Economical Solution - Pallet circulating system by Central Shifter

Here pallets are Transported / moved from Workstation to work station for shuttering, reinforcement, concreting, compaction, leveling, trowelling, curing & tilting with the help of Central / Side Shifter.

Advantages: - of Economical Concept for Pallet circulating System

1. Pallets are Transported from workstation to work station by Central / Side Shifter & are not need to be driven by Friction drive wheel, hence very less wiring.
2. Concreting on pallet for precast elements can be done by Speedy truck, which operates on diesel hence costly skip Bucket & Concrete spreaders is not required for concreting.
3. Only one vibrating stations is required instead of multiple vibrators under each table.
4. Only one Tilting stations is required instead of multiple Tilting stations for various table.
5. No gantry crane is required in the plant as all work of gantry crane can be done by Central / Side Shifter.
6. No transport carriages to bring out the ready elements of the factory are needed can be done by Central / Side Shifter.
7. Plant can be installed Open to sky (or with temporary shed) at Construction Project site, as Gantry cranes are not required within plant.
8. If the space is large enough one can do Natural curing, as our climate is hot & humid.
9. Very less wiring required hence less complication.
10. Very less power required.
11. Spares required is very less as fewer equipment’s are used compared to standard carousal system.
12. Very easy to move Dismantle & Transport plant as there are fewer equipment etc. like Pallets, Tiling table, Central shifter, Rollers and rails can be easily removed.
13. Installation of plant can be very fast & easy to maintain.
14. Only 1 or 2 gantry crane is required to be installed outside the plant for lifting precast element from titling table & store the same in stockyard.
15. Expansion for more production is very easy

Requirements to set-up Precast Concrete Element Plant: -

For Maximum annual production capacity of say 2,50,000 m2 / year of Precast Concrete elements like Solid load bearing External walls, solid floors, Double layer walls or precast elements with core insulation, Partition walls / Internal wall panel, Composite slab panel, Beam, Column, Staircase, Double Tee, Balcony compound wall etc.

For best production facility with expansion plus in future setting –up of Hollow core slab production & storage, a good size of Precast Concrete factory area Totally required is about 70,000 – 1,00,000 square meters. (Say 25 acres).

About 170 meter x 25 meters - 2 bays are required for Precast Concrete elements production workshop. One line is the ‘standard part production line’ for standard parts; the other is the ‘special part production line’, which caters for the time-consuming operations such as fitting special reinforcement, required for special precast elements. Where jobs require an especially flexible response the pallet can be moved across to the other production line. On one line pallet circulating system is fitted & on other bay is for Special elements, Beam & Column, Double Tee, Tilting Tables & Battery mould etc., (Based on pallets with dimensions of 12 x 4 meter & At an utilization rate of 60 to 80% this allows the manufacture of approx. 25 to 30 m2 precast concrete parts per pallet per hour)

Attached with above plant 5,000 m2 for Concrete Batching & mixing plant (Approx. 180 m3/hr.) with storage of aggregates, sand & having 2 - 4 nos. of Cement silos etc., Steam boiler plant, Area for Reinforcing preparation workshop with Tools for cutting & forming steel reinforcement along with Steel fabrication & general workshop machinery for repair & maintenance, general store area plus finish good storage area 30,000 – 50,000 m2, Quality control dept., beside this, it also need to consider Administrating Building with all utilities, Staff Quarters.

Other requirements are Drinking Water storage tanks & pump house, Transformer sub Station for 1500 - 2000 KVA, Weighbridge - 60T, Good internal Road etc. plus vehicles, Trucks, Wheel Loader, forklift & Cranes etc. Full load production personnel required is approx. 200 - 400 nos. And roughly construction period required for above is 4 - 6 months minimum.

This allows the company to cater to Residential housing, commercial and Industrial construction needs, including modular products for schools, and many speciality products in addition to floor slabs and walls.