Putzmeister is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 manufacturer of concrete pump

Concrete pump

A concrete pump is a tool used for transferring liquid concrete by pumping. There are two types of concrete pumps.The first type of concrete pump is attached to a truck. It is known as a trailer-mounted concrete pump because it uses a remote-controlled articulating robotic arm to place concrete...

s, headquartered at Aichtal

Aichtal

Aichtal is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 18 km south of Stuttgart.- External links :*...

 and the largest in its field. It also provides pumps for pumping a wide range of different materials, for example slurries, fly ash

Fly ash

Fly ash is one of the residues generated in combustion, and comprises the fine particles that rise with the flue gases. Ash which does not rise is termed bottom ash. In an industrial context, fly ash usually refers to ash produced during combustion of coal...

, sewage

Sewage

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, and compost

Compost

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Putzmeister is German for "Plaster Master" (Putz Meister).

History

Putzmeister was founded by Karl Schlecht in 1958. Schlecht designed a mortar machine based on his diploma thesis at the University of Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

The University of Stuttgart is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties....

. In 2008, Putzmeister broke its own record by pumping concrete to a height of more than 700 m at Burj Khalifa.

In 1986, Putzmeister 52Z's were used in the Chernobyl nuclear accident, pumping over 400,000 cubic yards of concrete to entomb reactor number 4, setting a world record at the time for volume pumping.

During the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents

2011 Japanese nuclear accidents

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 at the Fukushima

Fukushima

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 plant, multiple Putzmeister concrete boom pumps were flown to Japan from locations around the world. After the initial success of a M58-5 unit, additional M62-6s and 70Z's were transported to Japan on-board chartered Antonov An-124

Antonov An-124

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Ukrainian SSR's Antonov design bureau, then part of the Soviet Union. It is the world's largest ever serially-manufactured cargo airplane and world's second largest operating cargo aircraft...

's, the world's second largest cargo plane. The 70Z is the world's largest boom pump, able to reach over 220 feet, and able to be controlled remotely from 2 miles (3.2 km) away. The pumps will be deployed to try to stabilise the four reactors with additional water pumping capacity.

Products

• Concrete pump
  Concrete pump
  A concrete pump is a tool used for transferring liquid concrete by pumping. There are two types of concrete pumps.The first type of concrete pump is attached to a truck. It is known as a trailer-mounted concrete pump because it uses a remote-controlled articulating robotic arm to place concrete...
  
  
  • Concrete boom pumps
  • Concrete placing systems
  • BSA trailer pumps
  • Truck mounted line pumps
  • Mortar machines
• Industrial pumps