Ready Mix Concrete

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 Ready Mix Concrete
Ready-mix concrete (RMC) is a ready-to-use
material, with predetermined mixture of Cement,
sand, aggregates and water.

“Ready mix concrete is concrete whose

components are proportioned away from the
construction site for delivery to the construction
site by the truck in a ready-to-use-condition.”

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 IS 4926
Transport of Concrete
• The purchaser should plan his arrangements so as
to enable a full load of concrete to be discharged
within 30 min of arrival on site
Time in Transport
• The general requirement is that concrete shall be
discharged from the truck-mixer within 2 h of the time
loading.
• The time of loading shall start from adding the mixing
water to the dry mix of cement and aggregate or of
adding the cement to the wet aggregate whichever is
applicable

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 Need for Ready Mix concrete
• Requirement for higher grades of concrete
• Correct accountability ingredients
• Rapid development of infrastructure industry
• Increased demand of concrete
• Possibility of manufacture of desired grades
• Mega project demands higher output
• Timely supply of reliable concrete
• Better quality concrete is produced.
• Elimination of storage space for basic materials at site.
• Elimination of Procurement / Hiring of plant and
machinery.
• Wastage of basic materials is avoided.
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•The increasing availability of special transport
vehicles, supplied by the new and fast growing
automobile industry, played a positive role in the
development of RMC industry.

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 Ready Mix Concrete

• Raw Materials are:-

• 1. Water
• 2.
Additives/Admixtures
• 3. Cement
• 4. Aggregates
• 5. Air

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 Ready Mix Concrete
ADMIXTUREs
• :Air-entraining (mainly used in
exposed to freezing)
admixtures concrete
•Water-reducing admixtures, plasticizers (reduce the
dosage of water while maintaining the workability)
•Retarding admixtures (mainly used in hot weather to
retard the reaction of hydration)
•Accelerating admixtures (mainly used in cold weather to
accelerate the reaction of hydration)
•Super plasticizer or high range water-reducer (significantly
reduce the dosage of water while maintaining the
workability)
•Miscellaneous admixtures such as corrosion inhibiting,
shrinkage reducing, coloring, pumping etc.
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 Ready Mix Concrete
FLY ASH:
Fly ash is a by-product from coal-fired electricity
generating power plants.
The fly ash is generally used in the concrete in the
following ways.
• As partial replace for cement.
• As partial replacement for sand.
• As simultaneous replacement for both cement
and sand.
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FLY ASH

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 Ready Mix Concrete

WATER :

The pH value of water should be in between

6.0 and 8.0 according to IS 456-2000.

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 Ready Mix Concrete
rice husk / hull ash (RHA)
• Today, rice is grown and harvested on every continent
except Antarctica.

• The majority of all rice is produced in India, China,

Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, and Bangladesh.
Asian farmers’ accounts for 92-percent of the world's
total rice production.

• More than 550 million tons of rice is produced

annually around the globe.

• That rice husk are used in RMC to increase the strength.

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 Ready Mix Concrete
EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED:
• Storage of materials - Silos, containers and bins
• Batching arrangement
• Measuring and recording equipment
• Mixing equipment
• Control systems
• Electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic drives
• Conveying systems (belt / screw conveyors)

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 Ready Mix Concrete - BATCHING

Batching plants are classified as

• 1. Manual
• 2. Semiautomatic
• 3. Fully automatic

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Ready Mix Concrete- Transportation

• While transporting
concrete to
a site, the cement
mixer
never stops
revolving
at a speed
of two to six
rotations
per minute. 16
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 RMC Manufacturing
• After producing ready mix concrete, utmost care must be given
to the quality of concrete during transportation to the site.
• The following factors for transportation should be kept in mind:
• Travel distance: Since the concrete setting time is very much
related to the time, so time distance between loading and
pouring is very much important. Large travel time may hamper
the quality of concrete
• Transit mixers: These are the vehicles which carry ready mix
concrete from batching plant to site. So every transit mixers
should be in good condition and tested before carrying.
• Weather condition: As a tropical country weather is a
considerable factor for transportation of ready mix concrete.
Mainly in summer season ready mix concrete should be
transported with caution.

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 RMC Manufacturing - MIXING
PROCESS:
 Thorough mixing of the materials is essential
for the production of uniform concrete.
 The mixing should ensure that the mass
becomes homogeneous, uniform in colour and
consistency.
• Following are the three types of mixing process
of RMC
• 1. Transit Mixed (or "truck-mixed") Concrete
• 2. Shrink Mixed Concrete
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 RMC Manufacturing - TRANSIT MIXED (OR "TRUCK-
MIXED") CONCRETE:-

RMC can be delivered to the point of placement to the

construction site in truck-mounted, rotating drum mixers.
Truck mixers have a revolving drum with the axis
inclined to the horizontal.
Inside the shell of the mixer drum are a pair of blades or
fins that wrap in a helical (spiral) configuration from the head
to the opening of the drum.
The concrete is loaded and mixed, it is normally hauled to
the job site with the drum turning at a speed of less than 2
rpm.

