Rapid, based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, said that the batching plant was installed at Collier’s Goathill Quarry in Fife.
Collier Group’s plant is built on a slope and includes five 4m-wide 80tonne capacity aggregate bins as well as three 160tonne capacity silos. The silos are accessed from the upper ground level, along with filler hoses to fill the four 2500litre admixture tanks located in the mixer building.
The aggregates fall onto a 23m-long horizontal weigh-belt which feeds directly into the Rapid planetary mixer, producing outputs of 80m³ of concrete per hour. This is the only conveyor belt used in the entire plant as the bins can be filled directly by loading shovel, dump truck or tipper.
The batch control cabin with computer controls from Pneutrol, truck mixer loading point and wet hopper are all located on the lower yard level of the plant. This is where the blocks and precast are manufactured, inside or outside depending on weather conditions. This makes vehicle management and material supply easier to control.
Rapid provide bespoke concrete batching plants for a variety of applications, including concrete, precast concrete products, soil or aggregate recycling, bulk material handling, glass production, RCC, CTB, mine backfill, paving quality concrete, coldmix – foamed bitumen emulsion and bentonite landfill sealing.
Rapid said that its design team uses 3D modelling software to develop a bespoke plant to suit the customer’s site, budget and application.
Rapid also recently supplied London concrete contractor MixIt with its fifth Rapid pan concrete mixer, the R3000. It was installed at the contractor’s ready-mix production plant at MixIt’s headquarters in Bow, London. MixIt bought its first Rapid unit 22 years ago for its batching plant at Bow and which is still producing more than 20m³ ready-mix per hour.
Rapid has delivered and commissioned bespoke concrete batching plants and continuous concrete mixing plants around the world including Russia, Belgium and West Africa.
