Mobile Concrete Mixer Advantages

he mobile concrete mixer is a combination materials transporter and mobile concrete mixing plant, mounted on a transport vehicle, a stationary skid mount frame, or a trailer. The mobile concrete mixer carries the component materials of coarse aggregates, sand, cement powder and water, used to produce fresh concrete. These materials can be mixed along with other admixtures to produce a specified concrete mix design, on a continuous or intermittent basis, on site where the mix is to be poured.

The mix design produced by the mobile concrete mixer is calculated for a specific strength or designed to have certain desirable finishing properties. The mobile concrete mixer proportions the mix using known volumes of the component materials in the mix design.

The following examples are just a few of the top advantages the mobile concrete mixer (also known as the Volumetric Mixer) has over other methods of mixing concrete.

1st:  These mixers are more efficient than other mixing types by reducing overall waste. The mobile cement mixer allows the user to produce the exact amount of concrete needed for the job as opposed to making an estimated amount before hand and having to deal with short loads or extra loads that must be used or discarded.

2nd: Mobile concrete mixers can make multiple mix designs from a single truck load. Volumetric Mixers do not require a separate truck for a curb and gutter mix design and another for flatwork, for example. All mix designs can be made from the same mixer truck, on the fly as desired. Also - mobile concrete mixers can change the slump of the mix during mid-pour if the conditions for finishing the material require this.

One other big advantage is that mobile concrete mixers allow for producing concrete in remote areas that may be difficult if not impossible to get to in a timeframe necessary to prevent “hot loads” or concrete that begins to set up before it is ready to be placed on the ground. Since the materials in a The fact that these mobile cement mixers are mixed on site, there is no limit to the distance can be traveled to get to the concrete where it needs to be. In addition, there is no requirement to add chemicals that slow down the set process of concrete or to add additional water to the mix (known as hydration).

The mobile concrete mixer is a machine that is ideal for a world where development and construction is taking place in every corner of the globe driving demand for concrete in areas that do not have the infrastructure to produce concrete from a batch plant. It is also ideal for the company that is no longer willing to pay for "ready mixed concrete" but wants the advantages that are presented to control cost, quality and the delivery schedule of the concrete mix they require.

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