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PRECAST CONCRETE ELEMENTS130 CPI %u2013 Concrete Plant International %u2013 6 | 2025 www.cpi-worldwide.comThis equipment does not require civil works/pit for its installation and could be transported and installed to produce near construction sites to save transport costs and easily relocated once the project is finished.In this case, the machines have been specially designed with a curved side to match the bottom of the tunnel on which the culverts will be installed to build a 3.2 x 2.1 m utility corridor under the six-lane motorway. Special provisions have also been made on the mould, to assemble different types of fixing elements inside the culverts for communications and other installations. Besides these machines, Moldtech has also supplied a set of ancillary equipment and accessories to improve efficiency and safety:%u2022 A hydraulic turning machine with 30T that safely and efficiently turns the culverts 90%u00ba into their final installation position.%u2022 An automatic lifting clamp with 30T capacity, allows lifting the box culverts casted vertically, to safely transport the units to the 90%u00ba turning machine without requiring lifting anchors and voiding rigging works. %u2022 Two tilting/laydown concrete buckets with 3m%u00b3 capacity facilitate casting, loading directly from the mixer truck and efficiently pouring at the top of the machines with through a side screw conveyor. %u2022 Additional accessories such as support guides for positioning the machines, access stairs in each machine position to the working platforms, or an elevated platform as a machine cleaning and oiling station, have been supplied to facilitate works at all stages of the process.All this equipment has been designed in close collaboration with Acciona and according to their proposed layout of the facility, planned with the required walkways and fenced areas as per a stablished work process to maximize efficiency and safety as per Australian strict WHS standards.After satisfactory initial production tests and training of local workers, the client is starting to produce at a great pace to meet the demanding project lead times, having to build up to 1,400 culverts for the tunnel.This cooperation with Acciona strengthens Moldtech%u2019s position as an international supplier of efficient technological solutions for the increasing demand of precast concrete elements for large infrastructure projects. Once built, this complex engineering project will become a landmark, easing congestion on existing roads, and once again, showing Acciona%u2019s capabilities as an efficient provider of challenging sustainable infrastructure. nFURTHER INFORMATIONMoldtech S.L. C. Polysol Uno 40, P.I. Piedra Hincada 41500 Alcal%u00e1 de Guadaira (Sevilla), Spain T +34 955 444190 info@moldtechsl.es, www.moldtechsl.esLifting clamp Lifting clamp and 90%u00ba turning machine