Rapid International has supplied a Rapidmix 400CW mobile continuous concrete mixing plant to Andale Construction of Wichita, Kansas.
The Rapidmix 400CW has just completed the North Gate Improvement project, at the Port of Virginia’s Norfolk International Terminals in Hampton, Virginia. ??Andale’s Rapidmix is shortly due to commence a second infrastructure project for the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
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A Rapidmix 400CW mobile continuous concrete mixing plant for Andale Construction[/caption]
Based in Wichita, Kansas, Andale Construction is a division of Andale Ready Mix Central and provides commercial and industrial construction services including roller compacted concrete, cement soil stabilisation and dirt services.??Andale initially chose to rent the Rapidmix 400CW from Rapid International USA for the purposes of production of RCC (roller compacted concrete) to complete the North Gate Improvement project at the Port of Virginia – a critical infrastructure project that aimed to improve throughput of trucks at NIT.
The now successfully completed North Gate provides 26 lanes of ingress and egress to the terminal’s North Berth – more than doubling the gate capacity at NIT. As a result of the great success Andale achieved with the Rapidmix on this project, the company made the decision to purchase the Rapidmix, as the machines high output capabilities and mobile ability would enable the company to target larger schemes and projects throughout the Wichita area and beyond.
Matt Munsick at Andale Construction, said: “We were able to run the plant continuously at 400-425 tons per hour with our pig/silo. I have never been able to run that fast for a couple of hours, much less 8-9 hours without stopping.
"We averaged 1,800 cubic yards per day with the Rapidmix 400CW and even hit 2,500 one day,” ??Munsick also noted the homogeneity of the concrete mix, stating that it was, “…very consistent out of our plant.”
Andale Construction were also greatly impressed with the machine’s fast set up time, stating, “Everything set up in less than 2 hours, calibration took about that long excluding the wait time at the scales, and we were off and running.”
