Time: August, 2019
Location: Zimbabwe
Model: ZAP-C20 Stationary Drum Mix Asphalt Plant
Voltage & Frequency: 380V/50Hz
Zimbabwe has a perfect road traffic network, with a total mileage of 85000 kilometers. Local road construction, maintenance and repair projects continue to be carried out all year round, and infrastructure construction needs are stable. However, for a long time, local small and medium-sized road construction enterprises generally face a series of industrial problems such as poor equipment adaptability, unstable asphalt finished product quality, lack of professional technical support, etc., and lack of small and medium-sized asphalt mixing plants suitable for small and medium-sized projects, stable performance and perfect supporting services.
In August 2019, ZOOMLINE completed a full set of landing services for ZAP-C20 20t/h stationary drum mix asphalt plant for local well-known road engineering enterprises, including cross-domain on-site installation, precise commissioning and complete machine trial production. The core of this project focuses on the actual construction pain points of customers. Through customized equipment matching and full-process landing service, the construction problems of customers are completely solved, providing reliable asphalt material production solutions for local small and medium-sized road engineering construction.
This cooperation client is a very influential road construction enterprise in Zimbabwe. It has been deeply involved in local infrastructure projects for many years and undertakes a large number of scattered, small and medium-sized road construction projects. Before cooperating with ZOOMLINE, customers were subject to multiple problems of asphalt plant, technology and service for a long time, which seriously affected the construction progress and project acceptance effect of the project. The core pain points were concentrated in four dimensions:
Most of the projects undertaken by customers are small and medium-sized scattered road projects. The production capacity of large asphalt mixing plants is too high, the equipment operation energy consumption and operation and maintenance cost are high, which easily leads to idle production capacity and waste of resources; while the production capacity of ordinary small bitumen mixing plants in the market is unstable, which cannot meet the production demand of continuous construction, and it is difficult to adapt to the normal construction rhythm of customers.
The mixing technology of local traditional small asphalt batching plant is old, the mixture of aggregate and asphalt is uneven, the stability of asphalt mixture produced is poor, the quality is not up to standard, and the problems of unqualified materials and failure to meet road construction standards often occur, which directly affects the project delivery quality and project acceptance rate.
Most local asphalt mix plant suppliers only provide stand-alone sales services, and do not support cross-border on-site installation and commissioning services. The customer team lacks professional experience in installation and commissioning of large-scale asphalt batch plant, and the equipment cannot be started up and put into production smoothly after purchase, which is easy to cause problems such as idle equipment and project delay.
Local operators lack experience in standardized equipment operation and maintenance, and asphalt mixer plant manufacturers rarely provide systematic training services. Manual operation is not standardized, daily maintenance is not in place, resulting in low production efficiency of equipment, frequent failures, greatly increasing the cost of operation and maintenance in the later period.
Customers urgently need a small and medium-sized stationary drum asphalt mixing plant with high cost performance, capacity adaptation, stable quality and simple operation. At the same time, they need professional cross-border on-site installation, commissioning and systematic operation training one-stop service to completely solve the industry pain points of equipment landing difficulty, unstable production and technical support.
ZOOMLINE customized ZAP-C20 20TPH stationary drum asphalt mixing plant solution for customers after precise matching of project scenarios. The performance parameters, operation advantages and supporting services of the equipment are also the core reasons why customers finally choose ZOOMLINE.
ZAP-C20 stationary asphalt drum mixing plant rated capacity stable up to 20 tons/hour, perfect for customers scattered, small and medium-sized road construction scale, not only solve the problem of insufficient capacity of small equipment, can not continue production, but also avoid the disadvantages of large equipment overcapacity, high energy consumption, waste of resources, effectively help customers control construction costs.
The asphalt mixing plant adopts mature drum continuous mixing technology, which can realize uniform mixing of aggregate and asphalt, full mixing of materials and strong stability of finished products. The asphalt mixture produced fully conforms to Zimbabwe local road construction standards, and solves the quality pain points of unqualified materials and difficult project acceptance from the root.
ZAP-C20 stationary asphalt drum mixing plant has simple and reasonable structure design, fast start-up speed, low operation threshold, low operation failure rate, no need for complex operation and maintenance conditions, highly adaptable to Zimbabwe local construction environment and technical level of operators, and strong adaptability.
Different from the mode that ordinary manufacturers only sell bitumen hot mix plants, ZOOMLINE provides full-life cross-border supporting services, covering one-stop services such as on-site installation of cross-border engineers, precise commissioning, systematic operation training, etc., filling up customer technical gaps at one time, and thoroughly solving the core problems of difficult landing and unprofessional operation of customer equipment.
