The universal power unit houses the main motors, the drive motors and the control panel. The power unit, together with the hopper can be easily and quickly transferred to another forming insert to produce a different element. Screws, together with the forming tubes, the side formers and the smoothing device (5) have an oscillating movement backwards and forwards which give excellent concrete compaction at every point along the element ensuring the element's excellent technical characteristics. NORDIMPIANTI’s evo extruder is equipped with a compaction control system (6) that allows the operator complete control of the machine in order to reduce or increase the concrete compaction when required.
The concrete is delivered to the machine’s hopper. The concrete then falls onto the Archimedean screws of the forming insert. The hopper has a minimum level sensor which stops the machine if there is not enough concrete. This device stops the machine in order to avoid the situation where element damage can occur if the machine is completely out of concrete. When the hopper is refilled the extruder automatically restarts.
The forming insert contains the special gearbox with an oil bath for the transmission components. It also contains the Archimedean screws, forming tubes, side formers, smoother device and the wire guides. The height of the hollow core slabs and the number of voids is determined by the forming insert. Different element heights can be manufactured by changing the forming inserts. The standard forming inserts produce hollow core slabs with 8, 6, 5 or 4 holes.
The 4 screw forming insert is capable of producing hollow core slabs with different heights by simply changing some components supplied as an accessory set. This accessory set consists of the following:
• Forming tubes (1)
• Smoother device (2)
• Concrete conveyor (3)
For the 4 screw forming insert the accessory sets can be supplied to enable panels between 320 mm and 500 mm high to be produced. Special accessory sets are also available for other forming insert types.
With the NORDIMPIANTI Extruder evo machine it is possible to produce hollow core slabs for floors and for walls.
The production system gives a good surface finish on both sides of the element (one side is smooth because of the steel casting bed and the other side is given an excellent finish by the smoother device on the casting machine). It means that the panel is finished, ready for painting if required.
NORDIMPIANTI’s evo Extruder can also be equipped to produce hollow core slabs for floors with profile edge keys along the sides of the element. These enable the elements, when constructed together to meet seismic requirements.
The particular corrugated side edge is made by special edge cog rollers.