Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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PLANT PROFILE Concrete M Set in Arrowood Quarry was a standout, in more ways than one, during AGG1 this year. by Kerry Clines, Senior Editor artin Marietta Materials' Arrowood Quarry located in Charlotte, N.C., started out as a portable plant in 1965. The per- manent plant was built soon after in 1968. During AGG1, Arrowood Quarry opened its gates to interested show attendees. A bus tour took visitors through the entire operation, from the pit to the processing plant to the loadout, and everyone was treated to viewing a blast. Those who were unable to attend the tour missed getting a glimpse of what makes this operation unique. Plant personnel spent many hours sprucing up the quarry for the AGG1 tour. "We started in September and painted about 80 percent of the process plant," says John Smith, plant manager at Arrowood Quarry. "It took 3,000 gallons of paint and 10 tractor-trailer loads of sand-blasting sand. It hadn't been painted in about 15 years." "The crew did a great job getting ready for the AGG1 tour," adds Bill Podrazik, operations manager for the Carolina West Region, Martin Marietta Materials. "They're as proud of this place as we are." Quarry visitors were greeted with some fairly unusual features. "The plant is kind of unique," Podrazik says. "It's a wet, fractionated plant. When the material hits the screen tower, it actu- ally goes into the fractionated blending tunnel wet. Then we pull it back out and rewash it. It's nice from the dust-control perspective." One of the most interesting and unique fea- tures of the plant is the loadout bin structure. It contains nine 250-ton bins — all concrete. AGGREGATES MANAGER September 2012 21