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Ready-mix concrete & cement products

iConcrete Upgrade your batching plant's automation in 1 day.

iConcrete controls dosing, mixing and loading on any concrete or cement-products plant, from a 60 m³ mobile unit to a two-mixer line. The right recipe in every batch, compliant with the Greek Concrete Technology Regulation, with production data in the cloud.

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Hundreds of installations

iConcrete screen showing the batching plant mimic diagram

iConcrete is built on iOLABS Live Control: we write the controller code ourselves, connect to any PLC, and the operator holds the plant in their hand, on web, tablet or desktop. The shared capabilities (recipes, interlocks, operating modes, calibration, users, backups) are described there once. This page covers what is specific to concrete.

What you gain

  • The cement dose you paid for, in the mixer

    Weighing at thousands of samples per second with automatic in-flight correction. Deviation per material stays inside K.T.S. tolerances and is logged for every batch.

  • Live control in your hand

    One live picture of the plant on web, tablet and desktop. The operator commands from wherever they stand, the owner sees the same screen from the office. One system from the controller code to the cloud.

  • Aggregate moisture without guesswork

    Microwave moisture probes in the bins and a mixer hygrometer. Per-recipe moisture curves that the operator trains. Water is corrected before it drops, not after.

  • Installed in 1 day without losing production

    Panel and software are prepared in our workshop. On site we do the changeover, test batches and operator training, usually inside a weekend.

  • Fits any plant

    Unlimited aggregate, cement, water, admixture, pigment and microsilica scales. Two mixers in parallel, transport and weighing skips, subtractive scales. Mobile and stationary plants.

  • Switch bins without stopping

    When a bin runs empty the operator pulls the material from another with one tap, inside automatic production. The truck mixer never waits for the silo to fill.

  • Compliant with K.T.S. and international standards

    Theoretical and actual quantities, water/cement ratio and mixing time recorded per batch, ready for the lab and for inspection.

  • Production commands from the yard

    Hopper level sensors, push-button stations and the iOLABS tablet/phone app trigger production on cement-products lines without anyone walking to the control room.

  • Productions and deviations on your phone

    Every production uploads automatically to the iOLABS Automations Cloud: m³ per day, recipe and customer, real water/cement ratio, batch duration, alerts.

  • Delivery notes and accounting, connected

    Productions and consumption feed iConcrete DMS and any accounting package or ERP. One delivery note, one source of truth.

How it works

  1. 01

    The panel

    An iOLABS IP54 panel with the main switch, power relays, motor cabling and a modern Ethernet controller. It replaces the old panel or is fitted onto it.

  2. 02

    The signals

    Load cells, moisture probes, material and mixer thermometers, limit switches and ammeters reach the PLC. iConcrete reads them hundreds of times per second.

  3. 03

    The recipe

    The operator picks recipe, m³ and truck. The system computes the moisture correction, weighs aggregates, cement, water and admixtures in parallel and corrects free-fall on every scale.

  4. 04

    The mixer

    Discharge order and timings per recipe, mixer current monitoring, mixer hygrometer for the final water trim, staged door opening for the truck mixer.

  5. 05

    The record

    Every batch is stored with theoretical and actual weights, time, operator and scale. From there come the production printout, the delivery note and the K.T.S. report.

  6. 06

    The cloud

    Every production uploads automatically to the iOLABS Automations Cloud within seconds. The owner sees m³, deviations and consumption on a phone.

Modules

  • Aggregate dosing

    Unlimited bins and scales, cumulative or independent weighing, vibrators, automatic bin switching.

  • Cement, water, admixtures, pigments, microsilica

    Independent scales per material group, pumps per admixture, powder pigment weighing, water pulse meters.

  • Moisture

    Microwave aggregate probes, mixer hygrometer, per-recipe moisture curves, automatic water and sand correction.

  • Mixer and discharge

    One or two mixers, transport skips, mixing times per recipe, staged discharge, washing.

  • Cement products

    Production commands from hopper level sensors, push-button stations or the iOLABS app. Ultimate and Enterprise editions for one or many lines.

