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

•	Assured quality.
•	No handling from the factory to your site, therefore exact weight
•	Tamper proof delivery, therefore no adulteration possible
•	Immediate delivery, therefore no need to stock inventory
•	Order only when you are ready to use, so your money is not locked up
•	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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