Manufacturing of Concrete | Concrete Manufacturing Process | Different Stages

Manufacturing of Concrete:

Good quality concrete is essentially a homogenous mixture of cement, coarse and fine aggregates, and water which consolidates into a hard mass due to chemical action between cement and water.

Each of the four constituents has a specific function:

(i) The coarse aggregate acts as a filler.
(ii) The fine aggregate fills up the voids between the paste and the coarse aggregate.
(iii) The cement in conjunction with water acts as a binder.

The aim of quality control is to ensure the production of concrete of uniform strength from batch to batch. This requires some rules to be followed in various stages of concrete production and are discussed as follows.

The Stages of Concrete Manufacturing Process:

• Batching
• Mixing
• Transporting
• Placing
• Compacting
• Curing
• Finishing

Originally published at https://civilchapola.com on May 29, 2022.