Bins, Stands, and Extensions for the Concrete Batch Plant Equipment Industry

If a bin stand or support weldment fails on your equipment, you are looking at more than a minor warranty claim. You may have to deal with a safety incident, a plant being offline, and your name on the spec sheet. You have probably had a stand come back from a shop that welded to print but never asked whether the print made sense for the loads it would actually see. Aggregate bins, support stands, and extensions carry the sustained weight of sand, stone, and cement while absorbing mixer and conveyor vibration, cement dust, moisture, and Midwest freeze-thaw, for 25 to 35 years. That’s not a job for a commodity weldment shop.

Uzelac Industries Metal Fabrication builds bins, stands, and extensions for concrete batch plant equipment manufacturers from our facility in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Our shop pairs an in-house engineering team with a welding staff carrying more than 150 years of combined experience and a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) on site. We are in the process of achieving ISO 9001:2015 certification and fabricate primarily in carbon steel and stainless steel, along with abrasion-resistant plate and aluminum as the application requires.

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Why Purpose-Built Bins, Stands, and Extensions for Concrete Batch Plants?

A bin stand or support assembly is a load-bearing structure. When it is engineered and welded correctly, it holds tons of material safely overhead for the 25-to-35-year service life of the plant, and no one thinks about it again. When it is treated as a commodity weldment, it becomes a safety risk, a source of downtime, and a warranty problem. That difference is why concrete batch plant equipment manufacturers specify a fabricator who understands the application rather than simply the lowest bidder.

Bins, stands, and extensions from Uzelac Industries are built for dependability and repeatability, from the first unit to the hundredth. Key advantages for our customers include:

Consistent, standardized quality — you get the same weldment on unit fifty as unit one. Every stand is built to a documented standard on repeatable fixtures, so your install process does not change, and your field teams don’t have to relearn a part.
Engineering and fabrication under one roof — we can take a print, a load requirement, or a rough concept and turn it into a manufacturable, structurally sound weldment, catching design issues before anything is welded.
Built with the end application in mind — proper gusseting, reinforcement, and fatigue-conscious detailing for the loads, vibration, and abrasion a concrete batch plant actually sees.
Certified welding on load-bearing structures — welds placed by a team averaging more than 20 years of experience and verified by a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), because on a stand the weld is what carries the load.
Weld quality you don’t have to think about twice — a missed root pass or an undersized gusset doesn’t show up on the shop floor. It shows up two years into service, under cyclic load, in a stand you can’t easily pull from production to fix. That’s why every load-bearing weld on your parts is inspected by a CWI before it ships, not sampled after the fact.
Midwest-built — shorter lead times, lower freight costs on heavy weldments, and direct communication with the shop building your parts.
Finished ready to install — sandblasting, priming, and painting or galvanizing coordinated so weldments arrive protected and ready for the field, not as bare steel.

Aggregate Bin Stands and Support Weldments

Aggregate bins hold sand, gravel, and stone at height so material can gravity-feed into the batching process below. The aggregate bin stand or aggregate bin support weldment carries that full load continuously while resisting the impact of loading and the abrasion of the material it holds. We fabricate aggregate bin stands and bin support assemblies to your design or ours, with the gusseting, bracing, and weld quality a load-bearing structure of this size demands.

Aggregate bin stands and bin support stands sized to your plant layout and capacity.
Aggregate bin support weldments and support assemblies built to carry sustained and impact loads.
Wear-conscious detailing at high-abrasion aggregate contact points.

Hopper and Weigh Batcher Support Assemblies

The weighing and batching section of the plant depends on rigid, dimensionally stable support structures so that load cells read accurately, and equipment stays in alignment. We fabricate aggregate holding hopper and cement weigh batcher support assemblies, batcher support assemblies, hopper support assemblies, and truck hopper support assemblies to the tolerances these systems require.

Aggregate holding hopper and cement weigh batcher support assemblies.
Batcher support assemblies and hopper support assemblies.
Truck hopper support assemblies for charging and discharge points.

Structural Stands, Frames, and Support Assemblies

Beyond bins and batchers, a batch plant relies on a range of structural stands and support frames for conveyors, silos, platforms, walkways, and equipment mounts. We fabricate these support frames and stand assemblies as complete, ready-to-install weldments, engineered for the static and dynamic loads each one carries.

Support frames and stand assemblies for conveyors, silos, and plant equipment.
Platform, walkway, and access support structures.
Custom structural weldments built to your specifications.

Extensions and Retrofit Weldments

As plants expand capacity or reconfigure, existing equipment often needs to be raised, extended, or reinforced. We fabricate extensions and retrofit weldments that integrate with equipment already in the field, matching the original structure and detailing, so the addition performs as though it was there from the start.

Bin, stand, and hopper extensions to add height or capacity.
Retrofit and reinforcement weldments for existing plant equipment.
Field-matched detailing for clean integration with installed structures.

