BENNINGHOVEN : Renewing existing mixing plants by retrofitting
Working in partnership to renew old technology and accompanying customers and users through all the challenges of modernization. The usual service life of asphalt mixing plants is easily twenty to thirty years – if not longer. Over this unbelievably long
Working in partnership to renew old technology and accompanying customers and users through all the challenges of modernization.
The usual service life of asphalt mixing plants is easily twenty to thirty years – if not longer. Over this unbelievably long period, a lot can change in the world – requirements on formulas and qualities of mixes, for example, and often the official regulations operators have to comply with in order to get an operating licence. Benninghoven accompanies customers and users through all the challenges of modernization – with its very own retrofit division.
Parameters which may change during the working life of an asphalt mixing plant
Customers demand new, higher-quality asphalts which require the plant to have specific dosing options. Legislators tighten up emissions standards. The proportion of RAP fed to the process is increased, reducing raw material costs –but only for operators with the appropriate technology.Dust and noise protection regulations (Germany’s “TA-Luft” and “TA-Lärm”, for example) required to retain an operating licence are made stricter – often because residential areas expand right up to the asphalt mixing plant which used to be in an isolated position. Alternative fuels are required for the mixing plant burner.
Seven good reasons for a Benninghoven retrofit
- State of the art: bringing the asphalt mixing plant up to the current state of the art.
- Protecting your existing site: ensuring that the site retains its operating licence.
- Sustainability and economy: replacement of components and integration of recycling technologies pay for themselves.
- Optimization and efficiency: modern control technology from Benninghoven improves plant performance.
- Win-win: updating the plant can also be used as an opportunity to satisfy individual requirements – serial production solutions have already been developed from customer ideas.
- Improve instead of repair: the recommendation from Benninghoven experts will leave plants in a better state after the retrofit than before it.
- All makes: Benninghoven retrofit solutions are also possible for plants from other manufacturers.
A retrofit from Benninghoven modernizes plants from all manufacturers
Retrofit solutions to modernize existing asphalt mixing plants make sense for lots of reasons – and are often more beneficial than investing in new equipment. In densely populated regions, a retrofit may well be more or less the only option, as getting new local authority consent would involve a complex process and the outcome would be uncertain.
When an existing plant is renewed, on the other hand, new consent becomes completely superfluous in many countries. Benninghoven is the partner for mixing plant operators in all retrofit projects – regardless of which manufacturer originally installed the old plant. In the process, customers benefit from the expertise and fairness which characterize Benninghoven.
Complete retrofit solution from a single source
From design to technical implementation to realization on site: Benninghoven experts from the Wirtgen Group subsidiaries accompany the retrofit process all the way from establishment of contact to final acceptance. They also make direct contact with the main factory. This is of particular value to plant operators, because no two mixing plants are alike. A great many solutions have to be adapted individually or even worked out from scratch to make the plant future-proof. To make sure everything comes together perfectly at the end, the procedure is divided into three steps: development of a joint retrofit plan, technical investigation and implementation at the main Benninghoven factory, implementation of the new technology on site.
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