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Stephen invented a self-discharging motorized transit mixer that was the predecessor of the concrete mixer truck and applied for a patent in 1916. [2] However, the patent was rejected in April 1917 by the patent office because it was believed that a truck could not support the weight of a concrete mixer on top of it. [5]
The mixer already exhibited the still common basic construction with a tiltable conical drum (as double cone at that time) with blades. On February 9, 1904, the first portable concrete mixer was patented by Richard Bodlaender, an inventor from Breslau, Germany. [2] This concrete mixer was horse-drawn and called 'Mortar Mixer'.
Big Boy, a cement mixer truck, shows viewers how concrete is made and what it is used for. The cement yard receives a load of sand from Red, a Mack hopper semi-truck and a load of gravel from Blue, a Western Star hopper semi-truck who dump their loads into grates, the gravel is taken by a conveyor belt and the different sizes of gravel are ...
This is a mobile miniaturized version of the large stationary batch plant. They are used to provide ready mix concrete utilizing a continuous batching process or metered concrete system. The volumetric mobile mixer is a truck that holds sand, rock, cement, water, fiber, and some add mixtures and color depending on how the batch plant is outfitted.
He famously celebrated, much to some people's disgust, by towing his concrete mixer (named "Karl Marx" [6]) behind the mayoral Daimler in the 1983 Henderson Christmas parade. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Shadbolt's election represented the deep cynicism that many voters had felt about the Waitemata City Council, which was known for in-fighting.
Leading up to the holiday, the parents closed off the basement to keep the surprise from their kids. and 20 days later, on the Dec. 23, the project was complete.
The volumetric mixer varies in capacity size up to 12 m 3 and has a production rate of around 60m 3 an hour depending on the mix design. Many volumetric concrete mixer manufacturers have innovated the mixer in capacity and design, as well as added features including color, multiple admixes, fiber systems, and the ability to do gunite or shotcrete.
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