16 South West Building & Construction
June-July 2012 HOPKINS CONCRETE
Investment in new plant
HOPKINS Concrete has successfully completed the commissioning of its new state- of-the-art batching plant at Wincanton in Somerset. ‘Working with Bryn Dixon and his great team from D&C Engineering, we have now installed an 8m3 Erie Strayer bowl mixer, the first of its kind in the South West,’ said Ben Legg, of Hopkins Concrete ‘At the heart of the mixer are
four buckets and four blades uniquely manufactured and positioned to provide the most thorough mixing action found in a drum mixer today.
‘As water, aggregate and cement are charged into the drum, the four blades work to pull the materials forward. The four buckets then act to plough the material back. As the drum turns, the aggregate, water and cement are continuously folded back together to provide a complete uniform coating of the cement paste to the aggregates.
‘The mixing action is, in
fact, so complete and thorough that the mixer has been approved for specification mix times in as little as 30 seconds. ‘This new plant will enable
New Plant 2012.
Hopkins Concrete has successfully completed the commissioning of its new state of the art Batching Plant on site in Wincanton.
Building on a solid foundation
When it comes to concrete and aggregates, there is nothing more re-assuring than contracting a company that you can rely on.
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01963 435 943
www.hopkinsconcrete.co.uk
Tythings Commercial Centre Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9RZ
Fax: 01963 34455
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