Lagan Tile Buys New Rapid Planetary Concrete Mixer

Rapid International Ltd in County Armagh has supplied Northern Ireland based Lagan Tile with a new RP1000 Rapid Planetary Concrete Mixer. The mixer was specified due to its high capacity and increased levels of energy efficiency.

The new mixer has been installed in Lagan Tile's roof tile production plant located in Lisburn, County Antrim.

Lagan Tile began producing concrete roof tiles in 1995 at a purpose built factory near Lisburn in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Since then, the company has grown from strength to strength, supplying customers in all sectors of the building industry in the UK and Ireland with quality products.

As a prior customer of Rapid, Lagan were confident in their decision to purchase the RP1000 Rapid Planetary Concrete Mixer as a solution to their requirements for higher capacities and increased levels of energy efficiency. The mixer was supplied in partnership with Concrete Batching Systems, who designed, manufactured and carried out the full mechanical installation and integration of the Rapid Mixer, providing Lagan Tile with their specified mixing plant upgrade.


John Pickering, Sales Manager for Rapid, said: "We were delighted that Andy and his team at Lagan chose to go with Rapid. Reliability was imperative to Lagan in order to support their 24 hour production schedule. Rapid became the clear choice for Lagan and we were happy to be able to provide a reliable solution that can meet the 24/7 production that they require."

The Rapid RP1000 Planetary mixer is capable of producing output batches of 1.0m3 and is ideal for smaller outputs, precast products and semi-dry coloured concrete. The Rapid Planetary's star mixing action comprises of up to three rotating mixing stars, with each star consisting of two rotating mixer paddles. This unique mixing action ensures fully homogenised concrete. The RP1000’s standard features include: durable chill cast tiles, wear sleeves, paddles and heavy duty discharge door mechanisms. Safety concerns are mitigated with spring tensioned mixing arms. The mixer is complete with an up-rated gearbox, supplied by a specialist gearbox manufacturer.