Curing Equipment Round Up
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- Published: Monday, 09 October 2017 16:16
- Written by Concrete News
Curing Equipment Round Up
CEI tracks cement savings in four-bin, aggregate-blending plant specimens
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- Published: Thursday, 07 September 2017 15:45
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Demonstrations of the latest Fusion Hybrid-Process Ready Mix Plant, which is equipped with four aggregate bins and features performance-boosting design changes from the original model, reveal cement-optimizing potential. CEI Enterprises credits the Fusion series’ precision aggregate blending—applied to ready mixed concrete and mimicking methods proven in asphalt pavement mix production—with a 17 percent cement savings versus standard methods. Aggregate blending, coupled with established cement and water metering, represents a hybrid process that yields a matrix with fewer voids than concrete produced through conventional aggregate batching and transfer, CEI engineers contend.
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Campbell Concrete cuts wall, fin residual build up with DrumBlaster
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- Published: Thursday, 07 September 2017 15:32
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A charter DrumBlaster Daily Washout System that Brisbane, Australia, developers unveiled two years ago for ready mixed concrete fleet demonstrations in Sydney and The Netherlands has been fine tuned and prepared for the global market.
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Market gains augment Kenworth’s timely T880 series build out
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- Published: Thursday, 07 September 2017 15:41
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Kenworth Truck hosted a mid-summer gathering for concrete, equipment and trucking publications to showcase T880 series models, geared to concrete mixer, dump and other vocational market applications. Between company headquarters and a demonstration track in Kirkland and Snoqualmie, Wash., Kenworth management, marketing and engineering staff reflected on a favorable truck market outlook; customers’ embrace of the set back axle T880, well positioned after three years on the market and much on track to succeed the longstanding T800 model; solid response to the T880S, a set forward axle version introduced at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017; Paccar MX engine and powertrain components’ increasing traction among T880 and T660 series deliveries; and, two proprietary front axles joining the Paccar Powertrain program.
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Filter Press, Reclaimer Round Up
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- Published: Thursday, 07 September 2017 15:25
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Concrete plant/yard space limitations, tightening storm and process water management rules, escalating waste-concrete hauling and disposal costs, and sustainability-driven water recycling measures are prompting more producers to invest in mix reclaiming and slurry filter press equipment. Concrete Products visits key players in both categories.