After determining the customized solution of ZAP-C20 stationary asphalt drum mixing plant, ZOOMLINE quickly started the special process of overseas project landing, coordinated the whole process of equipment exit, personnel assignment, site docking, landing delivery, etc., and efficiently promoted the project landing. This overseas construction is faced with multiple thorny problems: Zimbabwe’s severe extreme construction environment with continuous high temperature exposure in summer and dusty outdoors, complicated travel procedures for cross-border personnel, strict customs clearance review and other regional barriers, in addition, the customer’s local construction team lacks practical operation experience in equipment operation and installation and operation, and the superposition of multiple factors easily leads to the delay of project construction period and substandard landing effect. In view of the above multiple pain points, we set up a dedicated cross-border engineer team to sort out the on-site construction plan in advance, predict the construction risks, prepare supporting construction tools and consumables, adhere to standardized and refined overseas delivery standards throughout the process, overcome the landing problems one by one, realize the efficient promotion of the whole process of equipment installation, commissioning and training, standardize the landing, and achieve zero delay in construction period, and successfully complete this cross-border delivery work.
The landing period of this project coincides with the high temperature season in Zimbabwe in midsummer. The local daytime temperature remains high for a long time. There is no shelter on the outdoor construction site. The dust weather is frequent. The high temperature operation is easy to cause personnel fatigue and poor heat dissipation of equipment, which brings great test to the site construction. At the same time, due to the influence of transnational travel policy, cross-border customs clearance process and regional travel restrictions, the difficulty of engineers ‘cross-border travel to the site has been greatly increased, and the conventional travel route has been blocked. In order to strictly adhere to the project schedule and ensure the construction progress of customers, two senior field engineers of ZOOMLINE planned the cross-border route in advance, optimized the travel scheme, successfully completed the cross-border travel via Kenya transit, and successfully arrived at the Zimbabwe project construction site. Overcoming multiple obstacles such as high temperature and harsh environment, cross-border travel barriers, etc. in the whole process, without any delay in construction period, entering the site as soon as possible to carry out landing preparation work, fully demonstrating the efficient execution and ability of overseas projects of the brand.
After arriving at the project site, the engineer did not directly carry out standardized installation operations, but first carried out all-round field survey on the customer’s construction site, carefully checked the site flatness, spatial layout, power supporting facilities, material stacking area and other core construction conditions, and customized the exclusive personalized equipment installation scheme in combination with Zimbabwe’s local construction specifications, climate and environmental characteristics and the customer’s subsequent construction planning, so as to avoid potential problems such as site adaptation, later operation and maintenance, equipment operation, etc. In the whole process of installation operation, the engineer shall follow up and guide the whole process one-to-one on site, carry out step-by-step technical disclosure to the customer cooperation construction team, strictly control the accuracy and standard of each installation process, supervise the construction details in real time, and correct the irregular operation in time. With professional on-site control capability and standardized construction process, all procedures such as frame assembly, pipeline docking, circuit layout and accessory installation of the complete set of ZAP-C20 stationary drum mix asphalt mixing plant are completed efficiently, and the overall installation accuracy, equipment fit and construction quality are fully up to standard, laying a solid hardware foundation for subsequent equipment commissioning and stable production.
After the overall installation of the asphalt hot mix plant is completed, in order to completely eliminate the production quality problems caused by the equipment with fault operation and parameter deviation, our engineers start the comprehensive and non-dead angle fine inspection and debugging of the whole machine.
Firstly, the stability of equipment frame, transmission system, mixing system, asphalt supply system, temperature control system, electrical control system and other core components shall be comprehensively inspected, and various potential safety hazards such as mechanical looseness, pipeline blockage, circuit failure and poor sealing shall be checked one by one. Subsequently, many no-load test runs and load debugging were carried out to accurately calibrate core operating parameters such as equipment feed speed, mixing time, asphalt ratio, discharge temperature, and production capacity output, and to optimize equipment operating procedures based on local raw material characteristics and construction standards. Through multiple rounds of repeated debugging and parameter calibration, the potential hidden dangers of equipment operation are completely solved, the stable operation of the whole machine, accurate parameters and sensitive control are guaranteed, and the local construction production needs are fully met, thus laying a solid core foundation for subsequent large-scale, standardized and safe trial production and formal production.
Combined with the early docking situation, it can be seen that the local operators of customers generally lack standardized operation experience of small and medium-sized asphalt mixing plants, and lack of professional skills such as equipment operation and maintenance, fault diagnosis and parameter adjustment, which is also the core problem restricting the long-term and stable operation of equipment. In view of this core short board, our engineers abandoned the general training courseware and customized a set of lightweight, highly adaptable and practical training courses in combination with the structural characteristics of ZAP-C20 hot mix plant, the construction environment of Zimbabwe with high temperature and dust, local engineering construction standards and the technical foundation of operators. The training adopts the systematic mode of “theoretical explanation + on-site practical operation + question answering and re-examination + practical operation assessment”, and carries out all-round teaching around the core practical contents such as equipment start-up preparation, standardized operation process, material proportion adjustment, daily cleaning and maintenance, wearing parts replacement, common fault identification and rapid troubleshooting, equipment shutdown specification, etc. Engineers demonstrate operation by hand, answer questions point-to-point, lead local operators to repeat practical operation drills, help the team quickly understand the core points of equipment operation and operation and maintenance, quickly have the ability of independent operation, independent operation and maintenance, and simple troubleshooting, and truly realize the one-stop landing service of “delivery equipment, delivery technology and delivery capability”.
