batching plant
noun1
Business, Construction, Manufacturing Usually a set of equipment assembled for the purpose of mixing concrete from raw materials, typically sand or gravel, cement, and water, but some are used for asphalt.
- Space for the concrete batching plant was found some little distance down the line, and from here a total of 60 tons of concrete was despatched in a wheelbarrow on a railway trolley.1959 December 23, Richard Hope, “Narrow Gauge Landslip”, in Railway Magazine, page 866:
- Related terms
- concrete mixer