Modern development trends in plastering units, stations, technological sets, and their control coordination systems
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https://doi.org/10.26906/znp.2026.66.4354Keywords:
plastering units, plastering stations, technological sets, building mortars, mixing devices, mortar pumps, pipeline mortar transportation, automated control systems, energy-efficient drivesAbstract
Modern construction industry development is characterized by increased finishing operation productivity, quality, and resource efficiency requirements, with a significant share attributable to building mortar preparation, transportation, and application processes. Within total construction and installation work labour intensity structure, plastering operation share remains among the largest, necessitating further plastering process mechanization and automation.
Plastering unit and station operation efficiency is largely determined by mixing and pumping unit design parameters, different mobility mortar supply stability, pipeline system pressure pulsation levels, and equipment operation mode coordination with building mixture rheological characteristics. Extensive morally and physically obsolete equipment use leads to technological process productivity reduction, energy consumption increase, and material application quality deterioration.
At the same time, modern construction equipment development trends are associated with energy saving drive implementation, automated control system integration, process parameter digital monitoring technology application, robotic mortar application complex deployment, and mortar pump and mixing device design improvement. This necessitates existing plastering unit and station design feature system analysis and promising further development direction identification.
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