Hopper Concrete Mixer

Cement, sand and other aggregates are loaded in a hydraulically operated hopper and then poured into the mixing drum for final mixing. They can be unloaded by tilting the drum. In hand-feed concrete mixers, cement, sand and other aggregates are directly added to the mixing drum manually.A concrete mixer is comprised primarily of a motor, a rotating drum, and often a chute. Inside the drum, the materials used to make concrete spin around, mixing together evenly and remaining soft for application and forming.Concrete mixers are devices capable of preparing concrete mixtures of varying strength precisely as well as quickly. Some concrete mixers are even capable of dispensing the concrete mixture directly on the location of the construction.Mixing concrete is simply defined as the "complete blending of the materials which are required for the production of a homogeneous concrete" (Young, 267). This can vary from hand to machine mixing, with machine mixing being the most common.