Innovation and sustainability: Zanette’s DNA
Zanette is a company that has made innovation its identity.
Specialized in the production of prefabricated and façade cladding in traditional and special concretes such as UHPC (Ultra High Performance Concrete) and GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete), it looks to the future of construction with a sustainable and technological vision.
Zanette’s need: to transform waste into a resource
Residues and waste materials inevitably arise from every production process. Zanette has set itself an ambitious goal: to transform its prefabricated waste into useful materials, to be used as substrates or aggregates for new applications.
To meet this challenge, a tailor-made technology was needed, capable of processing a complex and resistant material such as UHPC. This is where MEC comes in, with its thirty years of experience in the design of plants for the processing and crushing of stone and concrete.
The MEC solution: a custom-designed system
Accepting the challenge meant moving out of the traditional schemes. MEC has developed a completely customized system for Zanette, designed to process materials other than classic stone blocks.
The heart of the system is the MEC, an innovative splitting machine designed to obtain a controlled internal fracture and maximize the yield of the material.
How the system works
The Guillotine: The oblique blade acts with asymmetrical contact, applying differentiated pressures to the sides of the block. This generates a guided and precise break, which allows you to obtain fragments of controlled size.
The Stark: It is equipped with a second feeding input to handle materials of different types or grain sizes. In this way, the plant can handle several production flows at the same time.
Rubber conveyor belts: Connect all modules – Stark, Guillotine, and Crunch – preventing material slippage and ensuring a continuous and safe transition between processing phases.
The Crunch: It is the crushing and refining section that brings the material to the desired consistency, until it obtains grain sizes similar to sand.
The end result: sustainability and added value
Thanks to this plant, Zanette has been able to: – reduce production waste, – recover high-quality materials for new uses, – optimize disposal costs and internal logistics, – concretely contribute to a more sustainable construction chain.
A concrete example of collaboration between technology and process innovation, where MEC precision mechanics meets Zanette’s experience in the world of prefabricated materials.
Do you want to reduce your industrial waste?
If your company generates waste of concrete, stone, or special materials and you think there is no solution, MEC can help. We design tailor-made systems for the recovery and enhancement of materials, adapting them to the needs of each branch.
Contact us for free advice. Together we will find a way to transform what you now consider waste into a new production resource.
