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Ready Mix Concrete

Ready mix concrete is a concrete that is manufactured in a factory, then delivered to a work site and placed into forms or molds. It accounts for about 5% of concrete usage in India compared to 70% in developed countries. Ready mix concrete provides advantages over site-mixed concrete like consistent quality, reduced waste, and faster construction. Some challenges include transportation limitations and limited working time before the concrete hardens after mixing.

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Ready Mix Concrete

Ready mix concrete is a concrete that is manufactured in a factory, then delivered to a work site and placed into forms or molds. It accounts for about 5% of concrete usage in India compared to 70% in developed countries. Ready mix concrete provides advantages over site-mixed concrete like consistent quality, reduced waste, and faster construction. Some challenges include transportation limitations and limited working time before the concrete hardens after mixing.

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READY MIX CONCRETE

Vishnu .M
Roll No. 60
S4 CE
INTRODUCTION
• Ready mix concrete which is popularly called as
RMC.
• The first ready mix factory which was built in
1930’s.
• The consumption of cement in the form of RMC is
about 5% in India, where as in developed
countries it’s about 70%.
• The leading RMC supplier worldwide is the
mexican concrete and cement company cemex.
Definition
• A concrete which is specially
manufactured for the delivery to the
costumer construction site in a freshly
mixed, plastic and unhardened state.
The main ingredients are

• Cement
• Sand
• Coarse aggregate
• water
Special ingredients

• Admixtures
• Accelarators
• Retorders
• Superplastisizers
• Air entraining agents
Concept of Readymix Concrete
Ready-mix concrete has cement, aggregates,
water and other ingredients, which are
weighbatched at a centrally located plant.
This is then delivered to the construction
site in transit mixers and can be used straight
away without any further treatment.

Ready Mixed Concrete is manufactured under


computer-controlled operations and transported
and placed at site using sophisticated
equipment and methods
MIXING
Small weigh batching plant for local
deliveries
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSIT MIXER
For ready mix concrete supply
the purchaser should specify the
Following
a) Designated max. size of coarse aggregate
b) Desired / max. slump at the point of
delivery
c) Air content (for air entrained concrete)
d) Mix design requirement – such as cement
content, max. water content & admixtures
or minimum compressive strength at 28
days
e) Unit weight required (for structural
lightweight concrete.
Utilization of Fly ash

Though the scope for utilization of fly ash


in Readymix concrete
is very high, the concept of fly ash as an
additive to concrete
is still at very initial stage and it is not
popular among majority
of actual users of concrete
Hurdles to set up new Plant:

• SELECTION OF AREA.

• AVAILABILITY OF WATER
properties
Desired properties of hardened ready-mixed
concrete include
• durability
• strength
• water tightness
• resistance to abrasion.
Applications
Today, ready-mixed concrete is
frequently used to construct
• highways
• bridges
• dams
• buildings
• airports
• sewer systems
• tunnels
• home foundations
• driveways
• sidewalks.
Advantages
• A centralised concrete batching plant
can serve a wide area
• The plants are located in areas zoned
for industrial use, and yet the
delivery trucks can service residential
districts or inner cities
• 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
• Time required is greatly reduced.
• Noise and dust pollution at site is
reduced
• Labor associated with production
of concrete is eliminated
Disadvantages
• TRANSPORTATION

• SITE RESTRICTION

• LIMITED SPAN BETWEEN MIXING AND


GOING OFF
About ACC Concrete
ACC Concrete - a wide range
• High Strength Concrete
• High Performance Concrete
• Self-leveling Concrete
• Self-compacting Concrete
• Coloured Concrete
• Concrete made with binary and ternary
blends of cements
• Early strength Concrete
• Fibre reinforced Concrete
• Anticipating huge potential for the
product, cement majors, including
Associated Cement Companies, Grasim,
L&T, India Cements, Priyadarshini
Cements, Chettinad Cement and Madras
Cements, are foraying into the RMC
business
Goals:
• To determine the most economical and
practical combination of readily available
materials
• To produce a concrete that will meet
requirements under specific conditions of
use.
• The majority of concrete used for
agricultural applications is supplied by
ready-mix producers
CONCLUSION
• RMC is more advantageous than site mix
concrete
• Easier addition of admixture
• Flexibility in mix design
• RMC which produces uniform, consistent
and quality assured concrete
 Faster and speedier construction
THANK YOU...!

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