SUBMITTED BY: IAB WEIMAR

Innovation: Quality assurance for concrete blocks

The production of concrete blocks basically takes place on production boards on which blocks with green strength are transported to drying storage. The hardened concrete blocks are removed, on the boards, and are separated. Quality assurance currently follows before the blocks are transferred to the packaging station by an operator of the concrete plant. If no defects are established, the production boards bypass the quality assurance station. If defective blocks must be exchanged, the retention time of the boards is notably influenced by the number of blocks that must be exchanged. When the...

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