Concrete Mix Plant Boosts Output With Maxi-Tuff® Elevator Buckets
Concrete Mix Plant Boosts Output With Maxi-Tuff® Elevator Buckets
1 PagesD owntime and delivery problems caused by breakage of elevator buckets and belts are a fading memory at the Lampy Ready Mix con- crete plant in Elbow Lake, Minn. Five years ago, the plant began replacing cast iron buckets with rugged, lightweight Maxi-Tuff ® buckets made of DuPont Zytel ® ST super tough nylon resin. Today, a total 380 Maxi-Tuff buckets are loading stone aggregate, sand and cement on the plant’s two elevators. “The buckets have
