Bachl strengthens precast division with new double-wall production

Figure: Progress Group/Karl Bachl

The carrousel plant in the newly erected production hall in Hengersberg was installed for double-wall production. With it, the Karl Bachl GmbH & Co. KG Group further strengthens it precast production

Figure: Progress Group/Karl Bachl

Norbert Peter, Head of the Group Business Unit Precast Plants (left), and und Werner Hörtreiter, Plant Manager of the Hengersberg precast location(right), are convinced that the newbuild and the modernization is a clear signal

Figure: Progress Group/Karl Bachl

The carrousel plant for the manufacture of double walls supplements the company’s portfolio. In the adjacent hall, lattice girder floors and precast stairs are already manufactured

Figure: Progress Group/Karl Bachl

An automatic insulation material cutter processes the thermal insulation panels by means of a water-jet cutting systems and forms them into the shapes in accordance with the CAD data transmitted to the cutter

Figure: Progress Group/Karl Bachl

The Form Master shuttering and deshuttering robot positions the shutters in accordance with the Infinity Line System: With the systematic combination of the shutter lengths, all centimeter lengths can be achieved. This eliminates the need for polystyrene elements

Figure: Progress Group/Karl Bachl

At the same time as the newbuild was erected, the outdated reinforcement production in the neighboring carrousel system for the production of lattice girder floors was replaced with a fully automated system. The Wire Center straightens, cuts and positions both reinforcing steel from coil and lattice girders

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The automatic concrete spreaders lower production costs and facilitates handling: The concrete is uniformly distributed, fresh concrete automatically requested

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The Karl Bachl Group, headquartered in the German state of Bavaria, is strengthening its precast division with a new carrousel plant for double-wall production and with its completely modernized reinforcement production.

Continuity and innovation are the two basic principles that characterize the tradition of Karl Bachl GmbH & Co. KG, in the Lower Bavarian city of Röhrnbach. The family enterprise, founded in 1926 as brickyard, soon took up the production of concrete and reinforced-concrete products in the late 1950 s. Over the years, the product range has been extended and new fields of business have been developed. Today, Bachl is a group of companies active in many areas – ranging from the manufacture of precast parts, insulation and plastics production to construction services. The company employs a...