A concrete conveyor is heavy machinery used to transport mixed concrete from a truck or other containment system to another location for pouring and curing. It can be attached to a cement mixing truck or be a self-contained unit. The specific design can vary, but most have a hopper and a conveyor belt. It is useful for pouring large sections of concrete and can be manually loaded if it’s a free-standing unit.
A concrete conveyor is heavy machinery used to transport mixed concrete from a truck or other containment system to another location for pouring and curing. Sometimes the concrete hauler is part of a cement mixing truck and the hauler can be moved into place once the truck is parked. When the truck is in transport, the transporter can be moved flush with the vehicle body for safety and aerodynamics. In other cases, the carrier system is a self-contained unit that can be pulled into position by a tow vehicle.
Once in place, the concrete hauler will allow workers to mix concrete in one location and then transport the mixed concrete to another location quickly and easily so it can be poured on site. This is useful in situations where the mixing equipment cannot be located close enough to a mold or other location that needs mixed concrete. The concrete conveyor is also useful for pouring very large sections of concrete: the conveyor can be placed at the opposite end of the marked location, then moved as the concrete is poured over the large area.
The specific design of the concrete conveyor can vary, although most will have a hopper of some type into which the mixed concrete will be poured. This hopper will then release a metered amount of concrete at once onto the conveyor belt, which will then transport the mixed material to the other end of the conveyor system. Once the concrete reaches the end of the conveyor system, it will fall through a funnel or tube which can be manipulated so that a user can control where the concrete falls. The walls of the conveyor system will help keep the mixed concrete from falling off the sides, thus preventing the concrete from curing where it otherwise shouldn’t be.
If the concrete conveyor is attached to a cement mixing truck, the concrete will automatically be fed into the hopper from the rotating mixing drum. If the conveyor is a free-standing unit, it may be necessary to manually load the concrete onto the conveyor by a worker with a shovel. The specific process will vary based on the size of the construction process and the amount of access space available for transporting equipment and concrete. The length of the conveyor itself can also vary greatly based on the size of the job.
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