Mobile concrete batching plants have accelerated the concrete industry. They offer flexibility, cost effectiveness and efficiency. They occupy less space compared to their stationary counterpart. Mobile batch plants offer advantage of fast relocation. This way they can assist in job completion at multiple sites as relocation is easier. If you construction requires a fast pace schedule to be followed, a mobile plant can be as effective as a stationary plant. If is however important to optimise its layout and components to make the production more effective.
If the layout of the plant is set properly it will ensure smooth flow of material, reduce the waiting time, help in maintenance and in short the productivity will go up. This can effectively increase the productivity and profitability of the mobile concrete plant. We would surely like to have a machine that will meet the needs of the project. Initially this task may feel difficult but it is worth the additional time and efforts.
Advantages of having an optimised layout of mobile concrete batching plant:
There are numerous advantages of having a proper layout. Maintaining the proper flow of the materials in the concrete plant is very important. At the time of deciding on the configuration of the plant, the site layout should be carefully considered. Site selection should be based on the best practices related to efficient operation.
Few of the advantages that can be highlighted are as:
- Smooth material flow
- Less downtime
- High on productivity
- Enhanced efficiency in the overall operation
- Easy maintenance.
- Decreased setup time
- Best utilization of the space
- Reduced wastage of material
- Increase safety and its compliance
Video of 75 m3 stationary concrete batch mix plant with 3 x 100 tons of storage silo’s:
Key considerations for optimised layout of the concrete batching plant
- Overall plant layout should be maintained which will not hamper maintenance. It should also not cause hindrance to flow of vehicular or human movement.
- Any kind of emergency movement or rescue should be considered.
- Space allocation for aggregate storage is crucial, if the aggregates are near to the feeding ramp it will be much easier / faster to feed.
- Aggregates should be on an elevated land or sloped land if possible. This will ensure that in case of rain the water will not hold back in the aggregates.
- Loading and unloading should be carefully considered as this may hamper the speed of vehicle movement.
- The mixer should be placed in such a way that easy loading of the ready mix concrete should be possible.
- The location of storage silos should be in such a way that they should be easy to fill and also maintain.
- Conveyor location should not hamper any process or flow. They should be easy to maintain.
- There should also be consideration for any future expansion or addition of any accessories. So the equipment placement has to be in such a way that it will facilitate additional component addition in future.
- The plant’s placement should be in such a way that suitable crane can be placed near for maintenance or for ease of dismantling the plant.
A properly planned concrete plant layout will enhance the productivity. It should also not allow any compromise on the safety parameters. As we work on the minute details from our customers we can assist them with pre-set layout for their Atlas concrete plant and enhance their output. Initial investment in this will help a lot in the long run. Contact us to know more about different solutions that Atlas can offer.