Materials We Fabricate

We fabricate bins, stands, and extensions in the materials best suited to the load, wear, and corrosion conditions of each application. Common material choices for concrete batch plant weldments include:

Material	Typical Use in Batch Plant Weldments
Structural Carbon Steel (A36)	Our primary material we work with. For bin stands, support frames, and batcher assemblies — strong and cost-effective for load-bearing structures, typically finished with primer and paint or galvanizing for outdoor corrosion protection.
Stainless Steel (304 / 316)	Components exposed to cement, water, and washdown, or where corrosion resistance and cleanability are priorities. 304 and 316 are the most commonly specified grades, and we work in other common grades as required.
Abrasion-Resistant Plate (Hardox, AR grades)	Wear surfaces at high-abrasion contact points such as bin liners, chutes, and impact zones, where aggregate contact would quickly wear standard plate.
Aluminum	Weight-sensitive components such as access platforms, guarding, and panels where reducing structural weight is an advantage.

Uzelac Industries Fabrication Capabilities

Capability	Detail
Welding Processes	MIG (GMAW), TIG (GTAW), and flux-cored (FCAW)
Welding Certification	Welders certified to AWS D1.1 (structural steel welding code); Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) on staff; 150+ years of combined welding experience
Materials	Carbon steel (A36), stainless steel (304 / 316), abrasion-resistant plate (Hardox and other AR grades), and aluminum
Engineering	In-house engineering team — build to your drawings or ours
Lifting Capacity	Twin 40-ton overhead cranes — 80 tons combined lifting capacity
Under-Hook Height	26 ft 7 in
Finishing	Sandblasting, priming, painting, and galvanizing (coordinated)
Production Volume	One-off and prototype builds through repeat production runs
Quality System	ISO 9001:2015 (in process)
Location	Pewaukee, WI — Made in USA

Why Choose Uzelac Industries for Bins, Stands, and Extensions?

Below are the key advantages you gain by partnering with Uzelac Industries Metal Fabrication on your bins, stands, and extensions:

- Engineering and fabrication under one roof: Most shops weld to your print and stop there. Our in-house engineering team can take a load requirement or a concept and turn it into a manufacturable, structurally sound weldment. We catch any design issues early and save you the cost of a separate engineering firm. For an OEM, that is the difference between a vendor and a partner.
- Certified welds on load-bearing structures: On a stand, weld quality is what keeps tons of material safely in place. Our welding team brings more than 150 years of combined experience, with core welders each carrying 20-plus years on the floor, and our work is verified by a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) on staff.
- Built for the concrete batch plant environment: We do not build a generic stand. We build for sustained and cyclic loads, equipment vibration, aggregate abrasion, cement and moisture exposure, and Midwest weather with the gusseting, reinforcement, and finishing that environment demands.
- A dependable, repeatable supply partner: Manufacturers value consistency and on-time delivery as much as any single part. We are built to reproduce a proven weldment reliably, unit after unit, and to scale with your production, as a supplier you can standardize on.
- Made in Wisconsin, close to the customers we serve: For concrete batch plant and heavy equipment manufacturers across the Midwest, our Pewaukee, WI shop means shorter lead times, lower freight on heavy weldments, easier communication, and the ability to visit the floor and collaborate directly.

Frequently Asked Questions

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What bins, stands, and extensions does Uzelac Industries fabricate for concrete batch plants?

We fabricate aggregate bin stands and bin support weldments, aggregate holding hopper and cement weigh batcher support assemblies, batcher and hopper support assemblies, truck hopper support assemblies, structural stands and support frames, and extensions and retrofit weldments for existing equipment. We build to your drawings or engineer the weldment from your load and layout requirements, in carbon steel, stainless steel, abrasion-resistant plate, or aluminum.

Can you build to our drawings, or do you provide engineering?

Both. If you have complete drawings, we fabricate to your specification. If you have a load requirement, a field measurement, or a rough concept, our in-house engineering team can develop a manufacturable, structurally sound weldment and review it with you before anything is welded. That saves you the cost and delay you might have with a separate engineering firm.

Are your welders certified?

Yes. Our welders are certified to AWS D1.1, the American Welding Society structural steel welding code, and we have a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) on staff to verify our work. Our welding team carries more than 150 years of combined experience, with core welders each bringing over 20 years on load-bearing structural weldments.

What materials do you fabricate bins, stands, and extensions from?

Carbon steel (A36) and stainless steel (304 and 316) make up the majority of our work. We also work in abrasion-resistant plate (Hardox and other AR grades) for wear surfaces and aluminum for weight-sensitive parts, along with other common grades as required. We match the material to the load, wear, and corrosion requirements of each application.

Can you reproduce an existing bin stand or support assembly in repeat production?

Yes, and if you are standardizing a weldment across multiple plants, this is where it matters most. Using fixtures and documented processes, we reproduce your proven design reliably from the first unit through ongoing runs, so it fits and installs the same way every time, at every site.

Do you fabricate extensions, or retrofit weldments for equipment already in the field?

Yes. We fabricate bin, stand, and hopper extensions to add height or capacity, and retrofit or reinforcement weldments for existing plant equipment. We match the original structure and detailing so the addition integrates cleanly and performs as part of the whole.

How do I get a quote for bins, stands, and extensions?

Reach out directly to our Business Development Manager of Fabrication at vlado@uzelacind.com. Or submit your drawing, CAD file, or a description of the weldment and its load and dimensional requirements using the Request a Quote form on the ‘Contact Us’ page. Our engineering team will review your application and respond with technical feedback and pricing.

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