then throwing half of it in the skip,I am trying to guage whether...
    • Spud
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    • rapid rapid set set tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  7. K

    Rapid set to build up

    Hi All Have ripped out tiles from a bathroom i'm hoping to start on wednesday. In some areas mainly around the window the tile has pulled off the plaster back to the brick so need to build back up to around 15/20mm. If i use bonding coat/skim that i beleive would take at least 3 weeks to dry...
    • kaharrison9
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    • rapid rapid set set tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  8. W

    Benfer Flexible Rapid Set Tile Adhesive

    :incazzato: My local stockist decided to get this in now and I had to get it as it is an hours drive to the next nearest place. Honestly what a load of rubbish. Full of lumps - I had to sieve them out, it smears and drags rather than spreads and sets off too quickly so you have to keep making...
    • WHPES
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    • adhesive flexible rapid rapid set set tile tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  9. A

    rapid setting grout

    hi done a few jobs lately where the customer has bought mapei rapid set grout find it not very clever to work with just wondered if any1 else has had this problem,cheers .:mad2:
    • Abstract tiling
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    • grout rapid rapid set setting tile adhesive tile grout usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  10. Dan

    Free Pallet of Mapeker Rapid Coming Soon for JOTM

    Tile Giant and Mapei have teamed up to offer us a JOTM prize that you'll love. We're just having a think about which month this will be for and discussing whether we should do a one-off JOTM in the main tiling forum to allow all tilers registered on here to join in. We don't know if we'll go...
  11. A

    Daft question of the week....What is the advantage of rapid set?

    Hi All I was on site today with a tiler who had decided to follow my advice regarding anhydrite screed and used a gypsum based tile adhesive - suitable prep to the screed surface was carried out and an acrylic primer used. I asked him what he thought about the adhesive and whether he felt it...
  12. T

    Anyone tried profix rapid set fexible yet, made by BAL ?

    As above , got a sample from my local supplier for free to try out, retails at under £10 a bag, was wondering what it is like, anyone ? Cheers tubs :thumbsup:
    • tubs
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    • adhesive bal bal adhesive building adhesives grout rapid rapid set set tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  13. F

    Topps rapid set

    Is it me, or does this stuff go off quickly! I thought I had a short time with Webber SPF!
    • Fred
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    • rapid rapid set set tile adhesive topps usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  14. D

    Toppfix rapid set

    Doing a small 3m2 bathroom floor today and used Toppfix rapid set flexible for the 1st time to see what it was like. Mixed and troweled OK, tiles down for 1.30pm went for lunch came back to grout the floor about 3.30pm but there was still quite a bit of movement in the tiles. Toppfix is...
    • dhsanta65
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    • rapid rapid set set tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  15. Q

    Topps own brand single part flexi rapid set adhesive

    Has anybody used this, and if so is it any good? They sold me £200 worth in place of BAL SPF (I believe normal...not rapid) that I originally wanted. I am due to go pick up the 7 bags tommorow eve, but was wondering if I should ask them to swap for BAL?
    • Qwerty
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    • adhesive rapid rapid set set tile adhesive topps usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  16. M

    Topps rapid set flexible adhesive and BAL Primer

    Well topps supplied me with BAL primer because they dotn do the topps fix primer anymore. Now the feller couldnt tell me if I had to prime reverse and sides or both sides or indeed how to dilute the BAL primer. The Primer is BAL Acrylic Primer. Any ideas on mix and if I need to apply the...
    • mags
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    • adhesive bal bal adhesive building adhesives flexible grout primer rapid rapid set set tile adhesive topps usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  17. M

    which primer with topps rapid set (1st job)

    HI got my first job to do its not huge about 6 sq metres of ceramic tiles 310 x 450 mm in a bathroom. I have topps rapid set flexible adhesive and the tiles are biscuit backed with a red backing , however the tiles are a light stone colour. Im laying down 12mm ply and need a Primer...
    • mags
    • Thread
    • find a tiler job jobs primer rapid rapid set set tile adhesive tiling job tiling jobs tiling work topps usa which work
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  18. D

    rapid setting addy/skim!!

    the site I've been on lately, contractors have had a couple of their own lads doing a couple of bathrooms to keep them in a job I think. Well one of the rooms is the wetroom with the wedi former and a joiner is tiling it:smash: Anyway I went to ask him if he'd seen any rapid set white addy and...
    • doug boardley
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    • rapid rapid set setting tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  19. J

    rapid setting grouts

    just wondering if any other firm apart from ardex does rapid setting grout?
    • james
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    • grout rapid rapid set setting tile adhesive tile grout usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  20. G

    Rapid set grout

    I laid a trave floor last week trying to find rapid set grout. only ardex MG but in the wrong colour Microban wrong colour so used Mapei. You have to use a rapid set ady to reduce the chance of water staining on natural tiles so why does slow setting grout say its fine for natural stone? I dont...
    • groucho
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    • grout rapid rapid set set tile adhesive tile grout usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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