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Free floating screed
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<p>The free floating screed is a device pioneered in the 1930s that revolutionized the <a href="/facts/Asphalt_concrete/TTp7fXA6">asphalt</a> <a href="/facts/Pavement_(material)/m80ermWq">paving</a> process. The device is designed to spread and smooth out, or <a href="/facts/Screed/0jMxsLxJ">screed</a>, the material (e.g. <a href="/facts/Concrete/K6whGVNx">concrete</a> or <a href="/facts/Asphalt_concrete/TTp7fXA6">asphalt</a>) below it. </p>