The rapid development of the economy has accelerated the urbanisation process, and a large amount of cement is used in urban infrastructure projects, which requires the use of cement bulk trucks, especially in large mixing plants, which require hundreds or thousands of tons of cement per day, and it is extremely inconvenient to simply rely on traditional bagged cement transport.
If a bulk cement carrier is used, starting from the loading of the cement plant, during transport and storage, all under airtight conditions, and in conjunction with the promotion of ready-mixed concrete, cement dust emissions can be greatly reduced or even eliminated, purifying the air and reducing pollution.
Traditional Mode of Transporting Cement
In the early days, small sites used bagged cement, but the process of transporting bagged cement was extremely inconvenient
For fear of getting wet on rainy days, the bags relied on manual loading and unloading of the goods.
The transport time frame was reduced and the cost increased.
Bagged cement has more packaging and handling costs than bulk cement.
Therefore Cement Bulk Trucks have replaced bagged cement, which is only purchased in bulk by cement shops, and bulk cement tankers are used on large sites.
History of the Bulk Cement Truck
Gravity Dump Truck
The early bulk cement transport truck was converted from an ordinary tipper truck with a sealed roof, which could be used to dump cement powder by gravity by lifting the carriage when unloading.
This method of unloading is equivalent to the dump truck loading and unloading sand, stone boy the same working principle, unloading cement dust flying, and cement powder fall out of the area is very large, after the launch of the new tanker was eliminated.
Mechanical Unloading Ash Tanker
In the early fifties of the twentieth century began to use, the working principle is to use the car screw conveyor machine to unload ash, adjust the height of the screw conveyor will be able to cement powder to different heights of the location, effectively reducing the cement powder flying situation, but the ash unloading machine parts due to long-term push cement and easy to cause wear and tear.
Pneumatic Ash Unloading Tanker
The first appeared in the early sixties, the method is more simple to use, has been used to date, and the maximum capacity can accept a hundred tons, the cargo tank body type for the tank to accommodate, reclining or standing on the frame, the tank body with steel or aluminium alloy plate welded and made, the tank body above the opening of two or more ash filling mouth, easy to fill the full tank. The air compressor on the vehicle is activated when the ash is discharged and the pressure of the air is used to disperse the water powder to the discharge port, where it is transferred directly from the discharge tank into the storage tank.
This method unloads ash quickly, with minimal dust flying, and allows for extremely convenient ash unloading operations in rainy weather.
How does Cement Bulker Work
The working principle of a cement bulk carrier is that the engine transmits the power to the air compressor through the transmission device, the compressed air enters the tank and the powdered material is fluidised through the fluidised bed.
Why is a Cement Bulk Trucks V-shaped
Easy to flow.
V-shaped Cement Bulk Trucks are emptied from the bottom. The flow is usually air assisted. Due to the sloping bottom, the material will tend to flow in a downhill direction and the final cement will flow out more easily.
How Cement Bulker Trailer Cost
Type: 3 axles 55 ton cement bulker Price Range: $13,900-31,500,The price of cement bulk truck is different because of the different capacity, volume and size, you can contact us if you want to know more about bulker cement prices.
Cement bulk truck, also known as bulk cement truck, powder tanker, tanker, powder granular material transport truck, consists of special vehicle chassis, bulk cement truck tank, air pipeline system, automatic unloading device and other parts. It is suitable for bulk transportation of fly ash, cement, lime powder, ore powder, granular alkali and other powdered dry materials with particle diameter not larger than 0.1mm.
It is mainly used by cement factories, cement warehouses and large construction sites, which can save a lot of packing materials and loading and unloading labour.
The front and rear air chambers of the bulk cement truck are each equipped with an air inlet pipe, which can be opened and controlled separately at the same time through the ball valve.
Working Principle of Cement Bulk Truck System
The working power is led from the gearbox of the car, and the air compressor is driven by the transmission device. The compressed air generated enters the air chamber through the control pipeline, which causes the fluidization phenomenon of the powder material in the tank. When the pressure reaches 0.196Mpa, the discharge butterfly valve is opened and the material is discharged.
When the pressure inside the tank reaches the rated value, the discharge valve is opened and the fluidised material is conveyed through the pipeline.
What is the Shelf Life of Bulk Cement?
The shelf life of bulk cement is three months!
Generally speaking the performance of cement decreases beyond the expiry date of 30 days. After three months, the strength of cement decreases by 10% and 20%, after six months by 15% and 30%, and after one year by 25% and 40%.
5 Reasons Why Cement is Being Bulked
The reason why cement is bulked is that the development of bulk cement is not only a reform of the traditional distribution of cement, which is conducive to the efficient and modernisation of building construction, but also has obvious economic benefits. The details are as follows.
Because the development of bulk cement is not only a reform of the traditional distribution of cement, which is conducive to efficient and modern construction, but also has obvious economic benefits.
- The production cost of cement is mainly composed of raw materials, fuel, equipment depreciation, labour costs and other major components, if the production of bulk cement, you can save a lot of labour costs, and at the same time, because there is no need for packaging workshop, you can save electricity, packing paper and sewing bags with cotton yarn, etc.
- The development of bulk cement also brings benefits to users. According to the Chinese cement sales market, bulk cement is generally cheaper than bagged cement by around RMB 20-25 per tonne.
- The development of bulk cement can save wood and 60 tonnes of packing paper for every 10,000 tonnes of bulk cement produced. Reduce unnecessary waste and loss.
- The use of bulk cement can improve the reliability and safety of construction projects, because bulk cement has a better stability and guaranteed quality when it leaves the factory, and is not susceptible to moisture deterioration during transportation and storage.
- The development of bulk cement can reduce pollution of the environment and is beneficial to people’s health. Bagged cement not only in the loading and unloading, transport process due to the breakage of paper bags, will bring dust pollution to the surrounding environment, but also in use, due to continuous unpacking, resulting in air pollution.
Bulk Cement Truck Product Versatility and Use Environment
The bulk cement truck can not only transport cement powder, but usually can also carry out effective loading of fly ash, lime powder, ore powder and other powdery granular materials, and can design the applicable internal structure according to the own characteristics of various materials to ensure the efficiency of the unloading conveyance.
The requirements for the transport road conditions are also relatively diverse, and can be applied to highways, mountain roads, dirt roads and other environments.
