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SmartCrusher bv has developed a technique for recovering the sand, the gravel and the cement from concrete.
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Sustainable Concrete Recycling - c2c - With the SmartCrusher

Mission
SmartCrusher bv's goal is to reach: Climate neutral circular building in its broadest sense.

The SmartCrusher not only makes it possible to create almost climate neutral new concrete from concrete waste. Right now, also the quality and economical aspects (even without calculating the tender benefits and tax advantages) of the SmartCrusher technologies are definitely advantageous.

In addition to the existing SmartCrusher (crushing/milling) technology, additional technologies are under development that will make concrete completely 100% circular.

Read more about Concrete and the Environment. SmartCrusher as the solution, read why.

News
SmartCrusher presentation at BAU Munich 2023 SmartCrusher presentation at the BAU Munich 2023
Published on March, 6th 2023 April 17–22 2023, the world's leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems, BAU 2023 is held. The fair takes place in the Trade Fair Center Messe München.
Koos Schenk will participate in the symposium "Sustainable Building".

View the list of speakers here

Heijmans creates circular concrete circle in Amsterdam - Betonhuis Heijmans creates circular concrete circle in Amsterdam
Published on May, 23rd 2022 The Concrete Agreement visits frontrunners from the concrete industry and concrete construction. This time Simone Bel van Betonhuis is present at Heijmans. She examines the pouring of circular concrete at the new underpass at Contactweg in Amsterdam. This project draws the attention of Betonhuis through the application of this innovative circular concrete mixture in a reinforced concrete construction component that separates the road from the cycle path. Betonhuis is working together with the Concrete Agreement to further develop frontrunner stories.

Read the full article here

Customer Profit Model Calculation for investing in the SmartCrusher Calculate your revenue when investing in SmartCrusher
Modified on March 21, 2023 Do you want to contribute to a better environment with SmartCrusher and also make a good investment?

Using the calculation model below you can determine what an investment means. You can use the calculation model to enter and adjust your required data to generate an overview of the revenue.

Note: The advice is to open the spreadsheet on your computer for the ease of editing the data because of the protected elements in the spreadsheet.

Interested in opportunities or questions? Please contact us via Koos Schenk via koos@slimbreker.nl or call +31 6 222 63 487.

Download the calculation spreadsheet

BnB Demonstration Day - Innovative concrete recycling technologies 7th of February 2022 - The online BnB Demonstration Day
Published on January, 24th 2022 In the BnB project, innovative concrete recycling technologies are demonstrated to 1) better separate concrete into cement fines and aggregates (SmartCrusher technology) and 2) regenerate the binding capacity of the hardened cement fines (Microwave technology).

You can participate in this online event. You can register via the registration form.

View the detailed information and invitation. More information about the project and the event can be found at: https://upconcrete.vito.be/en.

The SmartCrusher 2.0 at work
Published on December, 13th 2021 An impression of the SmartCrusher 2.0 at work. The pre-crushed concrete rubble goes into the SmartCrusher, resulting in the gravel and the sand-cement fraction.
The new SmartCrusher SC 2.0 The new SmartCrusher SC 2.0
Published on December, 15th 2020 In close consultation with "launching customer" Fa. Rutte (SCP and Urban Mine) from the Megapool Amsterdam, SmartCrusher BV has put the finishing touches to the SlimBrekers 2 / SmartCrushers 2 (SC2) (or SmartLiberator as it is called at Rutte).

The SC2 is intended to free all fractions from traditional pre-crushed concrete rubble, and that at approximately 40 tons per hour.

After several test runs, the latest SC2 has been found ready for the market!

Do you want to contribute to a better environment with SmartCrusher and also make a good investment?

Read the full news item here. ( Nihongohan (guguru keiyu) wa kochira)

SmartCrusher 2.0 still from animation
Animations of simulation of SmartCrusher Principles
Published December 21, 2020 On the page publications 4 animations are included that show a simulation of the SmartCrusher principle.
SmartCrusher in the Betoniek September 2020
Betoniek - Reclaiming cement from concrete
Updated December, 9th 2020 We can reuse concrete rubble by granulating and packing it as a sand and gravel substitute. You can also use modern techniques a very fine fraction rich in cement stone recovered. For this fraction to be sustainable and circular applications, ideally as a binder in concrete. The The question here is: can we use cement or a cement substitute make it?

Without mentioning the leader SmartCrusher, we can already answer a few questions; Yes, new reactive binder can be made in the powder phase. This means that it can be done at a much lower temperature and without having to grind.

It is interesting to read that the main cement mineral Aliet C3S is already formed from cement hydrates between 800°C and 900°C. This means that the cement can be made active in the powder phase.

It should be noted that the research, described in this Betoniek, is on recycling of "modern concrete" from after 2000. In contrast to the concrete described in Betoniek March 1983 (in Dutch) nowadays the cement used is much finer ground. Today's cement is more like the cement "pc-B" in Betoniek 1983, fig 4. For this reason the harvested, non-hydrated cement is lower. Fortunately, most concrete rubble is from long before 2000 and, if dried concrete is processed, a lot of "new cement" can be released. And with the rule of thumb: one kg of Portland cement = one kg of CO2, that is a huge difference.

Read the complete article in the Betoniek from September 2020 (in Dutch)

Since November 1, Alef Schipper is no longer working for SmartCrusher. For questions and information you can contact us via Koos Schenk, koos@smartcrushers.com and by telephone via +31 6 222 63 487
A comparison between various methods of breaking Sand Comparator - A comparison between various methods of breaking
Published on January, 23rd 2019 In this comparator new concrete sand, sand from the SmartCrusher and traditional breaker sand are compared. You can view and compare the various photos yourself. Grains with a size ranging from 0.5mm to 0.039mm can be compared.

Download the Comparator.

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Concrete to high-quality concrete. In this project, an installation is being built in the border region to process concrete debris into the original cement, sand and gravel components (SmartCrusher technology). The hydrated cement is regenerated in a microwave oven. This way, new high quality concrete can be made from concrete rubble. Fiber-reinforced concrete will also be developed to limit material consumption.

Also see upconcrete.vito.be/en


Rutte Groep The deployment of the SmartCrusher. SmartCrusher Ltd has found a solid partner in the Rutte Group. An excellent collaboration with the Rutte Group and New Horizon Urban Mining for the deployment of the SmartCrusher. The SmartCrusher is currently fully used for approximately 10 to 15% of the concrete that is released on New Horizon projects during the dismantling of buildings. Rutte intends to increase this percentage considerably in the coming years.
CSR Netherlands


SmartCrusher BV is an active partner of CSR Netherlands. As a partner we are striving towards corporate social responsibility. It is our belief that together we can make a difference. See the website CSR Netherlands for our CSR ambitions and our progress.

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