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[Infographic] Concrete Production Process

December 18, 2015 Shane Hedmond
concrete production process

The following is a guest post provided by MixIt, a concrete supplier in the UK.  They provide services such as: ready mix concrete, onsite concrete mixing, concrete pumps, concrete floors, floor screed, and drum mixer vehicles.  For more information about their company, visit www.mixit.co.uk

Most people think of concrete as a solid grey material. True, that is how it ends up, but it doesn’t begin that way.

Check out this infographic that shows the production process of ready mix concrete, right from pulling together the raw materials and aggregate, up the conveyor belt to the mixing plant before the final concrete product is loaded onto a mixer truck.

This production process takes place at one of the UK’s newest concrete batching plants, utilizing the latest batching technology to ensure the concrete created is of the exact proportions required for each job. You can even see the operator monitoring the levels of aggregate, cement and additives that are being added to the mix.

MixIt created this infographic to give their clients a better understanding of what happens when their concrete is created, helping them to recognize the importance of technology in the process.

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