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Powerlines and substations transferring power

Carmix Concrete • January 28, 2020
Powerlines spanning hundreds of Kilometres, passing through baron untouched land, traversing gorges and breaching rivers and dams, all to transfer much needed power. These lines go on for as far as the eye can see however, they need to be constructed and maintained over their full span. 

With many different foundation solutions, typical base excavation, micro piles, anchors and even large piles, all these solutions require different amounts of cementations material often in small amounts, every few hundred meters for hundreds of kilometres. Mobility and establishment costs are a contractor’s main challenges on these lines. However, we have seen success in the use of Carmix mobile batching units utilized along the full length of the power line, with strategic batching sites setup along the line.

As renewable IPP’s come online this power needs to be transported into the grid along with additional power the cables need to be upgraded and improved. The construction of new substations needs to take shape and the complete system of power transmission formulated.

Quality of concrete on these projects is of top priority as they are often government projects, our on-board Concrete mate batching system has been widely accepted on all such sights due to its accuracy of weighing all aggregate including the water. With 4 load cells evenly distributed under the drum only the aggregates that enter the drum are weighed and scaled accordingly. A certified receipt is printed after each batch and a USB download is also available to ensure all engineers requirements are met.

Distance is no lengthy thought for Carmix and shouldn’t be for a contractor.   

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