KINAST MASCHINENSYSTEME

SCC and state-of-the-art magnet technology put the spotlight on battery formwork

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1: Schematic view of Kinast battery formwork

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2: Managing director Gerd Kinast is presenting the battery unit from the side ...

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3: … and the hydraulic system for the clamping units installed on the end wall

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5: Detailed view of the end wall

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4: Top view of the battery formwork

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6: Battery unit for the production of loggia slabs at Mischek Systembau, an Austrian subsidiary of Strabag

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7: Kinast recently supplied Brüninghoff, a leading manufacturer of hybrid timber-concrete elements

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8: Battery formwork was also delivered…

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9: … to Gera for Max Bögl Group

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The BFT’s editorial team was quite surprised when, instead of the man in his late fifties they had expected judging by his voice on the telephone, an 80-year-old but nevertheless extremely spry gentleman introduced himself in the reception area of his company. Dipl.-Ing. Gerd Kinast founded Kinast Maschinensysteme GmbH in the town of Eilenburg near Leipzig in 1998, and still manages it today: “Today, we are active worldwide in plant and special-purpose machinery manufacture. Our expertise lies in manufacturing plants for the production of precast concrete elements. Our flat hierarchy and our...