Independent pegs conventional and non-reinforced pipe in plant overhaul

摘要

St. Louis the latest target in a plant target in a plant upgrade program for Independent Concrete Pipe Co. (ICPC). The company's Missouri Division has commissioned new precast and pipe lines, built in a 1960s-era enclosure at an 37-acre site on the southwestern edge of St. Louis. Completed last fall, the upgrade saw installation of Betodan and Pedershaab casting and product handling machinery. Added kiln capacity and automated product handling stations required construction of an additional 15,000 sq. ft. of building enclosure.Staff from Atlanta-based Pedershaab USA Inc. worked with ICPC to reconfigure old moving floors to operate at and below ground level for efficiency and safety. Machinery of earlier generation Pedershaab VIHY design was retooled for 12 in. to 48 in. diameter pipe - conventional and, as market opportunities develop, non-reinforced. Complementing those offerings are box culverts (up to 12 X 12 ft.), large bore pipe (up to 144 in. diameter) and irregular shape product cast in twin pits served by Betodan machines.