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Bulk
Cement
Yet another first in
our six-decade history of cement in India
has been the introduction of Bulk Cement,
an alternative to bagged cement, which
is of particular advantage to large consumers
of cement. Internationally, the trend
is to move cement more and more in loose
form rather than bagged. In fact, over
90 percent cement in the USA, and other
European countries is transported and
sold in bulk, unlike in India, where only
one percent is transported in bulk.
ACC Bulk
India's leading cement
company, ACC - in a joint venture with
the government of India - has set up the
most sophisticated bulk unloading terminal
at Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai, to bring its
cement from the ACC plant at Wadi in Karnataka.
The terminal at Kalamboli
has three 5000-tonne-capacity silos to store
the cement which is transported in specially
designed railway wagons. The company has
its own fleet of 15-tonne road-bulkers in
which cement is then brought to the end-user's
construction site. The terminal has three
modes of evacuation: bulk tanker trucks,
jumbo bags (one and 1.5 tonnes), and 50
kg bags. The mechanization in the loading/unloading
of cement, reduces manual intervention
to the barest minimum.
At the site, the cement
is pumped into portable 15-tonne steel silos
(supplied by ACC). Not only do these silos
require less storage space than conventional
bag storage godowns, but also the silos
are designed to facilitate free-flow discharge
of the cement. This further underscores
another of ACC Bulk’s characteristic
- ‘untouched by hand’. And
dust collecting silos safeguard against
dust pollution.
A well-equipped laboratory
ensures that the testing is carried out
scientifically to comply with all cement
quality norms. The site silos, which are
a must at the customers’ sites,
are provided on mutually agreed terms,
and eliminate a major cause of concern
to the end-user. Pilferage also is made
impossible.
The bulk tanker for
bulk cement transport and the silo at
site to receive this cement are a welcome
innovation from the conventional and time-consuming
bag distribution system. Inventory in
terms of locked-up capital is now the
concern of the supplier.
The large and unwieldy
godown construction and maintenance that
is required at construction sites is now
avoided. The measured quantity extracted
by the discharge system ensures correct
weight and eliminates human error.
Advantages of using ACC Bulk
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Assured quality. |
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No handling from the
factory to your site, therefore exact
weight |
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Tamper proof delivery,
therefore no adulteration possible |
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Immediate delivery,
therefore no need to stock inventory |
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Order only when you
are ready to use, so your money is
not locked up |
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Steady supply |
Customer profile
Prospective customers for bulk cement
are RMX manufacturers, institutions, government
agencies, contractors, builders, manufacturers
of pre-cast fabricated concrete blocks,
asbestos sheets and many more. Many of
them have their own batching plants and
are using bulk cement.
Bulk Cement
– customer services
The other features of this project include
125 wholly owned railway wagons which
ensure that the manual intervention for
loading and unloading of cement is minimal.
The cement, until it reaches the terminal
and the customer, is untouched by hand.
The terminal has three modes of evacuation,
namely in Bulk tanker trucks, in Jumbo
Bags (1 tonne and 1.5 tonne) and traditional
bags of 50 and 25 kgs.
Cement is now delivered
by weight, duly weighed on electronic
weighbridges. The cement godown for the
storage of bags, has virtually become
part of history. Instead you have tubular
steel silos, which take up much lower
space and at the same time are designed
to ensure free flowing discharge of the
cement. The dust collectors installed
on the silos ensure a pollution free environment.
The mechanization of the unloading process,
enables the total quantity of cement (15
tonnes) to be unloaded into the site silo
in 25 minutes flat. Cement is now delivered
just on time.
A well-equipped laboratory
ensures that the testing is carried out
scientifically to comply with all cement
quality norms. The site silos which are
a must at the customers sites, can be
provided at mutually agreed terms, eliminates
a major cause for concern for the end-user.
Pilferage is also made impossible.
ACC BULK has gone one
step further. A mini batching plant has
now been designed which at a very reasonable
cost, ensures quality concrete while reaping
the benefits of bulk cement. Continuous
innovations like these make ACC BULK,
the cement of choice.
Once at your site Bulkers
would discharge near 100 percent cement
into the airtight, weather proof site
silo, with a capacity of 15 tonne. A discharge
system, either mechanical or electronic
could be additionally supplied and unloading
15 tonne of cement into a silo would be
effected in about 15 minutes. No storage
sheds and no labor are required for unloading.
Complementing all this
is a dedicated team of service personnel
to ensure trouble-free operations of site
silos and auxiliary equipment. They are
just a phonecall away - both the marketing
office in Mumbai, and also at the plant
at Kalamboli.
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