We put concrete into shape

Machines and equipment for

the building material industry
 SCHLOSSER PFEIFFER, Germany HESS AAC Systems, The Netherlands

HESS Molds, Germany HESS Mexico, Mexico

HESS Group, Headquarters, Germany

A strong partner
For three generations the HESS Group has been a powerful and strong partner to the building ma-
terial industry. Continuous improvements and ambitious development of new technologies have
made us the technological leader in the concrete product industry. HESS provides a symbiosis of
HESS Machinery, Canada HESS TGM, Brasil
flexibility, product quality and speed, hereby combining everything you need in order to make your
project successful.

The HESS Group provides you the competitive edge in the field of concrete block and pipe making
machines, plants for the production of autoclaved aerated concrete as well as the associated com-
ponents and mixing plants.

HESS Lorraine, France HW Maschinenbau, Germany

HESS Tula, Russia HESS Middle East, UAE

HESS India, India HESS Langfang, China

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 Concrete block making machine RH 2000 High performance hydraulic system
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the highest degree of economic efficiency for the customer.

Cycle time optimized drive movement

Filler box with driven agitator
VarioTronic vibrator drives
Pneumatic tamper head clamping
Block making machines of the M-series are equipped with a CNC-control unit. All movements
of the axes of tamper head, mold and filler box are monitored and precisely controlled to 1/10
of a mm. All axes communicate with each other to enable overlapping travel movements for
optimum cycle times. A tamper head brake is not requiered as the hydraulic cylinders can be
held in exact position by the control. The integrated CNC control guarantees highly precise
movements with optimum cycle times. Furthermore these harmonic motions ensure an extreme
low-wearing operation of the machine.

Tamper head vibration Face mix filler box with planing roller, pneumatic Hydraulic power pack Diagnostics screen
scraper and rotating brush

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 Concrete block making machine RH 1500 Concrete block making machine RH 1400

A precision machine with high output

The RH 1500 is a powerful machine for high production volume. In spite of the short cycle times
the machine stands out for smooth mechanical movements due to the hydraulic system and a
special electrical control. A harmonic co-operation between electrical and hydraulic machine func-
tions guarantees a reliable and high output production of concrete products.
Cost effective solutions
The RH 1400 combines cost efficiency with optimized performance for high quality concrete pro-
ducts. In combination with the handling system, especially designed for th RH 1400, it is possible
to reduce investment costs, hereby retaining the advantages of a big board plant.

Mechanical height stop Table plate lifting device Vibration table MechaTronic vibration table Pneumatic mold clamping Control panel

Visualization Filler box with agitator Filler box with filling level indicator and driven agitator Pneumatic tamper head clamping

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 Concrete block making machine RH 760 / RH 780 Concrete block making machine RH 600

Block production for highest demands
Machines of the RH 700 series are designed for the production of 2,5 up to 6 blocks per board.
The fully diagnosable high performance hydraulic system and the full automatic mold change with
height adjustment, guarantees highest efficiency. Designed as a replacement machine the RH 700
series allows the use of an existing mold pool and foundations.
Modular expandable - suitable for your needs
What makes this machine type stand out is its modular structure. Depending on the market situ-
ation the customer can choose the level of automation for the wet line and the dry line. Later on
it can be upgraded to a completely automatic system. With the RH 600 the production capacity
can be increased in an economical way so the customer can react to increasing market demand.

Electric agitator drive Automatic height adjustment Vibration table Board transport Filler box with driven agitator Vibration table

Pneumatic mold and tamper head clamping Highly dynamic CNC hydraulic system Oil bath vibrators RH 600 VA

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 Concrete block making machine RH 500 The HESS oil-bath vibration /
Filler box planing roller

The HESS oil-bath vibration

Our patented VarioTronic system consists of a
simple mechanical structure and a fully electronic
control which is reliable and extremely accurate.
Frequency and amplitude can be adjusted indivi-
dually and produce maximum results during mold
filling and main compaction. Using asynchronous
servo motors, vibration angles adjust extrem-
ly fast. This causes a short vibration time and a
high product quality. The HESS oil-bath vibration
features vibrating shafts which are individually
mounted in closed casing which are filled with oil. The system provides significant advantages:

