Method and apparatus for collecting waste concrete
AssigneeElematic Oy Ab
InventorAimo Seppanen
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for collecting waste concrete, where slipform cast and eventually precut concrete product are led to a sawing station, where the concrete product is subjected to desired sawing processes and the sawn product is led out of the sawing station by means of a conveyor line, after which the sawn concrete products are lifted away from the conveyor line while leaving the waste concrete produced by sawing on the conveyor belt to be moved along the conveyor line to a collecting container of waste concrete. In solution in accordance with the invention the filling of the collecting container of waste concrete is monitored and the feeding of the waste concrete is controlled based on the filling.
Claims18
A method for collecting waste concrete, where slipform cast and eventually precut concrete product are led to a sawing station, where the concrete product is subjected to desired sawing processes and the sawn product is led out of the sawing station by means of a conveyor line, after which the sawn concrete products are lifted away from the conveyor line while leaving the waste concrete produced by sawing on the conveyor belt to be moved along the conveyor line to a collecting container of waste concrete, wherein the filling of the collecting container of waste concrete is monitored and the feeding of the waste concrete is controlled based on the filling.
An apparatus for collecting waste concrete, said apparatus comprising a conveyor line (2) for transporting slipform-cast and sawn concrete products out of the sawing station (3) together with the waste concrete, and a collecting container (4) of waste concrete, to which the waste concrete is led from the conveyor line, wherein the apparatus comprises means for monitoring the filling of the collecting container and means (5) for moving the collecting container (4) with respect to the conveyor line (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.