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We
at Manatts have dubbed our innovative new crushing
machine the Paradigm.
This machine, the first to ever be built and put
to use in large scale heavy-highway construction has
revolutionized the industry.
The machine was first conceived in February 1993
by employees at Manatts Inc., Duit Construction, and
Wendling Quarries.
Prior to this machine’s existence rubblized
roadway had to be hauled to a fixed location, crushed,
then hauled back to the construction site.
This is what Manatts saw as the paradigm of
stationary crushing and forced us to ask ourselves: Why does the crusher have to be sitting in one spot?
It doesn’t!
Soon after the notion of mobile crusher was
conceived Manatts salvaged tracks off of used equipment
and attached them to the stationary crushing assembly.
The Paradigm, dubbed as such because of its
ability to break the static frame of thought previously
accepted as the norm, allows Manatts to recycle concrete
in-place. The
time and costs savings are staggering in the domino
effect it creates.
Trucks are no longer running back and forth
through the busy construction zone. Safety issues are reduced.
Haul roads do not require as much maintenance. Concrete can be broken, crushed, and recycled to the exact
spot it came from.
The entire methodology of heavy-highway
construction has changed.
Just as amazing are the cost savings.
It is estimated that the Paradigm saved over
$800,000 on a single 14 mile project.
This machine earned Manatts the Construction Innovation
Forum's NOVA Award in 1996.
Gomaco also features
information about the Paradigm inside their success
stories section.
For more
information, questions, or bidding please contact:
Duane McDonald
Phone: 641-522-9206
Here's
how it works:
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A
standard, truck-mounted guillotine style breaker
begins the process by breaking up the existing
concrete road.
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The breaker is then
followed by up to 3 trackhoes.
These machines remove the majority of the
reinforcing rod, which is sent off to be recycled.
A work crew follows directly behind the
trackhoes with bolt cutters and torches to pick
out the remaining steel pieces, which are also
recycled.
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An
excavator loads the rubblized concrete into the
front of the Paradigm, which is fully
self-propelled and self-leveling.
Magnets remove any stray pieces of steel
and the concrete is fed into the first impact
crusher.
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A
trimmer runs alongside the Paradigm and trims the
subgrade to final elevation.
As the crushed concrete comes out of the
back of the Paradigm it is stockpiled directly on
top of the graded roadbed.
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Once the paradigm has
crushed all the material a dozer spreads the
windrow back across the base. The trimmers
then go back and make a final line and grade pass.
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The roadbed is compacted and ready to be paved!
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