BHS Sonthofen

Twin-shaft batch mixer used for major project

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There is a lot of space on the new mixer platform due to the compact design of the twin-shaft batch mixer

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BHS mixing station with twin-shaft batch mixer (DKX), head piece of the skip conveyor and weighing conveyor

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Twin-shaft mixers provide for a three-dimensional movement of the entire mixture

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Finished columns shortly before shipment to Algeria

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At present, a Muslim faith community is having the “Mosquée de l’Algérie”, worth approx. 1.1 billion Euros, constructed in the Algerian capital city. The prayer room of the mosque is a huge cube which will accommodate up to 35,000 people. The production of a total of 618 octagonal spun concrete columns used for the monumental building was not a common project even for the manufacturer Europoles from Neumarkt/Germany (for detailed report see BFT 8/2015 p. 44 ff.).

For this large project Europoles needed a new twin-shaft batch mixer of the DKX series of BHS Sonthofen in order to be in the...