Volumetric Mixer Refurbishments
With years of experience and expertise, there’s no one better than Volumech at putting new life into an old mixer — no matter what the job.
- REMOUNTING
- NEW AGGREGATE BIN
- COMPLETE BARE SHELL STRIP DOWN
- SHOT BLASTING & RESPRAY
- AUGER REPLACEMENT
- CONVEYOR REPLACEMENT
- REPLACEMENT WIRING LOOM
- REPLACEMENT PNEUMATIC SYSTEM
- OVERHAUL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM
Volumech's Refurb Process
Volumetric Mixer Refurbishments
REPLACE & REFURBISH
The client, AK Hill, asked for a refurbished unit to replace the existing 2007 unit that was remounted onto a 2018 chassis at the time of the VSO change. We agreed the most time effective way to update this mixer two years later was to supply a fully refurbished unit which we would swap for his — we part exchanged his unit. The unit was stripped to a shell and had the following work carried out;
- Complete new agg bin
- Complete new conveyor system
- Complete new hydraulic system
- Complete new auger system
- Complete new air/electrical system
- Complete new cement drive system
- Complete shot blast and respray
- All new panels and controls
Also, special considerations for this unit included;
- We arranged for the vehicle to be sign written with his pre approved design,
- Fitted a petrol pressure washer,
- Centre divide electric vibrators, and
- Extra 1000L water tank.
“THE ENGLAND RUGBY TRUCK!”
This mixer came to us as a 2007 Cemen Tech 8m150 which had been in service for 12 years. The original chassis had had its day and the mixer had produced a lot of metres of concrete!
Upon the first discussions with Mr Steve Phillips from Accumix Concrete Ltd, it became clear he wanted to create something special to celebrate the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. We outlined the rebuild criteria while listening to what he wanted with regards to the running of the machine and a stylized element.
We set about it as per usual, stripped it to a shell, cut most of it off and started from scratch! Working with Accumix, we developed a list of required alterations such as:
- New hydraulic system;
- New electrical and pneumatic systems; and
- New conveyor, auger, and cement systems.
The graphics on this vehicle had to create the wow factor! We collated designs for the cab wrap and Accumix information along with the support for the England rugby team. I think you will agree this makes for one very nice mixer!
“WHAT A MONSTER!”
- Conveyor;
- An auger with our own design of heavy-duty lower bearing;
- All new hydraulics, electrics and, more.
“OFF ITS SIDE ONTO A VOLVO!”
This mixer started life as a 2013 Cemen Tech 8m150 which we acquired after it had been put on to its side. The main truck chassis and cab were a write-off and the body was twisted.
We removed the body from the original Renault chassis where we could see the extent of the damage clearer. We decided it was going to take something special if this mixer was going to be returned to its former glory and function correctly.
We stripped the body to a shell, removing the cement bin as well. The aggregate bin was cut down to the bin supports, letting us see the chassis had a gentle twisting curve. We decided to construct our own mixer body jig – this comprised of 2x 500mm I-beam chassis lgs to form the bed with the same I-beam cross bars and diagonal braces. This allowed us to fasten the chassis down and manipulate it until straight.
Once done, we set about rebuilding it as normal with a few of our little twists, including a sliding chute rack mounted on the water tank, fibre feeder, and a full-width rear catwalk.
After the custom 3 colour paint job was carried out, the mixer was mounted to this rather lovely Volvo FM12 and fully rebuilt to our usual high standards!