Automation and Controls
Modern concrete batch plants (both ready mix and central mix,) employ computer aided control to assist in fast, accurate measurement of input constituents or ingredients, as well as tie together the various parts and accessories for coordinated and safe operation. With concrete performance so dependent on accurate water measurement, systems will often use moisture probes to measure the amount of water that is part of the aggregate (sand and rock) material while it is being weighed, and then automatically compensate the mix design water target.
Concrete mixing plant is mainly composed of material weighing systems, material handling systems, material storage system and control system and other ancillary facilities. The batching unit, aggregate conveying unit, water supplying and additive agent supplying system, scaling system, mixing system, electrical control system and pneumatic system are centralized in one trailer chassis.
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