Concrete 4.0
Potentials for digitizing the concrete production process
In previous research work conducted at the Institute of Construction Materials (Institut für Werkstoffe im Bauwesen; IWB) [1,2], a combined two-stage mixing concept was researched and developed further in order to enable fresh concretes to be reliably produced to uniform quality standards and high requirements in terms of workability and robustness. The key lies in digitizing all process steps of concrete production. Whilst the production and processing of conventional vibrated concretes is generally not a problem, building practice shows that high-specification concrete mixes with...
