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Concrete pipe factory on a greenfield site

• Fig. 1 General layout
  of the facility.

• Fig. 2 Kevin Thompson (right) and Steve Bakonyi,...

• Fig. 3 Mixing plant.

• Fig. 4 Aggregate hoppers.

• Fig. 5 Straightening of wire takes place in a...

• Fig. 6 A complete set of mold jackets for one...

• Fig. 7 Switchover to another effective length.

• Fig. 8 The area around the turntable of the Radial...

• Fig. 9 Vibratory table are
  compacting the base...

• Fig. 8 Box culverts.

• Fig. 9 Forms are manufactured from individual...

• Fig. 10 The modul in detail.

• Fig. 11 Base rings: also assembled from segments.

• Opener

Very green the site is not. But after 56 consecutive days of maximum temperatures of around 37° C this is no wonder. Recently a state-of-the-art production facility with an RP 1635 and a Variant 4000 was put into operation in Seguin near San Antonio, Texas/USA. The plant was brought up to full performance within a very short time and operates today with impressive results.

The factory was generously designed and process-oriented, as is possible on a greenfield site. The general layout of the facility is shown in Fig. 1.

The company

AmeriTex was founded in 2008 by Kevin Thompson (Fig. 2), who himself grew up in a “family of pipemakers.” He decided to realize his own production of concrete pipes and related products. Construction work began precisely one year ago. The result is a state-of-the-art plant with 26 employees – 20 of whom work in production and storage and 6 in administration and sales.

A decision like this, even if made at a time when there was no bank...