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 NEEDS TO BE SPECIFIED BY CONSUMER
FOR RMC

• Characteristic strength or grade (N/mm2)

• Target workability or slump in mm required at
site
• Exposure conditions for durability requirements
 Maximum water to cement ratio
 Minimum cement content
 Maximum aggregate size
 Type of cement
 Mineral admixture and its proportion (Kg/m3) 21
 CHECKS BY CONSUMER BEFORE
ORDERING THE RMC

• Calibrations of all measuring devices and their

accuracy.

• Mode of operation of plant should preferably

be fully automatic and not manual.

• Quality of materials proposed to be used.

• Adequacy of quantity of materials used. 22

INSPECTION OF
CONSUMER

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MERITS OF R.M.C.
1. Better quality concrete is produced.
2. Elimination of storage space for basic materials at
site.
3. Elimination of Hiring plant and machinery
4. Wastage of basic materials is avoided.
5. Labour associated with production of concrete is
eliminated.
6. Time required is greatly reduced
7. Noise and dust pollution at site is reduced.
8 .No wastage at site
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DEMERITS OF
R.M.C.
1. Need huge initial investment.

2. Not affordable for small projects (small quantity of concrete)

3. Needs effective transportation system from R.M.C to site.

4. Traffic jam or failure of vehicle creates problem if proper dose of admixture is

not given.

5. Labours should be ready on site to cast the concrete in position to vibrate it and
compact it.

6. Concrete's limited time span between mixing and going-off means that ready-mix
should be placed within 90 minutes of batching at the plant.

7.The materials are batched at a central plant, and the mixing begins at that plant

8.Generation of additional road traffic; furthermore, access roads, and site

access
have to be able to carry the weight of the truck and load.
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9.Concrete's limited time span between mixing and going-off
SCOPE OF READY MIX CONCRETE

1. Major concerting projects like dams, roads,

bridges, tunnels, canals etc.
2. For concreting in congested areas where storage
of materials is not possible.
3. Sites where intensity of traffic makes problems.
4. When supervisor and labour staff is less.
5. To reduce the time required for construction etc.
6. Huge industrial and residential projects.

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 Ready Mix Concrete
vs.
Site Mix Concrete

Consistent Quality- concrete is Quality is inconsistent–

made in high tech batching because concrete is hand
plants in a computerized mixed.
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Site Mix
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Construction in double Manual mixing is time

quick time. consuming. Projects take longer
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 Ready Mix Concrete
vs.
Site Mix
Concrete

You don’t have to stock

materials and over
watch There’s no worry about
them.
pilferage as the concrete is
directly supplied to your site
when you need it.
Risk of pilferage of raw
materials is high.
Housekeeping could be poor
due to piles of stocks lying
at the site 34
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vs.
Site Mix
Concrete

Raw materials are Quality of raw materials is

chosen after manually checked. Or
strict quality not checked at all.
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Site Mix
Concrete

Large quantities of concrete Takes more time. Repeated

can be ordered. This allows mixing needs to be done for
you to upgrade yourself and large quantities as the mixer
handle projects of any size. will be too small to handle the
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 Ready Mix Concrete
vs.
Site Mix
Concrete

No wastage of raw High wastage of raw

materials at your site. materials due to manual
Everything is pre-mixed at mixing.
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needs.
 Ready Mix Concrete
vs.
Site Mix
Concrete

No hassle of managing labour on

site. We supply ready-to-use
concrete. Our well-equipped
technical crew will handle the
pouring and patching of
concrete at the site.
Involves the use of labourers
for mixing the concrete on
site. Management of labour
means more time, efforts
and money. 38
 Ready Mix Concrete
vs.
Site Mix Concrete

Highly unsafe. Unskilled and

Safe work practices – untrained labourers
no disruption in your work carelessly resulting in
may
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 Advantages Of Ready Mix Concrete
• Quality assurance
• Elimination of manual errors
• Mass production of concrete possible
• Water cement ratio maintained
• Reduced material wastage
• Labour cost saved
• Design mix as per IS standards resulting in standard
deviation and improved characteristics.

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 Disadvantages Of Ready
Mix Concrete
• The materials are batched at a central plant,
and the mixing begins at that plant
• Generation of additional road traffic;
furthermore, access roads, and site access have
to be able to carry the weight of the truck and
load.
• Concrete's limited time span between mixing
and going-off

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