Relying on accurate asphalt mixing plant scheme matching and standardized full-process landing service, all construction, equipment and technical pain points faced by customers in the early stage have been perfectly solved, and the equipment has successfully completed trial production. The overall project effect far exceeds customer expectations and has been highly recognized by customers in all aspects.
After professional installation and precision commissioning of ZAP-C20 stationary asphalt drum mixing plant, the asphalt mixture produced in the trial production stage is evenly mixed and of stable quality, which fully meets the construction requirements and acceptance standards of Zimbabwe road engineering, and eliminates the engineering rework and acceptance failure caused by unqualified materials from the root cause.
The stable production capacity of asphalt mixing plant of 20 tons/hour perfectly meets the needs of small and medium-sized scattered construction projects of customers, completely avoids the problems of overcapacity waste and insufficient capacity shutdown, effectively improves the overall construction efficiency, greatly reduces the equipment operation, labor and time costs, and creates higher economic benefits for customers.
Through systematic and hands-on professional training, the local operation team fully grasps the independent operation, daily operation and maintenance and fault handling capabilities of the equipment, completely gets rid of the dependence on external technicians, realizes long-term independent, stable and safe production of asphalt materials, and ensures the normal promotion of the project.
Customers highly value ZOOMLINE’s reliable equipment quality, rigorous on-site execution ability and perfect one-stop after-sales system. From cross-border landing, standardized installation and commissioning to customized technical training, all-round professional services fully demonstrate ZOOMLINE’s customized solution capability and brand strength for African infrastructure projects.
The successful landing and commissioning of Zimbabwe ZAP-C20 asphalt mixing plant project not only solved the current construction pain points and technical shortcomings of customers at one time, but also created sustainable and reusable double long-term value for customers ‘long-term operation and ZOOMLINE African regional market layout.
For customers: the stable production of the whole set of hot asphalt mixing plant completely overcomes the core problems such as unstable asphalt material supply and substandard finished product quality that the enterprise has long faced. The equipment can continuously output high-quality and standardized asphalt mixtures for various small and medium-sized road construction and municipal maintenance projects, greatly improve the project construction efficiency and project delivery quality, comprehensively enhance the core competitiveness of customers in the local infrastructure market, and assist enterprises to deepen the infrastructure field in Zimbabwe for a long time and steadily expand their business territory.
For ZOOMLINE: This project has become a high-quality benchmark case for the brand to deeply explore the infrastructure market in southern Africa, effectively shaping the professional brand image of ZOOMLINE small and medium-sized asphalt mixing plant. At the same time, the project fully verified the ZAP-C20 series asphalt mixer machine and one-stop landing service, highly adapted to the localized construction scenarios with high temperature, multiple working conditions and weak technology in Africa, laid a solid practical foundation for the brand to subsequently explore Zimbabwe and southern Africa markets and land more localized cooperation projects, and also built a solid bridge for long-term and in-depth strategic cooperation with local high-quality customers.
Zimbabwe ZAP-C20 stationary drum mix asphalt plant project is a typical overseas benchmark case of ZOOMLINE with customer pain points as the core and landing effect as the orientation. Different from the traditional asphalt mixing plant manufacturer’s mode of simply selling equipment, ZOOMLINE deeply excavates local construction difficulties and customers ‘real needs, and solves multiple problems such as difficult equipment adaptation, poor finished product quality, weak technical support and insufficient operation and maintenance capability in one stop through accurate equipment selection, customized landing scheme and full-process cross-border technical service. With reliable equipment quality, professional service and perfect after-sales system, the project was finally put into operation smoothly and customers were fully satisfied, fully demonstrating ZOOMLINE’s brand strength of deeply cultivating overseas infrastructure market and enabling global customers to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
If you are facing various problems such as unstable asphalt material quality, poor equipment capacity adaptability, lack of professional cross-border technical support, and difficulty in operation and maintenance in road infrastructure projects, ZOOMLINE can provide customized asphalt mixing plant solutions and full-life landing services according to your project scale, construction scenario and geographical environment. We cover equipment selection, cross-border installation, precision commissioning, technical training, after-sales operation and maintenance one-stop services, and comprehensively solve your construction pain points. Welcome to consult at any time to obtain exclusive project solutions and accurate quotations.