Compact design - wide range of products • permanent lubrication of bearings

• running dry inside the casing is impossible
The RH 500 has a heavy duty, compact structure with advanced electronic, pneumatic and mecha- • increased lifetime
nical modules. It can produce slabs, pavers, hollow blocks and similar concrete products in modera-
te production output. With a production height of 25 up to 300 millimeters it offers a wide range
of products. The mechanical height stop allows a production to a specific and accurate height.

Filler box planing roller

The HESS Group has developed a new,
adaptable system for the face concrete
filler box - the planing roller (pat. pen-
ding). It is a steel roller replacing the front
stripper frame of the filler box. The roller
is driven by a frequency controlled mo-
tor via a chain and independent from the
Tamper head guide Heavy duty filler box rails Hydraulically powered filler box
movement of the filler box. There are se-
veral advantages when producing paving
stones with the driven planing roller:
The roller prevents that concrete is „dug“
out of the mold when the filler box re-
turns to home position. This effect beco-
mes especially apparent when more wet
concrete is used or large-sized pavers are manufactured. Therefore the planing roller enables the
production with particularly wet concrete mixes which on the other hand improves the color in-
tensity, provides a more compacted surface and produces a better compound between course and
face concrete. As the product surface absorbs less water, a possible spalling of the face concrete
layer during frost is also obviated. Molds for large-sized paving stones can be charged evenly wi-
thout repeated forth and back movements of the filler box. This means more efficient cycle times
and high-quality end products. The filler box planing roller is available for the RH 2000 and RH 1500.
RH 500 VA Vibration table

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 Layouts

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Semi-automatic production with forklift racks Fully automated block making plant with product treatment

Examples of plant configuration

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The HESS Group is specialized on individual plant configurations. Hereby the various requirements
– from semi-automatic up to fully automatic block making plants, including surface treatment –
can be realized for our customers.

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1. Mixing plant
2. Concrete block making machine
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3. Elevator
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4. Finger car
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5. Curing racks / curing area
6. Lowerator
1 7. Cubing
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8. Board return / -buffer
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9. Transport of finished cubes
10. Splitline
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11. Surface treatment

Fully automated block making plant

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 Handling systems for concrete block making plants

Wet side

Lowerator with bypass Board turner Finger car

Stone layer doubling unit and cuber

Transfer and handling systems made by HESS

To make the production process of concrete products economi-
cal, efficient transfer and handling systems are necessary along-
side mixing and production machinery. To transfer, buffer and
store fresh and cured product, HESS offers a wide program of
proven solutions.

Especially with respect to paver production, cycle times under 10

seconds are no longer a rare occurrence. Therefore, the logistics
and the product flow between the wet and dry sides are deciding
factors in the quality and efficiency of the concrete production.

Fully-automated handling systems, which are designed for indivi-

dual customer needs are becoming more and more important in
the production of concrete stone products.

Board finger car Dry side

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 Value-adding equipment

Surface treatment of concrete products can be

succeeded in two different manners: Wet side
treatment between machine and elevator or dry
side treatment is mostly realized before cubing
with bypass solution. An optimized integrated
surface treatment line for cured products helps
to reduce the amount of operation processes
and hereby minimize additional costs.

Patented solutions provide producers the op-

portunity to gain a competitive advantage and
expand their product range with moderate in-
vestment expenses.

Washing machine

Splitting machine

Surface treatment creates variety

The demand for different shapes and surfaces grows constantly, especially when a manufactured
product is required to have the appearance of natural stone.

HESS has responded to this demand with the development of

several surface treatment systems, which can be integrated into
fully- automated production plants. This patented equipment is
combined with the necessary handling systems for:

• splitting
• blasting
• washing
• milling
• tumbling

of concrete products.

