Unitechnik

Control engineering modernized

Elbe Decken, with 20 production lanes, a storage capacity over more than 45,000 m2 and an annual production capacity of 500,000 m2, is one of Germany’s leading suppliers of precast prestressed concrete for floor slabs. In production of these products, various concrete quantities are needed at various times in the plant. The automated mixing plants must precisely determine the specific concrete quantities and their consistencies that must be made available at a given production site.

In addition, the concrete mixes from Elbe must meet the exacting quality requirements of laboratory concrete....

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