Method for adapting an existing concrete products forming machine for forming infused concrete products

A method of retrofitting an existing concrete products machine (CPM) of a type having a feed drawer, a mixing chamber, and a mixer in communication with the mixing chamber for mixing concrete used to form the concrete products for forming concrete paver products and the like, wherein the apparatus comprises an existing component located upstream of a product mold including the feed drawer and the mixer that is adapted to deliver treated concrete to the product mold, the method comprising:

• adapting the existing component to treat fresh concrete to be delivered to the product mold by a new component with treated water infused with a concentration of a nanobubbles to yield an infused wet concrete, wherein the step of adapting comprises adding to the existing component a water delivery system that is configured to direct the treated water into the fresh concrete maintained within a mixing chamber having an opening in pre-aligned communication with the feed drawer,
• wherein the new component further comprises a nanobubble generator operatively coupled to supply the water delivery system with treated water having a desired concentration of nanobubbles of carbon dioxide, and
• wherein the nanobubble generator of the new component further comprises a nanobubble generator pump, a source of gas, a storage tank, a detector within the storage tank, and a nanobubble generator loop comprised of the pump and tank through which the treated water is flowed to add an additional concentration of nanobubbles of the gas to the treated water.