Why you need a “Click and collect” concrete batching plant
A new approach to low volume concrete supply. Grow your business with a self-service concrete plant, and enable your customers with concrete twenty-four hours of the day, seven days a week.
An automated concrete dispensing station that allows drive-through customers to purchase freshly prepared and documented concrete, mortar or screed, in just the required amounts. The target audience is everyone in need of smaller loads, from 0,15 m3 (150 litres), such as small contractors, landscapers, farmers, builders and DIYs.
From an easy-to-use, intuitive touch screen, customers choose the amount of the product they need and pay by credit card, bar code or RFID tag at the terminals next to the screen. Within minutes the product is dispensed from a conveyor belt, into a truck or trailer and a receipt is printed at the terminal.
An opportunity for new business
A click and collect batch concrete plant is ideal for adding a new income stream to your business, new market share, new customers and profit to your bottom line. A concrete batching plant can offer a high return on investment from daily sales of just 3-5 m3 of product.
Integrated mixer washing and water recycling systems allow for low maintenance and 24/7, unsupervised operations. The state-of-the-art automation system and Cloud-based data storage, allow operators to monitor usage, supply levels and performance, to create personalized delivery notes for customers or to integrate raw CSV data into billing systems. All systems are remotely accessible for service and maintenance, including pricing and design management.
The ROI Calculator will make the business case for any local area or community. Our Sales representatives are ready to assist potential customers with detailed calculations, cash flow analysis and ROI expectations. We always strive to give our customers the best possible return on their investment. The quality of our solutions and their resulting longevity are one of our signature features. We will protect your investment by committing to not selling another installation within a radius of 10 km, which based on experience and research, is the territory an operator needs to successfully supply their market.
What sets a click and collect system apart?
Automation – Digitalization – Sustainability
The automation of the system is aimed at minimizing the man-hours spent at the batching plant. Customers select their product and volume and proceed to pay at the terminal. Within minutes, the order is produced and delivered.
With a capacity of up to 60 pre-programmed and displayed design mixes to choose from, customers will always find what they need. As the owner, you can program and name the design mixes according to the demands of your market. The automation will accurately produce any size batch according to the design mix and print a delivery note for the customer.
The system’s digitalization transmits the data of each batch to a cloud server and converts this data to a PDF delivery note that is immediately available for downloading and processing.
At the same time, a PDF production note is created and details the actual amounts of every component of the delivered batch. All data is stored in CSV format, allowing for integration into Excel-based ERP systems.
Water recycling systems
Every batch of concrete, mortar or screed will leave remnants in the mixer. Time and temperatures will dry these in the mixer and potentially contaminate different design mixes or even impede the production ability of the mixer. Therefore, the system has a high-pressure washing option, which can be automated to clean the inside of the mixer at any chosen time, making manual intervention unnecessary. The washout is cleared out through the secondary hatch and funnelled into the water recycling tank. The automated system uses sustainably recycled water for the next batches.
Like any production machinery end-of-day cleaning is good practise, for which the system is equipped with an integrated high-pressure washer.
How Much Space will I need
Based on the volumes and types of concrete your customers require, different sizes of batching plants are available. In addition, you will need space for aggregate and sand bays, as well as for moving loading equipment, such as a front loader, between the bays and the batching plant. Bays also need to be refilled, typically from tipper trucks. On the dispensing end, you will have to account for drive-through space demands, access to the payment terminal and possible queues.
Our engineers have extensive knowledge and the necessary CAD tools to work out the details for your particular location.
Let’s take the next steps together
The design of your batching plant to suit your requirements is our expertise. Our technical sales team can support you in selecting equipment to optimise your productivity and business.
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