Transportation and Placing

Equipments

By Ashwini Kadam

TRANSPORTING EQUIPMENT
TRANSIT MIXER

TRANSIT MIXER

It is one of the most popular equipment in which mixer drum is

manufactured in India or imported.
The capacity of varies transit mixer are
Nominal capacities

4 to 12 Cu.m

Hydraulic drive of mixer

Separate engine driven or drive

by truck engine

Water tank capacities

190 to 2000 liters

Mixer trucks

Twin axel for 4 Cu.m

Choice of drum drive

Depends on the following factors

Truck has a less powerful engine.
Fuel tax reduction may apply in certain countries.
The truck engine driven mixer is lighter in weight and less
costly r just before unloading.
This is done as per international standard water addition
systems are available for effective mixing.
Optimum water is feed in at the front and rear of the
drum.

Truck mounted mixer

Earlier

for transporting the fresh concrete from

batching plant to site
Truck mounted mixer consisting dumper &
agitator cars were used
But due the low efficiency & need long mixing
duration changes will be occurs

Special transit mixer

This

equipment has metal shields over the mixer

drum & water tank
The drum is also encased in jute water sprinkled
on it to keep cool & moist
This shielding & evaporative cooling effects
appropriate reduction of temperature.

Placing Equipments
Concrete

Pumps
Placer Booms

CONCRETE PUMPS

INTRODUCTION
Pumping of concrete is universally accepted as one of the main
methods of concrete transportation & placing. Adoption of pumping
is increasing throughout the world as it is more reliable.

HISTORY
The first patent of concrete pump was in U.S.A . Till 1930 concrete
pumps were manufactured with sliding plates in many countries. By
about 1950s and 1960s this method was widely used in Germany and
about 40% of concrete was placed by pumping.

CONCRETE PUMP

TYPES OF PUMPS
Today there are three types of concrete pumps being
manufactured
Piston pump
Pneumatic pump
Squeeze pressure pump

CLEANING OF CONCRETE PUMPS

Following steps are involved in cleaning of pump:

After you finished with your pour, point your pump in a safe direction and
let the remaining concrete run out. Be patient and keep the pump running
until all rattling inside has ceased.

Rinse out and scrub the hopper with a brush. Scrub thoroughly to make sure
no setting concrete sticks to the sides of the hopper.

Run water through the pump. Using the water tanks on a mixing truck, a
local source or the pumps reserve, run water through the pump to flush it
out. Don't stop until the water is running clear.

Clean the joints. Remove the clamps holding the pipes together and clean
the individual joints with the scrub brush.

Rinse the entire unit. A concrete pump can splatter concrete quite a distance
from where it's pumping. Rinse the entire unit before leaving the job site,
even the truck parts not used in the pumping.

PLACER BOOM

PLACER BOOM

The pump is mounted on a truck & equipped with a

revolving boom to which a fixed length delivery lune is
connected
The line is made of steel pipe, commonly of 5 inches in
diameter
Similarly, to separate pipeline here to the end of the line has
flexible pipe, 9 to 12 ft. Long connected to it