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The company Van Thuyne from Waregem, Belgium, canlook back on a long and successful history. Founded in1880 as a company in the building materials trade, thefirm, which is headed today by the owners Tom Eeckhoutand his wife, Fien Barra, quickly developed into a success-ful producer of precast concrete elements, which are heldin high esteem not only in Belgium, but also in the Nether-lands and France.
More than 60 employees cover a wide range of precast con-crete elements, starting with hollow core slabs with a thick-ness of up to 500 mm, through pre-stressed filigree slabs 1.2and 2.5 metres (reinforced) wide, up to wall elements, pillarsand girders.
Doubling of pre-stressed concrete production
The recent decision to construct a new hollow core slab pro-duction was Van Thuyne's initial step towards a general mod-ernisation process and an increase in production capacitiesby 60% to a total of 12 beds, each 160 m in size. Thanks tothis significant increase in production capacities to up to2,300 m² of hollow core slab per day, Managing Director TomEeckhout feels well-equipped for the future. "The demand forhollow core slabs has increased considerably. We want to usethis development for further growth in our company andtherefore we decided to expand our capacities and to mod-ernise our production machines."
Cutting-edge technology: 2 products with one production system
The hollow core slab production was extended in cooperationwith the Belgian Echo Precast Engineering, one of the com-panies in the Progress Group, a leading machinery supplierfor complete solutions in the precast concrete industry.
The core of the new production system is the Echo slip formerfor versatile, flexible production requirements. As well as pre-stressed concrete filigree slabs, foundation piles, solid floors,joists, lintels, guttering, and even filigree slabs insulation andintegral heating and cooling systems can be manufactured asrequired.
This versatility is made possible by the modular machinestructure. Height differences in the same product series canbe produced by quick, problem-free changing of the tube setand run-around. Changing to a completely different productcan be completed even more quickly by replacing the pro-duction module. The specific construction of the S-Liner slip
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Van Thuyne invests in a new hollow core factory
Echo Precast Engineering NV, 3530 Houthalen, Belgium
The owners of VanThyne company TomEeckhout and Fien Barraare extremely satisfiedwith the new hollowcore slab productionfrom Echo Precast Engi-neering and the plantsupplied by EBAWE Anlagentechnik andProgress Maschinen & Automation.
The van Thuyne family firm founded in 1880 knows how tocombine traditional family values with modern businessmanagement.
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Modern production halls with state-of-the-art production technology are an elementary component in the success of the vanThuyne group.
former and the use of dry concrete (zero slump concrete)make it cost-efficient and easy to use and maintain. Each ma-chine type can be configured for a track width/cutting widthof 1.2 m to 1.5 m or of 2.4 m.
In Van Thuyne's case the company decided on combined pro-duction of hollow core slabs and pre-stressed filigree slabs,1.2 m wide, in order to offer flexible utilised capacity in pro-duction, adapted to the needs of the market.
Very high precision with bed plotters
The automatic plotter from Echo Precast Engineering makesit possible to draw and print data such as cutting angles, pro-
ject identifications and the area to be detached on precastconcrete elements. Both the on top of the hollow core slabsand at the two sides of the precast concrete elements can beprinted. The machine has an industrial PC. Data are trans-ferred as a pxml file either via a USB storage medium or via awireless network connection and controlled by special soft-ware prior to printing. Since the automatic plotter is battery-powered, no cables are required for production.
Efficient auxiliary machines round off production
A multi-functional trolley, a concrete aspirator, a fresh con-crete saw and a saw for cured concrete ensure efficient pro-duction preparation and a smooth production process.
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The Echo slip former is the core of the new production system. The S-Liner slip former is the ideal solution for versatile, flexible production requirements.
The automated Multi Angle Saw for cutting the Hollow Coreslabs at the desired length.
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The automatic plotter makes it possible to draw and printdata such as cutting angles, open cores, rip cuts, projectidentifications and the area to be detached on precast concrete elements.
The concrete aspirator removes the concrete which has notcured; it is primarily used to make cut outs for ducts, opencores, hammer heads, protruding reinforcement ends andcleaning of the tracks at the side of the casting bed.
With the fresh concrete saw hollow core slab can be processed directly after the finishing process without any problems.
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Van Thuyne GewelvenEmiel Clausstraat 988793 Waregem, BelgiumT +32 56 60 80 20F +32 56 61 11 [email protected]
Echo Precast Engineering NVIndustrieterrein Centrum Zuid 15333530 Houthalen, BelgiumT + 32 11 600800F + 32 11 [email protected]
EBAWE Anlagentechnik GmbHDübener Landstraße 58, 04838 Eilenburg, GermanyT +49 3423 6650, F +49 3423 665200www.ebawe.de, [email protected]
Progress Maschinen & Automation AGJulius-Durst-Straße 100, 39042 Brixen, ItalyT + 39 0472 979 100, F + 39 0472 979 [email protected], www.progress-m.com
Progress Group GmbH The Squaire 15 Am Flughafen60549 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyT +49 6977 044044F +49 6977 [email protected]
FURTHER INFORMATIONThe battery-powered multi-functional trolley, for instance, isused for the installation of new beds and has specialised ro-tary brushes to clean the production beds, wire-drawingequipment to draw the reinforcement wires and strands anda device for oiling the production beds.
The concrete aspirator removes concrete, which has notcured. It is used primarily to make cut outs for ducts, opencores, hammer heads, protruding reinforcement ends andcleaning of the tracks at the side of the casting bed.
Thanks to the fresh concrete saw and the saw for cured con-crete the elements can be correctly cut to the required widthand length at every stage of production. This saves time andcosts and generally increases production flexibility.
Summary: Partnership for the future
The ambitious Van Thuyne group has recently succeeded inmodernising its hollow core slab production. "We are verypleased," says Tom Eeckhout, "that we have undertaken thiswith a partner like Echo Precast Engineering, and we havevery much appreciated their competence and assistancethroughout the entire project."
New investment in a carousel pallet system and steel processing with Progress Group
In addition, it was vital for van Thuyne to have a strong part-nership based approach with a group such as the ProgressGroup for its further production modernization process; apartfrom setting up a new hollow core slab production, the com-pany recently also completed a new carousel plant and mod-ernized its steel processing: "Progress offers an all-round ap-proach for the precast concrete industry. That was the decid-ing factor for us. As well as our new hollow core slab produc-tion we have, together with Ebawe Anlagentechnik GmbHand Progress Maschinen & Automation, also Progress Groupcompanies, just completed a new carousel plant with a state-of-the-art shuttering robot. We are particularly proud of howwell the reinforcement machinery integrates into this overallprocess, in particular the Wire Centre and the VGA Versa lat-tice girder welding machine. �
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