The Midlands Readymix team have come up with a simple yet brilliant idea to help find out where a pipe is blocked – transparent piping.  They have suffered with fibres blocking the pipes on site and came up with this solution.  The blockages occur in several places and they normally have to take whole sections of pipework down to find out where it is.  Now they have transparent pipework they can see where the blockage is from the outside and once it is cleared they just add a joint to put the pipework back together again.  Simples!

Photo shows the old green pipes next to the new transparent clear pipe. (It has product flowing through it which is why it looks grey!)

If you’d like to find out more or have an idea to suggest please contact the Exceed team leader: Mark Beagrie,  markcharles.beagrie@cemex.com

All the idea’s and best practices can be found on the Exceed ideation online platform: https://cemex.idhall.com/