Manufacturing of Concrete Products and Precast Elements / edition beton (PDF)

Dr.-Ing. habil. Helmut Kuch was head of the Department of Equipment and Machinery at the University for Architecture and Construction in Weimar from 1984 to 1992. From 1992 to 2007, he was director of the Institut für Fertigteiltechnik und Fertigbau Weimar e. V. (Weimar Institute for Precast Technology and Construction). His work concentrated on the design and dimensioning of equipment for the manufacture of concrete products, with particular emphasis on moulding and compaction and mitigation of noise and vibration.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg-Henry Schwabe completed his studies of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics at the Technical University of Chemnitz with an engineering degree in 1993. Since then, he has been working as a research associate at the Weimar Institute for Precast Technology and Construction. In 2002, he received his doctorate at the Technical University of Chemnitz. His thesis dealt with "vibrational design of concrete pipe machines". Since 2006, he has been head of research in the precast technology division of the institute, concentrating on the dynamics of building materials machinery, numerical simulation of machines and processes, and mitigation of noise and vibration. Since 2010 professor for transmission technology and dynamics of machinery at the University of Applied Sciences in Jena.

Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Palzer studied process engineering of building materials at the University of Architecture and Construction in Weimar (today Bauhaus University) from 1979 to 1984. From 1984 to 1989, he worked as a research associate at the university and received his doctorate in 1990. In 1990, he became Managing Director of Ritter Verwaltung GmbH and moved on as Managing Director at PBM Projektbau- und Baumanagement GmbH, Weimar, in 1995. Since July 2007, he has been director of the Weimar Institute for Precast Technology and Construction. His work concentrates on building materials research, simulation of processes, and mitigation of noise and