Kost-Bet/Masa

High-value paving blocks (video)

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The paver washing plant of the new circulation line at Kost Bet

Figure: Kost Bet

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The hoppers containing the aggregates for the colored face concrete travel transverse to the movement direction across the belt conveyor transporting the aggregates to the block making machine

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The production plates with the fresh blocks reach the paver washing plant on the wet side of the production cycle

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The plates are lifted on one longitudinal side and move through the paver washing plant in an inclined position

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The curing chamber consists of 16 chambers, which are able to accommodate 308 plates each with dimensions of 1,400 x 1,400 mm

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View from the platform with the control panel container “Powertainer” to the opposite dry side with centering device, transfer unit and cubing system

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The centering device releases the blocks from the plate, pushing them close together

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The core concrete is mixed by a Haarup mixer, the face concrete by an Eirich mixer (right)

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View of the plant with the new production facility in the foreground

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Joana Robakowska, the translator of Masa, with the company owners of Kost Bet, Krzysztof (left) and Pawel Matyja

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Kost Bet has been growing from a small manufacturer of gray paving blocks to a well-established specialist in high-value concrete products, as if in fast motion. Now, the third Masa circulation system was put into operation at the Silesian company. A XL 9.2 block making machine, a paver washing plant with three stations and other special equipment allow for smooth and fast manufacturing of high-quality products.

Poland has been developing enormously since the implementation of the market economy in the 1990s till today. The figures of the last five years alone are impressive: Whereas the long-standing members of the European Union (EU) such as Germany, France or Italy reported just modest growth rates in the years after the global economy and financial crisis, the rates in Poland were over 2 %; outlier was only 2011, the year immediately preceding the European soccer championship in Poland and the Ukraine showed an outstanding growth of 4.5 % and 2013 showing a growth rate of at least 1.7 %.

In 2015,...