Concrete Material Process Gr Trucking Recycling

Concrete Material Process

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Here at Gr Trucking we move, transport, and recycle a lot of concrete. Concrete is one of our most popular materials that we deal with. Recycled concrete is a concrete aggregate manufactured using preexisting concrete from demolished structures, sidewalks, and roadways. However, there is a process that concrete goes through before it is recycled. Today we are going to walk you through that recycling process. The process is pretty straightforward as there are really only four steps. Harvesting, crushing, screening, and cleaning.

Harvesting is when concrete is collected from demolition sites. Think of old airport runways, highways, interstates, roads, gutters, curbs, sidewalk, etc. Once the rubble is harvested, the rest of the process is done on site or at a recycling facility like Crete Crush.

After harvesting comes the fun part, the crushing! Popular methods for crushing include portable, mobile or stationary jaw crushers, impact crushers or cone crushers. Sometimes, if concrete needs to broken down into really small bits and pieces, it will be run through a cone crusher a few times.

Once concrete has been harvested and crushed it then goes through a screening process. This is one of the most important steps because concrete aggregate is often mixed with other materials like clay, dirt, wood, etc. In order for the concrete to be reusable it needs to be screened using something like scalping and deck screeners to be separated from other materials. This can be a long process and concrete often goes through many screening rounds.

The final step is the cleaning. Before concrete can be recycled, any remaining residue from removed materials must be cleaned away. This is done through hand-picking, magnetic separation or air or water separators. Once this final step is completed, the concrete is ready to be used again!

Concrete recycling is a straightforward process but it does require the right resources. If you need concrete recycling please start with partnering with us and our sister company Crete Crush. We look forward to doing business with you!