Cutmaster Tumblemaster

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 Tilt mold machines Special machines

Stationary HS IV Egg layer BF 80

Stationary tilt mold machines are used for the pro-

Mobile machines for low cost manufacturing
duction of curb stones, gutters, cable channels,
of hollow blocks, solid blocks, ceiling blocks,
solid steps as well as similar special concrete ele-
garden stones and similar concrete elements.
ments. HESS Group offers machines which have
Available with semi-automatic or full automa-
proven its worth in practice and enable economic-
tic control.
al production of special concrete elements.

Egg layer BF 80

Hydromat HS IV

Tilt mold machine Kolumbus

For rational production of extra small series of curb stones,
channel stones, gutter and turf stones. It is possible to use
Gutters
draw plates in the molds for planing and proper demol-
ding of the products.

Mobile HB III
For many years HESS offers this proven, mobile
Tilt mold machine Kolumbus Standard
tilt mold machine for economic production of
gutters, channels and other special products.

Step making machine

Hydropraktikant
Stationary machine for economic production
of step stones, block steps and similar elements.
Hydropraktikant

Swivel drive HB III Hydromat HB III

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 SM series compulsory mixer

Skip hoist

Separate drives for perfect mixing results in short mixing intervals

Mixers of the SM series provide the perfect solution for making concrete types used in the produc-
tion of paving stones, slabs, kerbstones, hollow blocks as well as pipes and manholes or for precast
concrete elements and ready-mix concrete. Thanks to their high mixing intensity, planetary mixers
are particularly suitable for the production of concrete types with low water/cement ratios to achie-
ve earth-moist concrete and self-compacting concrete types.

Many companies all over the world use HESS Group mixers with great success. Their outstanding
Color mix dosing
characteristics are: a very long service life, a high degree of reliability, excellent mixing performance
and minimum maintenance.

SM series mixers just give better mixing results

According to ISO 18650 definitions, mixing results with a variation coefficient of under 7.5% are
considered adequate. The faster a low coefficient is achieved, the better the mixer. The SM mixer
actually achieves a variation coefficient of less than 1%! And at very short mixing intervals!

Cement silos Face mixer

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 RADIALPRESS VARIANT

The high speed machine for

high end performance

The SP RADIALPRESS is a high-speed, high-

performance machine for the manufacturing of
concrete pipes in the diameter range i.d. 250
mm up to i.d. 2000 mm and lengths of up to
3,5 m.

Particular characteristic capacities of the

Schlosser-Pfeiffer RADIALPRESS

• High production rate

• High reliability at low wear
• Negligible noise level on account of the
production process
• Respectively separate drives for the distri-
bution- and compaction tools
• Easy to operate and easy to maintain
• Fully automatic concrete pipe production
• High hydrostatic drive power;
because of this highest quality for preten-
tious products, such as: e.g. jacking pipes, Variant
Thick wall- or reinforced pipes, with double Pipe production in high-density quality
cage
• Stress free embedding of the reinforce- Radialpress The VARIANT by Schlosser-Pfeiffer combines the outstanding compacting qualities of Schlosser-
ment cage Pfeiffer’s patented vibration technology with a wide choice of sizes and shapes and impresses
• Low energy consumption with its largeness and strength, which are both prerequisites for producing large-sized pipes. Each
machine is individually adjusted for every application and combines user friendliness with reliabi-
The special products mentioned hereafter, can be produced on the RADIALPRESS: lity and easy maintenance. The machine will process just about any product of the user’s choice,
Jacking pipes, intermediate stations, drainage pipes, manhole risers, rocker pipes, prebed pipes making it versatile and capable of meeting the various and ever-changing market demands. The
VARIANT by Schlosser-Pfeiffer guarantees optimized compacting results for all products, for first-
rate quality and compliance with the relevant standards. The production range attests to the wide
variety of sizes and products.

