Method and system for recycling concrete mass in a slipform casting process, and casting machine
AssigneeElematic Oyj
InventorsHeikki Lehtonen, Jouni Sirkka, Jani Eilola
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Abstract
A method for recycling concrete mass in a slipform casting process, where the concrete mass is first cast and compacted with a slipform casting machine comprising a restricted cross-section to form a concrete product to be cast and at least one concrete mass tank for feeding concrete mass to the restricted cross-section, and the cast concrete mass is removed from areas of the fresh cast portion of the concrete product, wherein the removed fresh concrete mass is conveyed and dosed back to the at least one concrete mass tank of the slipform casting machine. The invention also relates to a system and a casting machine for implementing the method.
Claims6
A method for recycling concrete mass in a slipform casting process, comprising:
- casting and compacting the concrete mass with a slipform casting machine comprising a restricted cross-section to form a concrete product to be cast and at least one concrete mass tank for feeding concrete mass to the restricted cross-section,
- removing the cast concrete mass from areas of a fresh cast portion of the concrete product with a digging arrangement of a finishing machine operating on a casting bed, wherein
- the removed fresh concrete mass is moved to a separate receiving bin in the slipform casting machine, from which the removed fresh concrete is conveyed and dosed back to the at least one concrete mass tank of the slipform casting machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.