[SmartCat]

Found this unique machine dumping some wet concrete right outside our house.





This is what the contractor had to say -

- "Ella automaticku" (meaning Everything is done automatically)
- 4 wheel drive
- Very compact when compared to Ready Mix Concrete trucks

To figure out the automatic bit, here is an Youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK0jVbXXMBM

Company Website: http://www.ajax-fiori.com

[Aditya]

That's an interesting vehicle. Never knew something like this existed.

The Ajax Fiori self-loading concrete mixer certainly seems like a useful machine. It eliminates the need for having multiple vehicles. This, along with the swiveling operator post, tight turning radius and 4x4, makes it a very handy machine in tighter spots and smaller & hill roads with limited access.

It also reduces the need for manual labour considerably and speeds up the concrete mixing process.

Thanks for sharing!

[giri1.8]

Very good machine for medium and large scale projects, weighing system is a boon for quality control, labours who manually mix may not follow the industrial standard mixture properly.

Only negative I see is that, small scale projects where space is a constrain might find it difficult to use this, traditional mixer is usually stationary and doesn't need to disturb the traffic.

[A350XWB]

Have seen this in action in Kerala quite some time back. I was surprised that there was no mention of this here and I double checked the date of the post to ensure that it was not an old one.
It eliminates a lot of manual labor and the four wheel steering really makes it very convenient on narrow roads. Saw this during the culvert work on a village road in Kerala and I was amazed by the ease with which this thing was maneuvering through the narrow space.
Noticed a small glitch in the attached video and also the product website. The name of the product is ARGO 4000. But in the video and also the browser header at the product site (Product Features), it is given as AGRO 4000.

[Holyghost]

Originally Posted by giri1.8

Very good machine for medium and large scale projects, weighing system is a boon for quality control, labours who manually mix may not follow the industrial standard mixture properly.

Quality Control is a major advantage of these machines. My neighbor who works for the Quality Control unit of the State Govt has been all praises for this machine since it makes his work much easier. The on-board computer stores all the data for weight of Cement, Sand and Stones and other parameters used for the previous batches. He talks about the surprise on the contractor's face when he verifies the data on the machines screen. Which contractor would expect a Govt official to climb on the machine and retrieve the stored data about previous mixes and getting caught.

Originally Posted by A350XWB

Have seen this in action in Kerala quite some time back. I was surprised that there was no mention of this here and I double checked the date of the post to ensure that it was not an old one.

Very true, This machine has been a hit in Kerala and has been in use for the past few years.