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Profitability

Yorkshire Readymix Wins EXCEED’s Idea of the Month!

10th November, 2022

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On behalf of the Management Team, another big ‘Thank You’ goes out to everyone for continuing to develop and implement their ideas that will help make CEMEX a Safer place to work, with better quality and greater efficiency / effectiveness.

The following summary gives a brief overview of the ideas from the October 2022 competition:

  • Yorkshire Readymix – The ‘Wash Out’ swan neck was removed and a new simple Recycled water system was put in place. This system improves the risk of slips, trips & falls as the loading head ground conditions are free from wash water/flood water, etc.
  • Northfleet wharf – Have installed floating lifebuoy lights with high-visibility LEDs to all life rings on the jetty improving visibility if they are needed in an emergency.
  • Swinderby quarry – The site has fitted a retractable barrier that moves with the radial conveyor which will avoid entrapment.

After a very fiercely fought competition where the voting scores were very close to each other, our congratulations go out to the Yorkshire Readymix team who very narrowly took the top award this month!

At Yorkshire Readymix plant the area where the driver used to wash out via a swan neck fed from the wash pit was not ideal. On numerous occasions the swan would be damaged and the ground condition out of hours had not been ideal for drivers to use. It was decided to remove the risk of impact damage and improve slip, trips & fall hazards by eliminating the task from that area.

The swan neck was removed, and a new simple system was put in place. Recycled water is now fed directly to the mixer hopper via a pump. The insulation of a mixer wash pump panel and integrated timer has now been installed allowing drivers to washout on late returns to plant. This system improves the risk of slips trips & falls as the loading head ground condition are free from wash water / flood water etc.

A PDF presentation of the winning idea to share with your teams can be found in the download section of the UK News website:  EXCEED winning idea of the month - Yorkshire Readymix plant (956 downloads)  – if you want further information on any of the Ideas, please visit the Ideation platform via the links here:

Here is a direct link where you can search for any topic  https://cemex.idhall.com/