Construction World November 2024

Left: The KAROO50 batching process is completely automated, and concrete mixes to SABS, EN or UL standards are produced. Right: The company also manufactures and supports concrete mixer drums.

• Easy access to greasing points. • Easy access to water filling lines. • Adjustable and detachable V-chutes. • Safe and easy on-site drum roller replacing – (no crane required). • Gravity fed overhead hydraulic oil coolers. • PMP Transmission. • Domex sub-frames. ECEM also refurbishes, repairs and maintains all makes of concrete mixer drums: • Re-blading of concrete mixer drums (6 m 3 and 8 m 3 ). • Replacement of track rings. • Refurbishment of complete mixer assemblies. • Sandblasting of truck chassis and sub-assemblies. • Refurbishment and service exchange on all hydraulics (transmission, pump, motor etc). The company supplies a complete range of spares and accessories for all makes of mixer drums. Spares are supplied, but not limited to, drum rollers, chutes, extension chutes, drum cables and ZF and PMP transmissions. A drum thickness testing service is also available. Cement silos ranging from 40 tons to 250 tons are fabricated to strict quality standards and are custom built to client specifications, with structural engineering certificates supplied on request. All silos are fitted with access ladders, hand railings, filtration units, filling pipes, butterfly valves, aeration rings, inspection hatches, pressure valves, inverted cones and universal filling couplings. Parts such as filter bags are stocked for ready supply to customers. Screw conveyors ranging in diameter from 168 mm to 325 mm are available in varying lengths according to the customer’s specification. Aggregate weigh hoppers and overhead bins are built to client specification, as are water, cement and chemical batchers. 

customers with their set-up, dismantling, repair and maintenance requirements. Training on the operation and basic maintenance of the KAROO50 is offered to enable customer personnel to perform plant set-up, operation and day-to-day maintenance. Technical advice and scheduled maintenance of critical components such as scale calibration and repairs to sub-systems are also offered. Each KAROO50 comes with a 12-month system warranty and the plant can be customised to individual requirements. ECEM was established as Echar Construction Equipment Manufacturers by its founder, Charl Marais, in 1990. The company grew rapidly, emerging as a leading manufacturer of readymix batching plants and mixer trucks in South Africa. ECEM is currently owned by Jacques Marais and Shane Wheeler and employs 60 staff members, including general workers, fabricators, electricians, welders, boiler makers and office staff. In addition to mobile readymix batching plant, ECEM produces a slew of quality plant and products for the construction and readymix industries. Among these are the Namib ready mix plant with production rates of up to 80 m 3 per hour dry and wet batchers up to 120 m³/h (twin shaft mixers). Concrete mixer drums Another important pillar of the ECEM operation is the manufacture of drum mixers to match most trucks sold in Africa. The standard sizes for trucks are 6 m³, 8 m³ and 9 m³ drums, which can also be produced for export. The concrete mixers feature the following: • ECEM type replacement and all other brand replacements. • ECEM design, suitable for all truck chassis. • Innovations on the drums that reduce mixing times. • Performance enhancing innovations on the track rings (solid, seamless, machined track rings).

Manufacturing for the KAROO50 and other ECEM products is undertaken the company’s modern factory in Brakpan.

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