The sf NORDIMPIANTI Slipformer machine is made up of 2 main units, a universal power unit together with a hopper and a forming insert module.
Power unit and hopper
The universal power unit houses the hydraulic pumps, the control box and the control panel. The power unit, together with the hopper can be easily and quickly transferred to another forming insert to produce a different element.
Concrete is delivered from the main hopper by feeding tables into delivery hoppers and then onto the casting bed.
On the bed the concrete is formed into its profile and then compacted by vibrating units. The complete power unit can be removed and mounted on a different forming insert in order to change element production.
Forming insert
The forming insert is the product-specific part of Slipformer. It includes the delivery hoppers, vibrating units, wire guides, side formers and a set of forming tubes or dividers according to the elements being produced.
In the production of hollow core slabs, the height of the elements and the number of voids is determined by the forming tubes. Different element heights can be manufactured by changing the forming tubes.
