Have you ever wondered about how such huge building structures, smooth roads, etc. are built and what technology has led to timely delivery of infrastructure projects? Surely Yes. To give an insight of technological advancement in the construction field, basic construction equipment and its manufacturers needs to be known.

Concreting is a very important activity in the construction process. It forms the base of any structure being built. There are various equipments used in the Construction segment of which Concreting Equipments are Transit Mixers, Batching Plants, Concrete Pumps, etc. Transit Mixers, as the name suggests, are concrete mixing and transporting equipment which helps transit of ready-mix concrete to the construction site from the manufacturing plant, so that the required amount of concrete can be laid for a foundation and making structure. Batching Plant on the other hand is the key equipment useful for mixing as desired mix of concrete, water, sand, cement, fly ash, etc. It is a highly modernized equipment which works with the help of a batching plant in-charge who feeds desired measurement of quantities of sand, water, fly ash, cement, stone aggregates,etc. required as per type of construction project. Concrete Pump on the other hand is an extensive equipment which helps to pump the concrete to desired distance and heights as per project requirement and pumping of concrete is done by attaching concrete pump to transit mixer that has ready mix concrete loaded into it.

Transit Mixers
Transit mixer in simple language can be explained as a carrier of already mixed concrete ready to be used in construction site, mixed in concrete batching plant. It carries ready mix concrete in a drum-like structure that is self-rotating and is mounted on a wheeled chassis. Concrete filled in transit mixer is measured in cubic meters (cum) and concrete transit mixer is available in the market in size – 2 cum, 6 cum and up to 10 cum. Most popular size of transit mixer is 6 cum which is widely used in all kinds of construction projects. Various parts of transit mixers are – hopper, discharge chute, rotating mixing drum and water tank. The water tank is a very important element in a transit mixer which helps in cleaning of concrete mixing drum to ensure no deposit of concrete is left after transportation to designated construction site. By delivering concrete to project site on time, concrete transit mixers play a very vital role in the entire process of construction.

Concrete Batching Plants
Batching plant is a unit consisting of cement silo, a stone aggregate bin, a stone aggregate conveyor belt and batchers. Typically, a batching plant’s functioning is measured on per hour production capacity of a batch mix plant of concrete that is quantified in cubic meters (cum). Batching plants are available in capacities ranging from 30 cum/ hour, 45 cum/hour , 60 cum/ hour etc. Most commonly used batching plant is of 30 cum/hour capacity. A recipe of concrete mixing is provided to batching plant operator who fixes quantities of stone aggregates, water, sand and cement into automated system panel of a batching plant, that in turn produces ready mix concrete for a particular construction project depending on the strength required of concrete for construction and then, with the help of transit mixer, transportation of concrete happens.
Having understood about the function of these concreting equipments, let's explore major manufacturers of Transit Mixers and Batching Plants.

Schwing Stetter
Germany based group, Schwing is one of the leading manufacturers of concreting construction equipments. They have their manufacturing facilities spread across the world and has few of the units in India. They have taken Indian construction segment to a different level, by introducing various products in concreting segment such as concrete pumps, batching plant and transit mixers of various capacities.

KYB Conmat
Japan based KYB business group that is into manufacturing of shock absorbers, transit mixers and other hydraulic and electronic products for construction, automobile, aircrafts and industrial uses. KYB Conmat is a collaboration of KYB and Conmat to manufacture concrete batching plants, transit mixers, concrete pumps and pavers. Apart from concreting construction equipment, the company is also into providing storage solutions such as selective pallet racking, cantilever storage, drive in racks, etc.

Telcon
In collaboration with Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Limited, Tata Group is one of the largest manufacturers of construction equipments and has been catering to various segments such as earthmoving construction equipments such as excavators,compactors, motor graders etc., material handling equipments such as cranes, dump trucks and concreting equipments such as transit mixers. Tata Hitachi has its manufacturing units in eastern and southern part of India. Tata as one of the largest Indian business groups, have launched its campaign called “Chalo Desh Banaye” to re-dedicate its services and products to our country and has been providing good quality construction equipments for development of infrastructure.

Telcon is the brand of Tata Hitachi group that has been into selling of concrete transit mixers after it had acquired a decent stake in Spanish manufacturer of Transit Mixers called Serviplem. Decades of experience of Serviplem have been used by Telcon to manufacture transit mixers in India.

Macons
India based ISO certified company that is into manufacturing of construction equipments in various categories such as concreting and material handling. Concreting equipments being the forte of Macons, it has wide range of concreting equipments such as Batching Plant, Concrete Transit Mixers, Self Loading Concrete Mixer, Wet Mix Plant, Concrete Paver, etc. They are also into manufacturing of Dumpers and Silos for cement storage and other uses.
Due to its world class quality of product, leading construction companies such as Afcons, Simplex, Sadbhav, Patel Infrastructure and many more of them, have been in its client list who have been using equipments manufactured by Macons.  

Sany
China based business group, Sany came in India in the year 2002. They have been into earthmoving construction equipments, material handling equipments, concreting equipments, etc. Sany has their manufacturing unit in Maharashtra, India, and regional offices spread across the country.

Sany has gained its market share in selling of the excavators of various sizes, cranes of various types – crawler and truck mounted cranes, earthmoving cum foundation equipments- piling rigs and motor graders, concreting equipments – transit mixers and batching plant and port logistics solution through reach stacker, heavy duty forklifts, etc.

So, next time, when its time to construct something, you simply need to arrange for a contractor who has been using these modernized construction equipments that are not only time-saving but also quality-oriented products in the field of construction segment.