{"id":2101,"date":"2019-12-26T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T07:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/premnathrail.com\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2019-12-26T13:03:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T07:33:49","slug":"what-is-the-use-of-concrete-mixer-for-railways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/what-is-the-use-of-concrete-mixer-for-railways\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Use of Concrete Mixer for Railways?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A\u00a0concrete mixer for railways<\/strong>\u00a0is nothing too extraordinary, it is just a machine that homogeneously mixes cement, gravels or sand and water to make concrete. A standard\u00a0concrete mixer for railways\u00a0uses a spinning drum to combine the components. A portable mixer is used for less volume of work so that the components can be combined at the site of construction, giving all the workers a sufficient amount of time to utilize the concrete before it gets hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History\nof concrete mixer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nfirst machine to be ever developed was by T.L. Smith in 1900 in Milwaukee. The\nmachine already displayed the prevalent primary construction with a tilt-able\ncone-shaped drum (was double cone during that period) with blades. In1925, at\nleast a couple of machines with serial number 37 and 82 that were built 25\nyears ago, were still in use. The Smith <\/em>Mascot, in reality, has the identical structure\nof the small machines used now. The T.L. Smith Company constructed the world’s\nbiggest concrete mixers in Milwaukee during the 1920s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nconcrete mixers of T.L. Smith Company were utilized for building the Wilson\nDam, the Exchequer Dam, and Ohio State University’s first stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why\nis a concrete mixer needed for railways?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concrete\nmixers are needed for railways to make the railroad tie, also called crosstie\nin American English or railway sleeper in British English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nrailway <\/strong>sleeper\nis a quadrilateral shaped block made of concrete for giving support to the\nrails in the railroad tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\nare usually laid perpendicularly on the railroad tracks, link the transfer\nparts with track ballast and the subgrade. Also, helps to hold the rails\nstraight and keep them separated to the accurate gauge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Railroad\nsleepers were originally made of timber. However, concrete is now widely used,\nespecially in parts of Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ties\nmade of steel are commonly seen in the UK on secondary lines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why\nconcrete sleepers?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nconcrete sleepers are easier to obtain than wood and are cheaper. Also, they\nare better when it comes to bear higher axle weights and support higher speeds.\nTheir greater load ensures enhanced preservation of the track geometry,\nparticularly when they are installed with the rail that is continuous-welded.\nConcrete sleepers have a more extended service life and they also require low\nmaintenance than wood because of their weight. This helps them to stay in the\ncorrect position for a longer period. Most of the European railways also use\nconcrete sleepers due to their extended service life and low cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concrete\nmixer transport<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to making the railroad sleepers the concrete for their construction is not made on the rail tracks. They are made in the factory or somewhere else and then transported to the rail tracks for turning them into the sleepers. The vehicles used to transport these concrete mixers are called transit mixers. The\u00a0transit mixer constructor\u00a0is generally in charge of the whole process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0transit mixer constructor<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>helps to transport the concrete to the place where the concrete needs to be used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0concrete mixer for railways\u00a0is nothing too extraordinary, it is just a machine that homogeneously mixes cement, gravels or sand and water to make concrete. A standard\u00a0concrete mixer for railways\u00a0uses a spinning drum to combine the components. A portable mixer is used for less volume of work so that the components can be combined at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[38],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premnathrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}