Third Imer mortar plant for Ever Ready
A new mortar supply company has recently set up its third production plant using an Oru Rome CZ2 horizontal batching plant and MS500 planetary pan mixer, both supplied by the batching plant division of the Imer Group.
Established in September 2007, Sunderland-based Ever Ready Mortar now have similar plants in Washington, Eccles and Sheffield, from where they offer a choice of mixes of both standard and coloured mortar.
Supplied and installed by Birmingham-based Imer Direct, the latest plant produces high-quality brick-laying mortar, with up to 72h retardant if required, at a rate of 0.25m3 every 1.5 min. A fully automated control system allows one batch to be weighed while another is being mixed.
Each batch is discharged from the paddle mixer directly into a sturdy plastic tub, before being loaded on to one of Ever Ready’s fleet of custom-built delivery vehicles. Small truck and trailer units, which can carry a maximum of eight tubs, significantly reduce lead times for smaller customers, while larger trucks capable of carrying 20 tubs are suitable for deliveries to larger construction sites. On arrival, the tubs are off-loaded by small truck-mounted cranes.
Ever Ready say this method of supplying mortar is proving very popular with builders, as considerable savings can be realized in terms of both time and space. By delivering mortar first thing in the morning, bricklayers can commence work immediately, at a cost virtually the same as producing on site, without having to worry about logistics or health and safety issues.
The first Imer plant to be installed is currently producing mortar at a rate of 60 tubs per day, but Ever Ready say they plan to increase this in the near future to approximately 240 per day at each location, all with guaranteed quality and consistency.
Established in September 2007, Sunderland-based Ever Ready Mortar now have similar plants in Washington, Eccles and Sheffield, from where they offer a choice of mixes of both standard and coloured mortar.
Supplied and installed by Birmingham-based Imer Direct, the latest plant produces high-quality brick-laying mortar, with up to 72h retardant if required, at a rate of 0.25m3 every 1.5 min. A fully automated control system allows one batch to be weighed while another is being mixed.
Each batch is discharged from the paddle mixer directly into a sturdy plastic tub, before being loaded on to one of Ever Ready’s fleet of custom-built delivery vehicles. Small truck and trailer units, which can carry a maximum of eight tubs, significantly reduce lead times for smaller customers, while larger trucks capable of carrying 20 tubs are suitable for deliveries to larger construction sites. On arrival, the tubs are off-loaded by small truck-mounted cranes.
Ever Ready say this method of supplying mortar is proving very popular with builders, as considerable savings can be realized in terms of both time and space. By delivering mortar first thing in the morning, bricklayers can commence work immediately, at a cost virtually the same as producing on site, without having to worry about logistics or health and safety issues.
The first Imer plant to be installed is currently producing mortar at a rate of 60 tubs per day, but Ever Ready say they plan to increase this in the near future to approximately 240 per day at each location, all with guaranteed quality and consistency.
