Patent ID: 7862763
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: B28B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a plurality of concrete blocks; the process comprising the steps of: providing a mold having at least a first row of block-forming cavities; positioning a single pallet under the entire first row of block forming cavities to temporarily close the open bottoms of the block-forming cavities in the first row; introducing dry cast concrete into each block-forming cavity in the first row, through the open top of each cavity; actuating a single compression head to lower a stripper shoe into each of the block-forming cavities in the first row; discharging pre-cured concrete blocks from the bottoms of the first row of block-forming cavities and onto the pallet; measuring at least: evaluating the measurements to assess molding quality, without conducting measurements on molded blocks from every one of the cavities in the first row; the step of evaluating including comparing the measurements to target distances; and, adjusting the alignment of at least one of the compression head and the stripper shoe with the mold based on results obtained from the evaluating step, if necessary.