Concrete Batching Plant Guide: Equipment, Fixed and Mobile Types, Mixer Options

Facilities that produce ready-mixed concrete are generally called concrete batching plants. In these plants gravel, sand, cement and water are weighed and blended according to predetermined proportions, and the resulting concrete is loaded into truck mixers and sent to the job site.

A plant is not a single machine but a group of equipment working together. Its main parts are the aggregate hopper that stores the aggregate, the cement silo that holds the cement, the mixer feed belt that carries material to the mixer, and the concrete mixer where the blend is made.

By installation type, plants fall into two main groups, and we manufacture both: fixed (stationary) concrete batching plants and mobile concrete batching plants.

Fixed plants are chosen for large-scale projects where the installation is expected to serve in the same place for many years.

Mobile plants come to the fore in shorter jobs and whenever the plant has to be moved to another site once the work is finished.

The choice of mixer, regarded as the heart of the plant, also depends on the project in which the concrete will be used. For this equipment we offer two options: the twin-shaft (TwinShaft) mixer and the pan mixer.