  • Productions and reports

    Batch printout, consumption per material, deviations, export to accounting and to iConcrete DMS.

  • Panel automation

    Interlocks, ammeters and voltmeters on screen, limit-switch monitoring, alarms.

  • iOLABS Automation Core

    Recipes, four operating modes, two-step calibration, self-tuning, maintenance, tablet, users, backups, multilingual.

Editions

  • iConcrete

    Ready-mix: one mixer, unlimited scales, DMS and cloud.

  • iConcrete Ultimate Edition

    Cement products: external production commands, pigment scales, moisture curves.

  • iConcrete Enterprise Edition

    Two mixers in parallel, skips, multiple lines, multiple control points.

Specifications

Controllers
ControllersSiemens, Beckhoff and any modern PLC or controller, over standard industrial protocols (Modbus, Profinet, OPC UA). Controller code written by iOLABS.
Control interfaceiOLABS Live Control: live screens on web, tablet and desktop; SCADA/HMI functions built in
CommunicationWired network, Wi-Fi for tablet, secure remote support
ArchitectureiOLABS Live Control with a secure production database; LEMS (Less Electronics More Stability), ATS (Auto Tuning System), SCS (Self Care System)
Weighing
ScalesUnlimited: aggregates, cement, water, admixtures (up to 5 per scale), pigments/powders (1–4), microsilica
SamplingThousands of samples per second, digital filtering, automatic free-fall correction
Calibration2 steps by the operator, values logged
MoistureMicrowave 0.1–0.25 % depending on material, mixer hygrometer, per-recipe curves
Plant
Mixers1 or 2 in parallel, transport/weighing skips, subtractive scales
Plant typesMobile and stationary batching plants, cement-products lines, 60–200+ m³/h
PanelMetal IP54, main switch, power relays, cabling, controller with wired and wireless communication
Software
OperationAutomatic, semi-automatic, manual, maintenance
UsersRoles and permissions, action log, automatic and manual backups
LanguagesGreek, English, extensible
IntegrationsiConcrete DMS, iCIS, iBreaker, any accounting package/ERP, iOLABS Automations Cloud
ComplianceGreek Concrete Technology Regulation (K.T.S.), international concrete production standards

Media

  • Operating iConcrete from a tablet next to the plant
  • iConcrete screen with two mixers on a cement-products line
  • Automatic production in iConcrete
  • iOLABS electrical panel at a concrete batching plant
  • iConcrete on a laptop at the plant
  • iConcrete installation at a batching plant
  • Panel and controller at a concrete plant

Integrations

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FAQ

Will iConcrete fit my batching plant?
Yes. iConcrete is configured for any concrete or cement-products plant, from a small mobile unit to a line with two mixers and skips. If the machine has motors, scales and valves, iConcrete controls them.

How long will the plant be out of production?
One day, including the electrical panel work, test batches and training. We schedule the changeover on low-demand days or over a weekend.

Do I need a new PLC or a new panel?
Not necessarily. We assess the existing panel. Often we keep the power relays and replace only the controller and I/O cards. If the panel is at the end of its life we build a new IP54 one in our workshop.

Is it compliant with the Greek Concrete Technology Regulation?
Yes. Theoretical and actual quantities, moisture, water/cement ratio and mixing time are recorded per batch. Together with iConcrete DMS, delivery notes carry every K.T.S. field and the myDATA marking.

Can the operator calibrate the scales alone?
Yes, in two guided steps: zero and known weight. No technician needed. The calibration is logged with date and user.

What happens if a sensor fails mid-production?
The interlock stops only the affected element and alerts the operator. From maintenance mode the operator isolates it and continues semi-automatically, while our engineers connect remotely if needed.

Can I see production on my phone?
Yes, with the iOLABS Automations Cloud. Every production uploads automatically and you see m³ per day, recipe and customer, material deviations and real water/cement ratio, with e-mail alerts.

Is there a demo?
Yes. Ask us for a live presentation, in person or online, and see iConcrete running with your own recipes. The presentation videos are on iconcrete.eu.

Help

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