Jacking pipes Handling Variant 3600

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 HESS AAC Systems Autoclaved aerated concrete systems

Taking the weight of your shoulders Standard HESS AAC plant

The HESS AAC plants provide a high degree of flexibility in plant design tailored to the specific COMPACT LINE KEEN-CRETE® LINE
requirements of our customers in terms of capacity and product range. The systems are based on CBT version – capacity range from 200 to 400 m³ / day KBT-S version - capacity from 350 to 900 m³ / day
know-how and extensive experience with the tilt and flat method, combining the benefits of both KBT version - capacity from 900 to 1.550 m³ / day
systems. KBT-L version - capacity from 1.350 to 2.050 m³ / day

Raw material preparation Casting & rising Reinforcement Tilting

• Sand milling & slurry storage • Casting into the mold • Reinforcing steel welding • Mold & cake tilting
• Cement, lime, anhydrite storage • Rising & pre-curing • Preparation & corrosion protection • Demolding
• Aluminium powder / paste preparation • Mold circulation • Handling & insertion • Mold assembling
• Dosing & mixing

Unloading and packaging Green separation Bed waste removal Cutting

• Cooking frame circulation & stacking • Green separation • Back-tilting • Vertical cutting & profiling
• Autoclaving & steam preparation • Bed removal • Horizontal cutting
• Unloading & packaging • Platform cleaning • Cross cutting & handgrip milling
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 HESS AAC Systems Autoclaved aerated concrete systems

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1. ball mill system for milling sand and course anhydrite
2. slurry tanks
3. silos for lime, cement and fine anhydrite
Compact Line - CBT 4. aluminium powder / paste preparation
5. dosing and mixing
6. casting into the mold
7. position for reinforcement insertion
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8. rising / pre-curing
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9. position for extraction of reinforcement holding pins
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10. tilting the cake with tilting manipulator
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12. pre-cutting
1 13. vertical cutting and profiling
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14. horizontal cutting
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15. cross cutting and handgrip milling
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17 16 17. back-tilting of the cake onto a cooking frame
18. platform return and bed waste removal
19. green separation
20. multifunctional manipulator
21. stacking and buffering of green cake
22. autoclaving
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24. buffering and destacking of hardened cakes
25. frame circulation, cleaning and oiling
26. unloading and transfer to the packaging line
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 AFTER SALES SERVICE Mold manufacturing

The service team is available for any questions you might have and we are glad to assist
you at any time. Our main goal is to satisfy your requests on a premium level. Benefit
from our continously growing service range. We offer services that provides an excellent
equipment availability, for example:

High quality spare parts and competent technical advice

Spare parts

Problem solving with capable assistance – 24/7

Help-Desk

Efficient assistance and technical support via teleservice Mold manufacturing for concrete block and pipe making machines
Teleservice

The manufacturing of molds for HESS as well as for foreign machines takes place at our subsidiary
HMB. HMB produces molds for all common types of block machines and has many years of expe-
Secure – fast – information available everywhere rience in the production of highly durable molds. This guarantees HESS customers the production
Monitoring
of precise and perfect concrete products.

Schlosser-Pfeiffer supplies complete and fully compatible molds and molding equipment for
Consulting
Professional guidance on all questions regarding process engineering the SP VARIANT, SP RADIALPRESS and SP TRIVIANT pipe making machines. In addition, the
SCHLOSSER- PFEIFFER line offers solutions for all other machines and systems for making pro-
ducts similar to concrete pipes.
Optimized retrofits due to continues developments
Retrofit

HDPS Software
Your benefits:
Information is available, wherever it is needed!

• In production and maintenance

Mold milling
• In logistics regarding the optimization of
parts inventory
• In material scheduling to procure necessary
spare- and wear parts
• Customized information
• More efficient communication between
operator and service technician
• Language variety

Take advantage of our years of experience and let us find a

solution together! Solutions custom-made: Pipe mold Precision measuring
Individual. Anticipatory. Successful.

