TheWIRTGEN Slipform Paver SP 1600, commissioned for the construction of

Vadodara-KimExpressway project, is also the world’s largest Concrete Paver.

WIRTGEN Slip formPaver SP 1600 –theworld’s largest concrete slip form paver – was comissioned at PatelInfrastructure  for the Construction of8-lane Vadodara-Kim Expressway, a part of the Mumbai-New Delhi Expressway. TheSP 1600 fully automatic slip form concrete paver has a full paving width of18.75 mtrs., and has the capacity to pave the entire width of 18.75 m at one go.And, there would be four such pavers working at this site! Says RameshPalagiri, Managing Director and CEO, Wirtgen India, at the inauguration of theworld’s biggest concrete paver,“Today is a proud moment for PatelInfrastructure and the WIRTGEN GROUP with the commissioning of the 18.75m widthsinglepass paving with our SP-1600 slipform paver. We are really able to exhibit our expertise in not only supplyingnd commissioning machines but also in providing total solutions for bothconcrete and asphalt roads.”

The multipurpose SP 1600 is capableof paving motorways across the full carriageway width, industrial sites,airport runways and taxiways or other airport areas in single-layer or dual-layerapplication. The Slipform paver’s dowel bar and tie bar inserters aredistinctive for their high

degree of automation. Oscillatingbeam and super smoother, burlap, and texture curing machine ensures a perfectsurface finish of the completed concrete slab.

“Weare really able to exhibit our expertise in not only supplying and commissioningmachines

butalso in providing total solutions for both concrete and asphalt roads.”

Ramesh Palagiri,ManagingDirector and CEO, Wirtgen India.