This changes everything
Video, sensors and artificial intelligence
inside the mixer truck
Concrete under control, from loading to discharge
How does it work?
Concrete Watcher™ fits the mixer truck with a self-cleaning HD camera, under the loading hopper, that sees inside the drum for the whole trip: loading, transport, waiting on site and discharge. Hydraulic pressure and temperature sensors, GPS built into the electronics box and an optional flow meter on the truck’s water pipe complete it.
During transport, the drum’s hydraulic pressure gives the slump class of the concrete (S2, S3, S4…). At discharge, artificial intelligence measures the slump on the video, in millimetres. The camera also detects any water addition, whether from the truck’s tank or from a hose on site, and measures the litres added after a calibration of about 5 minutes. With those litres and the concrete left in the truck, it recalculates the water/cement ratio.
Every trip is recorded with its video and data, and reaches the web platform and the driver’s phone or tablet in real time, with automatic alerts when anything goes outside the order. The technology is patented in Spain and the United States.
Eliminate blind spots
Sees inside the drum from loading at the plant to the return trip, including waiting and discharge on site.
Store and analyze
Stores the video and data of every trip: full traceability and objective evidence for any claim.
Automatic alerts
Instant alerts for water additions, slump outside the order, a covered camera or spills, with the video as evidence.
Regulations and requirements
Meets specifications that require automatic control of slump and added water during transport.
Greater benefits
Learn from data how your concrete behaves in transport and delivery. Greater customer satisfaction.
Avoid cheating
Avoids quality problems by detecting if there is washing water left in the drum before loading a new batch.
360º control
Controls the behavior and performance of the concrete and the driver.
Real-time data and analysis
Artificial intelligence constantly watches the inside of the drum, analyses and reports in real time.
Connectivity
It can be connected to automatic dosing equipment to add admixtures or water.
Learn about the benefits of Concrete Watcher™
Concrete Watcher™ provides numerous advantages to concrete producers and their customers, all of them with a high impact on performance and profits, while also avoiding traditional costs in the sector.
Quality improvements
- Detects water additions of any origin (from the truck’s tank or a hose on site), with the video as evidence, preventing unauthorised additions.
- Detects water inside the drum before loading.
- Reduces costs and carbon footprint by optimising mix designs, with no need to overdesign to compensate for unauthorised water additions.
- Reduces the cost of poor quality, avoiding rejections on site.
- Ensures correct mixing: detects clumps of dry material and helps with correct retempering if water or admixture is added on site.
- Shows how concrete behaves in transport: loss of workability over time, effect of adding water or admixtures, etc. With that data, mix designs fit each situation better.
- Reduces on-site testing, saving time and costs for the producer and the client.
Logistics improvements
- Shows in real time the volume discharged and remaining in the truck, optimising the plant loading sequence (avoids waiting on site and supply delays).
- Saves discharge time, because the concrete arrives with the slump ordered.
- Detects accidental spills during transport and, with the kit’s GPS, knows exactly where they happened.
- Estimates the volume of returned concrete when the discharge is incomplete.
Other advantages
- Helps detect drum maintenance problems: blade wear, build-up of hardened concrete, etc.
- Self-cleaning camera with an instant alert if it gets covered: helps maintenance and prevents cheating.
- Other alerts available: water addition, slump outside the order, incomplete mixing, etc.
- Simple installation: any mechanic can fit it, at the plant or in the workshop, without touching the truck’s control unit. It runs on 12/24 V from the truck’s battery.
- No contact with the concrete: no part enters the drum or wears with the mix.
Clear and precise information
It includes a complete web platform and an app for the driver’s phone or tablet, which analyse and report what happens to each truck on each trip, backed by video. Clear, relevant, always up-to-date information.
Truck chronology and incidents per trip
Views of incidents captured by video and analyzed by AI
concrete SPILLAGE
Alert detected: Spillage during transport! (0:15)
TRUCK ON SITE
Info: Finished pouring Talk to a Concrete Watcher™ expert
CONCRETE WATCHER™ allows concrete producers to gain complete control over everything that occurs during transportation, being able to identify, analyze, and guarantee the quality of concrete from loading in the plant until complete discharge on site.
What Concrete Watcher™ measures
Slump class during transport (S2, S3, S4…), from the drum’s hydraulic pressure, and sudden slump changes, for example when water or admixtures are added. At discharge, slump in millimetres, measured by AI on video.
Water additions from any source, detected by video and measured in litres, with the water/cement ratio recalculated. The optional flow meter also measures the litres through the truck’s fixed pipe.
Temperature throughout the trip, a key control in hot or cold weather.
GPS position, discharge start time and duration, volume discharged and volume left in the truck.
Drum rotation: direction, speed (rpm), total revolutions and mixing control.
Leftover concrete or washing water in the drum after discharge.
Installation and maintenance
Simple installation: any mechanic can fit it, at the plant or in the workshop, without touching the truck’s control unit. It runs on 12/24 V from the truck’s battery.
These are the kit components and where each one goes on the mixer truck.
Frequently asked questions
What does Concrete Watcher measure?
The slump of the concrete (the slump class during transport and the value in millimetres at discharge), water additions of any origin in litres, the recalculated water/cement ratio, drum rotation (direction, speed and revolutions), temperature, GPS position, discharge start time and duration, the volume discharged and remaining in the truck, and leftover concrete or washing water in the drum.
How does it measure the slump?
From two sources. During transport, the drum’s hydraulic pressure gives the slump class (S2, S3, S4…). At discharge, artificial intelligence measures the slump on the camera video, in millimetres, and the measurement is stored with its video.
Does it detect water added on site?
Yes. The camera detects any water addition, whether from the truck’s tank or from a hose on site, and measures the litres added after a calibration of about 5 minutes. With those litres and the concrete left in the truck, it recalculates the water/cement ratio. Every alert is stored with its video. As an option, a flow meter on the truck’s fixed pipe also measures the litres that go through it.
How is it different from other slump control systems?
Many systems estimate the slump only from hydraulic pressure or from probes inside the drum. Concrete Watcher adds a camera that sees inside the drum for the whole trip: it measures the slump by video at discharge, detects and measures in litres water of any origin, recalculates the water/cement ratio and keeps video evidence of every trip. It never touches the concrete, and the technology is patented in Spain and the United States.
What is installed and who installs it?
A self-cleaning HD camera under the loading hopper, an electronics box on the drum frame (with built-in GPS) and hydraulic pressure and temperature sensors; as an option, the flow meter. No extra equipment is needed in the cab: the driver uses their own phone or a tablet. Any mechanic can fit it, at the plant or in the workshop, without touching the truck’s control unit, and it runs on 12/24 V from the truck’s battery.
Where is the data shown?
In real time, on the web platform and on the driver’s phone or tablet, with automatic alerts. Every trip is stored with its video and data, to check whenever needed. It can also be connected to automatic dosing equipment for admixtures and water.
Is the technology patented?
Yes. Concrete Watcher holds granted patents in Spain and the United States.
Concrete Watcher™ technology has been granted patents in Spain and the USA.
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