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 Technical data Technical data
Concrete block making machine Concrete block making machine

Board machines Mobile and stationary tilt mold machines

Type Model Production area Production height Capacity
HB III mobile 750 x 1.000 / 1.200 mm up to 300 / 500 mm approx. 35 cycles / h
RH 500 RH 600 RH 760 RH 780 RH 1400 RH 1500 RH 2000
(M-Version) HS IV stationary 850 x 1500 mm max. 300 / 500 mm approx. 30 bis 50 cycles / h
HT 300 stationary 3.000 x 500 / 600 mm 200 / 400 mm approx. 25 bis 30 cycles / h
Production board (mm)* 1.200 x 670 1.400 x 700 660 x 470 1.070 x 700 1.400 x 1.100 1.400 x 1.100 1.400 x 1.300
HT 250 stationary 2.500 x 500 / 600 mm 200 / 400 mm approx. 25 bis 30 cycles / h
Production area (mm)* 1.100 x 620 1.300 x 650 640 x 450 1.050 x 680 1.300 x 1.050 1.300 x 1.050 1.300 x 1.250 HT 200 stationary 2.000 x 500 / 600 mm 200 / 400 mm approx. 25 bis 30 cycles / h

min. product heigh (mm) 25 25 25 25 25 25 25

max. product height (mm) 300 300 305 400 400 500 500 Egg layer (Semi-automatic / Full-automatic)
Dead weight approx. Type Prodution area Production height Capacity number blocks 20 x 40 x 20
7.700 14.000 18.000 27.000 22.500 32.000 42.000
in VA Version (kg)
BF 80 1.250 x 1.000 mm abt. 175 bis 330 mm approx. 10.000 / 8 h
Paver 10x20x6 without face mix
• Cycle time (s) 17 12 6 6,5 14 10,5 10
• m² in 8h 1.016 1.728 1.152 2.658 2.221 2.962 3.802

Paver 10x20x6 with face mix

• Cycle time (s) 20 15 7,3 7,8 16 12,5 11,5
• m² in 8h 864 1.382 947 2.215 1.944 2.488 3.306 Hydropraktikant
Hollow block 20x40x20
Production lenghts 2.000 / 2.500 / 3.000
• Cycle time (s) 20 15 6,8 6,8 16 14,5 13,5
• Pieces in 8h 7.200 17.280 12.706 21.176 21.599 23.834 38.400 Step thickness 40 / 55 / 60 / 65 /70
* Other production board sizes are available Step width abt. 600 mm
Capacity 75 - 100 cycles / 8 h
RH 500 RH 600 RH 760 RH 780 RH 1400 RH 1500 RH 2000

High performance M-Version ▲ ▲ ● ▲

VarioTronic ● ● ● ●
Oil bath vibration ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲
Twin vibration table ●
Pneumatic mold and tamper head clamping ● ● ● ● ● ●
Level measuring in filler box by laser ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲
Base mix hopper with two gates ● ●
Driven agitator ● ● ● ● ● ●
Face mix unit ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Planing roller with pneumatic scraper ● ●
Rotating tamper head brush ● ●
Colormix with draw plate ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Tamper head cross cleaner ● ● ● ● ●
Draw plate ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Fast mold change system ● ● ● ●
Drive through mold change ● ●
Table plate height adjustment (electric) ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲
Hydraulic table plate adjustment ● ●
Central lubrication system ● ● ● ●
Polystyrene insert device ● ● ● ● ● ●

▲ Series ● Option
Technical data and production capacities are calculated on 100 % basis and depend on machine configuration, used recipes, raw materials, pallet Technical data and production capacities are calculated on 100 % basis and depend on machine configuration, used recipes, raw materials, pallet
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 Technical Data Technical Data
SM Mixer Pipe making machines

Planetary Mixers RADIALPRESS

Model RP 825 RP 1225 RP 1625 RP 2025
SM 400 SM 750 SM 1125 SM 1500 SM 2250 SM 3375 SM 4500
BL* 2.500 2.500 2.500 2.500

Dry filling l 400 750 1.125 1.500 2.250 3375 4500 B 2.200 2.400 2.800 3.500

A 1.600 3.100 3.500 3.900

max. filling weight kg 640 1.200 1.800 2.400 3.600 5400 7200
T 2.000 2.000 2.540 2.740

