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  2. Philippine units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A number of units of measurement were used in the Philippines to measure various quantities including mass, area, and capacity. The metric system has been compulsory in the country since 1860, during the late Spanish colonial period. [1] A mixture of Spanish units and indigenous units were used alongside American units in the 1900s.

  3. Bag (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary has a definition of "bag" as "A measure of quantity for produce, varying according to the nature of the commodity" and has quotations illustrating its use for hops in 1679, almonds in 1728 (where it is defined by weight as "about 3 Hundred Weight" i.e. 336 pounds (152 kg) in Imperial units) and potatoes in 1845 ...

  4. Cavan (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Other sources claim it was the equivalent of 58.2 kg. In all likelihood, this is a case in which some commodities began to be traded by weight instead of volume, and a “caban of rice” became a certain mass rather than a certain volume. One source states that before 1973 a cavan of any type of rice weighed 50 kg.

  5. CEMEX To Increase Cement Production Capacity in the Philippines

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    CEMEX To Increase Cement Production Capacity in the Philippines The objective is to satisfy demand in fast-growing market MONTERREY, Mexico & CEBU, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE) ...

  6. Dry measure - Wikipedia

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    Imperial units of volume are the same for both dry and liquid goods, and have a different value from both the dry and liquid US versions of the pint and quart: an imperial pint and quart are 20.095% larger than their US liquid counterparts and 3.21% larger than their US dry counterparts, while the imperial bushel is also 3.21% larger than its ...

  7. Ready-mix concrete - Wikipedia

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    Batching and mixing is done under controlled conditions. In the UK, ready-mixed concrete is specified either informally, by constituent weight or volume (1-2-4 or 1-3-6 being common mixes) or using the formal specification standards of the European standard EN 206+ A1, which is supplemented in the UK by BS 8500. This allows the customer to ...

  8. Concrete mixer - Wikipedia

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    This leaves only 18,000 pounds (8,200 kg) for concrete to be carried, as 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) is the tare weight of the truck. [7] Silvi Materials front discharge concrete mixer truck with three lift axles including one tag axle. This concrete truck was manufactured by Oshkosh Inc. This Kayaba Rocket concrete mixer delivers concrete in Japan

  9. Volumetric concrete mixer - Wikipedia

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    Volumetric Concrete Mixer A volumetric concrete mixer. A volumetric concrete mixer (also known as volumetric mobile mixer) is a concrete mixer mounted on a truck or trailer that contains separate compartments for sand, stone, cement and water. On arrival at the job site, the machine mixes the materials to produce the exact amount of concrete ...