Concrete Batching Plants

A concrete plant or batching plant is equipment that mixes several components to produce concrete, including water, air, chemicals, sand, aggregate (rock, gravel, etc.), fly ash, silica fume, slag, and cement. There are two main types of concrete plants;

dry mix stations, and wet mix stations. The concrete plant consists of several units or parts and accessories such as: cement mixer, cement silos, component silos, conveyor belts, heaters, coolers, dust collectors, controllers, and others.

The mixer is the heart of the concrete plant, and it has several types, such as Tilt Drum, Pan, Planetary, Single Shaft and Twin shaft mixer. A biaxial mixer provides a more homogeneous mixture but requires larger motors, while a tilting mixer provides a homogenous mixture with lower maintenance and cost.[1] In North America, the tilt-circuit model is more common, while the twin-shaft model is more common in Europe. The division of component silos ranges from 2 parts to 6 parts for storing various ingredients such as sand, gravel, etc.