Revolutionary methods in concrete placement

Concrete placement methods and equipment enter a new era of efficiency with Schwing Separate Placing Booms. Combined with the right concrete pump, these placing booms provide a systematic method of concrete distribution.

The benefits of Schwing Separate Placing Booms are many; concrete placement speed is increased as much as 50 percent over the tower crane and bucket method. Also, pumping reduces segregation of aggregates in concrete and delivers higher strength mix at a steady rate for higher productivity. Labor requirements are less - one person operates the placing boom for uniform concrete placement in wall, column and deck forms. And with a concrete pump/separate placing boom combination, a tower crane is free to handle other necessary lifting.

The 32- and 28-meter booms gain added versatility with the optional quick   disconnect   feature. Contractors use the truck-mounted pump with placing boom in its conventional mode for part of a day on slab pours or other ground level placements and quickly remove the boom (with the aid of a tower crane) for remote placements later in the day. The quick coupling incorporates four pins which are easily removed to free the boom from the truck. The boom is remounted to a Schwing pedestal using the four pin system. The pedestal can be located hundreds of feet from the pump and connected with a pipeline. The remote separate placing boom is widely used on high-rise structures and other high volume placement projects to free the tower crane from concrete placing chores.