Increasing demands on formwork systems and plant equipment used in the production of precast concrete elements require employers to implement additional occupational safety measures. In particular,...

Mixing concrete for more than 1100 windmills of Europe’s biggest wind farm is no small task. Which is why Tecwill Oy, a Finnish expert for concrete batching plants, puts his trust in a twin-shaft...

Every three years the congress of the Federation of the European Precast Concrete Industry (BIBM – Bureau International du Béton Manufacturé) will take place in a different European country. The last...

In our BFT May issue we had already reported that C&G Pigment founded a European subsidiary. In a conversation with the BFT editor-in-chief, Axel Schneider, Managing Director C&G Pigment Europe,...

In particular, in modern mixing plants the exact measurement, calculation and water dosing are often carried out by the control in combination with a moisture measuring sensor in the mixer or / and...

The new storage building of the world’s northernmost gin and whisky distillery looks at first glance as if boarded with old charred wooden planks. In reality, the barrel storage building has a...

With products from Omnicon, wind power plants, bridges and many other structures stand on a firm foundation. They enhance the surfaces around the Eiffel Tower, and they turn run-of-the-mill paving...

Beaver Gulf is one of the largest precast factories in the region, with a capacity to produce over 2.5 mio. m² of precast panels per year, located in Dubai. Beaver Precast Gulf called upon the precast...

A new fully automated Bamtec Evolution production line was put into operation at the production site of the Atterer Stahlcenter GmbH steel processing company; the system was supplied by Progress...

Since the introduction in 2005 of the “mixer with sequence automation and process data control,” initially known as the “mixer with university control,” more than 50 institutions around the world have...

Adhesions and wear that occur at transition points and on discharge funnels, mostly result in unscheduled downtimes. Cost-intensive repairs on the greater part of the production processes can be...

After more than 5 years as head of the design and development department, the managing partners Hermann and Wolfgang Weckenmann appointed Martin Schatz (48) as another member of the management team of...

Since the foundation of mbk Maschinenbau GmbH by Georg Pfender, in 1961, the company – with its technical expertise, ingenuity, high quality standards and close cooperation with customers – has...

Industry calls for concepts with a focus on highest efficiency and maximum reliability. MBK, manufacturer of reinforcement mesh welding machines for the construction, concrete and precast industries,...