Project Description:

(2) C&W Custom Built 70,000cfm/ea, (total 140,000CFM) Cartridge Style Dust Collection Systems

Automated Pulse Jet Cleaning System

(2) 150HP Motors & Blowers with Silencers

60″ Galvanized Steel Ducting

(2) Side Draft Intake Hoods

Electric Powered Louvers

Automated Container Recycling System

(1) 500BBL Belgrade Split Silo with WAM Pulse Jet Silo Top Dust Collectors for Sandblast Media

Project included Installation of Equipment, Waterlines, Gas Lines, Air Lines, and (8) 150,000BTU Gas Radiant Heaters, all in a 270,000 cubic foot operation building space.

Contact Concrete Plants, Inc. – your nationwide source for a comprehensive line of concrete plants, dust control equipment, used concrete equipment, batch plant replacement parts, agg heating systems, batching computers, water heating and chilling systems, and more, as well as expert turnkey services including complete engineering and site layout.

Project Owner: Nick Ferrara III and Vern Bush (General Manager)

Design Build, Engineering, Installation and Project Management by Emil F. Garlewicz VP Concrete Plants Inc, Severna Park Maryland.

Project Description:

Central Mix upgrade to an existing dry batch plant that was originally supplied by Concrete Plants Inc. Original equipment included silos and conveyors by Steel Systems Installation with batching equipment by Stephens Manufacturing.

New equipment including a 36 inch Radial stacker and a 48 inch high speed batch transfer conveyor by Steel Systems Installation. 3000 barrel four compartment cement storage silo with batching equipment by Stephens Manufacturing.  A 12 yard tilt mixer was also included. The C&W RA 140 reverse air dust collector, Pearson P20-20W hot water tank and Pearson Chiller were also Supplied by CPI to complete the project

Besides transforming the plant from dry batch to central mix, an additional objective was to drive through with front and rear discharge mixers.  Dump trucks would also be used for high production paving.

If you are in the business then you have experienced abrasive materials wearing through the elbows of your pneumatic conveying systems.  In fact, some business owners, like Tom Tower owner of Action Supply, have actually welded patches on worn-through sweep elbows and on new replacement elbows before swapping out the worn and leaking ones.  Seems like a lot of work doesn’t it?

Tom has since replaced his sweep elbows with deflection elbows.  This change out has saved him two weeks of downtime since the conversion!

According to Emil Garlewicz, vice president and sales representative for CPI’s New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware territories, “The improvements virtually eliminate worn elbows, related downtime and recurring elbow maintenance costs for CPI’s customers.”

Unlike conventional sweep elbows and plugged-tee elbows, HammerTek’s Smart Elbow design features a chamber that protrudes partially beyond the intended 90- or 45-degree flow path of material, causing a sphere of material-in-air to rotate in the same direction as the air stream that powers it, gently deflecting incoming material around the bend. “The difference is in the elbow’s anatomy,” Garlewicz explains. “Incoming material bounces off the rotating material rather than impacting the elbow wall and creating a wear point.”

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With over 2,500 exhibitors over 2,500,000 square feet and more than 150 education sessions including asphalt, aggregates, concrete, earthmoving, lifting, mining, utilities and more, how could we not be thrilled to participate in the show?

What’s new for CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 you ask?

• The Tech Experience: A 75,000 square foot immersive, future-forward showcase that allows you to see what’s possible tomorrow… today.
• Nearly 700 new exhibitors
• A New Badge-Pack that includes:
  • Free Las Vegas Monorail multi-day pass
  • Free deluxe coach bus to and from the show to most hotels
  • Access to seven different halls/lots for CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE on all 5 show days
  • Discounts at various Las Vegas bars and restaurants
  • Entry to the new Tech Experience
• New technology that helps you keep track of exhibitors you visited
• New education including tracks on technology, business management, workforce development, and more
• CONEXPO-CON/AGG Radio – Join CONEXPO-CON/AGG Radio each Tuesday at 10 a.m. central to look at the future of equipment technology through the eyes of the construction market.  As a new radio show voice for construction equipment technology, the podcasts will examine how manufacturers are developing technology that is rapidly enhancing efficiency and reducing operating and maintenance costs, all while maximizing peak performance levels

What do you NEED to know before jet setting off to Vegas?

CONEXPO-CON/AGG Show hours:

• Tuesday, March 7 – Friday, March 10
  Exhibits 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday, March 11
  Exhibits 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

* Times are Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Where you will find CPI:

C&W Manufacturing:  B7504

Pearson Heating Systems, Inc. :  B7604

Stephens Manufacturing:  B7910

Libra Systems:  S61529

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Who Exhibits at CONEXPO-CON/AGG?:

Over 2,500 exhibitors in all major construction industries including asphalt, aggregates, concrete, earthmoving, lifting, mining, utilities and more. See who’s exhibiting.

Now that you are “show” ready,  go get yourself registered for CONEXPO-CON/AGG!  We will see you in Vegas!