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Article: Batching delays.(Problem Clinic)
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- The Concrete Producer
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Q. In the last few days, we've been experiencing delays in our batching process. We can't get the cement batcher to accurately weigh material when we get a few orders going in a row. I keep trying to adjust the computer setting to allow more time, but it just doesn't work. What should we do?
A. To answer your question, we turned to Randy Theis, plant maintenance manager at Ozinga Bros. Concrete of Chicago. Theis has a great deal of experience answering questions from dispatchers.
Theis believes the number one misconception in diagnosing cement weight problems is the belief that there must be something wrong with the computer. The 30-year veteran of ...