Concrete Pumping Safety and Latest Concrete Pumping Technology Developments
By S. Urano, Y. Nakata, S. Yanai and C. Hashimoto
Concrete Journal, Vol.58, No.3, Mar. 2020
- Synopsis
- Various issues related to pumping concrete with concrete pumps have been pointed out. These include the occurrence of accidents and the lack of a unified pumping load calculation method. The Committee on Concrete Pumping Technologies, which gathers information on the latest trends in pumping technology, conducted as a safety study an analysis of accidents involving pumping and a survey on the status of conveying pipe management methods. Further, as an investigation of pumping plans, the Committee conducted a survey on issues related to pumping planning, and regarding pumpability, it conducted a survey on differences in this regard among the concrete-related guidelines of academic societies. Based on the "Report of the Committee on Concrete Pumping Technologies", published in June 2019, which presents the results of two years of activities by the Committee, this paper describes the findings.
- Keywords:
- Concrete pump, Safety, Pumping plan, Pumping load
