Mold liner arrangement

A fabrication assembly for fabricating an elongate concrete article in a substantially upright configuration, including:

• a core assembly;
• an outer mold assembly defining a mold cavity between the core assembly and an inner molding surface of the outer mold assembly, the outer mold assembly being separable following casting of the elongate concrete article to strip the outer mold assembly from the elongate concrete article;
• a mold liner forming an intermediate layer between the inner molding surface of the outer mold assembly and the elongate concrete article being cast, the mold liner on stripping of the core and outer mold assemblies forming an outer containment layer to the elongate concrete article to form a mold liner and contained elongate concrete article combination, wherein the mold liner comprises one or more attachment portions located at a top portion of the mold liner for the removal and transport of the mold liner and contained elongate concrete article combination from the fabrication assembly in an upright configuration;
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• a concrete mix input assembly for introducing a concrete mix into the mold cavity.

A method for fabricating an elongate concrete article, including:

• casting a concrete article in a substantially upright configuration in a fabrication assembly, the fabrication assembly including:
• a core assembly;
• an outer mold assembly defining a mold cavity between the core assembly and an inner molding surface of the outer mold assembly, the outer mold assembly being separable following casting of the elongate concrete article to strip the outer mold assembly from the elongate concrete article;
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• a mold liner forming an intermediate layer between the inner molding surface of the outer mold assembly and the elongate concrete article being cast, the mold liner comprising one or more attachment portions located at a top portion of the mold liner;
• stripping the core and outer mold assemblies from the mold liner and elongate concrete article combination following the introduction of concrete into the mold cavity, wherein the mold liner forms an outer containment layer to the elongate concrete article to contain the elongate concrete article to form a mold liner and contained elongate concrete article combination;
• removing and transporting the mold liner and contained elongate concrete article combination from the fabrication assembly in an upright configuration by attaching to the attachment portions;
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• removing the mold liner from the elongate concrete article for post processing.