H1 5.800 5.800 6.200 6.300

Concrete volume per batch m³ 0,270 0,5 0,75 1 1,5 2,25 3
H2 9.700 9.700 10.500 10.800
Main drive kW 15 18,5 22 22 22 2x22 3x22 *) Machine also available for pipe length 3,0 m and 3,5 m

No. of mixing stars Production capacity pipes / 8 h. / pipe length 2,5 m

Stk. 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
(individually driven)
DN 3000 DN 800 DN 1200 DN 1600 DN 2000
Skip hoist drive (optional) kW 5,5 7,5 18,5 18,5 18,5 22 22
250 185 160 90 75

Dead weight approx.* to 3,5 5,0 8,4 8,6 10,1 12,2 13,8 *) Theoretical production capacity depending on equipment
and aggregates.

*Basic configuration
VARIANT
VARIANT 1500 2500 3600 6000

A 12.400 17.000 22.000 29.000

B 4.600 5.800 7.100 8.520

C 1.510 2.110 3.170 6.300

D 3.870 5.670 5.290 4.730

E 6.700 11.000 11.300 13.100

F 3.730 3.730 3.730 3.930

G* 3.770 3.770 3.770 3.770

H* 7.000 7.000 7.800 8.400

*2,5 m pipe length

Capacity Variant E/D (Single/Double)

DN 300 DN400 DN500 DN800 DN1000

45 42 40 35 34

90 85 80 68 66

DN 1200 DN1600 DN2000 DN2500 DN3600

30 25 21 16 6

60 50 42 27 12

Pipes / 8 h. / pipe length 2,5 m

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 Technical data Products
Autoclaved aerated concrete plants (AAC)

Compact Line – CBT

CBT-200 CBT-300 CBT-400

Capacity 200 m³ / day 300 m³ / day 400 m³ / day

Cakes / day 75 112 150
Cycle time 18,0 min / cake 12,0 min / cake 9,0 min / cake
No. of autoclaves (32 m) 2 3 4
No. of rising places 9 13 17
Net. cake size 3,0 x 1,5 x 0,6 m = 2,7 m³

Keen-Crete® Line – KBT-S

KBT-S-450 KBT-S-650 KBT-S-900

Capacity 450 m³ / day 650 m³ / day 900 m³ / day

Cakes / day 84 126 167
Cycle time 16,1 min / cake 10,7 min / cake 8,1 min / cake
No. of autoclaves (43,7 m) 2 3 4
No. of rising places 10 14 19
Net. cake size 6,0 x 1,5 x 0,6 m = 5,4 m³

Keen-Crete® Line – KBT

KBT-900 KBT-1100 KBT-1350 KBT-1550

Capacity 900 m³/ day 1.100 m³/ day 1.350 m³/ day 1550 m³/ day
Cakes / day 167 204 250 288
Cycle time 8,1 min / cake 6,5 min / cake 5,3 min / cake 4,6 min / cake
No. of autoclaves (43,7 m) 4 5 6 7
No. of rising places 19 24 28 33
Net. cake size 6,0 x 1,5 x 0,6 m = 5,4 m³

Keen-Crete® Line – KBT-L

KBT-L-1550 KBT-L-1750 KBT-L-2000

Capacity 1550 m³/ day 1750 m³/ day 2000 m³/ day
Cakes / day 288 330 370
Cycle time 4,7 min/ cake 4,1 min/ cake 3,7 min/ cake
No. of autoclaves(43,7 m) 7 8 9
No. of rising places 32 37 41
Net. cake size 6,0 x 1,5 x 0,6 m = 5,4 m³

Based on a pre-curing time of 2,5 h and on 2 autoclave cycles/day. These are dependent on raw materials and product mix. Other autoclave lengths
and net cake volumes are possible and will change the capacity data. Reinforced products with a length of max. 6 meters can be produced on all
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