COMMANDbatchTM
Batch with Speed and Accuracy
Concrete that is batched accurately can leave the plant sooner, making the delivery process safer and speeding
up placement, resulting in a quality finished product. Consistently delivering with both speed and quality is the
key to return business and a growing customer base.
Empower Yourself Through Batching every step of the way – through each phase of
COMMANDbatch is fully customizable, with the implementation and in supporting your daily needs.
ability to change 100% of the settings in real We understand the keys to success in the industry
time. No need to fumble with confusing text files and are committed to ensuring your return on
or rebooting the system. Nothing but real-time investment and equipping your business to grow.
control for you to maximize production. Fast Batch
Technology is more than queueing tickets – what
if you could run multiple loads at the same time,
adjust the mix before starting, and change all
settings on-the-fly, all from the same screen?
Capture True Profitability 25%+
Track weights, inventory, round trip times, and man
Reduction in Load Times
hours to provide a true picture of profitability and
success that allows you to push your operations to
the next level.
Key Takeaways
A Leader in the Industry • 100% customizable software
Recognized worldwide for helping producers
achieve operational efficiency, quality, time savings, • Connectivity with dispatch
and profitability based on their specific needs. The and quality control
accuracy and speed of COMMANDbatch ensures
superior quality and delivers material and time • Add-ons to control moisture,
savings that are unmatched by any other system. temperature, and water adjustments
• Reduced wasted material
A Partner You Can Trust
Command Alkon’s implementation and support • Easy access to production and
professionals are focused on your success operational information
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
RM100/200
COMMANDbatch ensures precise concrete batching, improving production speed, reducing material waste,
and consistently delivering high-quality results. Its advanced features streamline workflows and provide the
accuracy needed to meet demanding schedules and project requirements.
Automatic Plant Control • LCD Flat Screen Monitor
(1 for RM100, 2 for RM200)*
• Conveyor Manual Start/Stop Switch
• E-Z Cal Manual Station and J-Box
• Conveyor Discharge Interlock
• Aggregate Scale Automatic Vibrator Control Standard Software Features
• Cement Scale Automatic Vibrator Control • Freewheel Batching: Start up to 5 loads
• Automatic Conveyor Control (1) • Continuous Batching and Continuous Discharge:
Run the same load continuously
• Air Compressor (1)
• Multi-Batch Control: Corrects error on next batch
• Cement Automatic Aerations and jogs on last batch
(2 for RM100, 3 for RM200)*
• Over and Under Tolerance Interlocks: Notification
when materials weigh-up out-of-tolerance
Hardware depending on load size
• Desktop Computer • Scale Zero and Bottle Empty Interlocks: Ensures
• Keyboard scales and bottles are empty
• Mouse • Scale Rate of Discharge: Settings for flow
adjustment calculations
• UPS Battery Backup
Materials Model RM100* Model RM200*
Aggregates 4 6
Cements 2 3
Waters (Metered) 2 2
Admixes (Metered) 4 of 6 4 of 8
COMMANDbatchTM Spec Sheet
• Scale Flow Control Dampening: Precise feed • Mix Design Management: Change the material or
cutoff calculations and drop determinations design amount in many mixes
• Scale Motion Detection: Ensure stable reading for • Plant Performance Graphs: Analyze batching and
recording tares and batch weights out-of-tolerance problems
• Automatic Scale Tolerance Checking: Notifies you • Discharge, Weigh-Up, and Sequence Diagnostics:
if scales are not considered empty View scale flow rates, drop records, and
sequences
• Automatic Bin Switching: Switches to alternate bin
without operator intervention • Standard Reports: Inventory totals, material
usage, mix design listing
• Automatic Bin/Silo Vibrator Control: Set IO point
and min flow rate for automatic vibrator start
Administration & Integration
• Ice Correction: System makes the necessary • Auto Archive and Purge: Enable and configure
corrections to the water target to compensate for database auto archive and purge
the ICE.
• User Permissions for Configuration/Editing :
• Notification Audible Alerts: Alerts for low Security Groups and individual permissions for
inventory and batching/non-batching errors forms
• Low Inventory: can be used to prevent Load Start • Remote Diagnostics and Troubleshooting: CAI
and low inventory message provides options at Service can use Logmein123 or Teamviewer for
batch start remote diagnostics and training
• On Hand Inventory Available at a Glance: View • Shipment and Production Data Export Utilities:
inventory levels of materials at any time extract ticket, batch weights, and performance
• Mix Design Integrity Check: Check W/C ratio, data in CSV, XLS, XML formats.
yield, material target limits against the system • Autoupdater: Automatically and securely download
parameters prior to starting a batch software packages at your convenience.
• Manual Material Monitor Report: Report shows
amounts manually fed
• Alarms Reporting: Log of all alarm notification
messages including production and tolerance
errors, silent alarms, user log in and out times
• Batch Weights Printing: Select items to print;
enable/disable batch weights printing
• Slump Tables: Set amount of water added/
subtracted per slump increment
• Truck Charge Rate Adjustable on-the-Fly: Adjust
truck charge rate during a batch
• Admix and Admix Design Trims: Automatically
trim admixes/admix designs at batch time
• SMS (Soft Manual Station) – Control manual
feeding at remote plant
• Allowable Water Feature: Increase amount of
water that can be added at the job
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
A La Cart Modules
Enhance your COMMANDbatch system with additional modules and software features, designed to boost
efficiency, streamline workflows, and provide greater control over your batching processes. These tools allow
you to tailor the system to meet specific operational needs and maximize overall performance.
Precision Water System Multi-Plant and Company Support
• A combination of hardware and software work • Supports client/server setups for multi-plant
together to ensure that the load characteristics operations, enabling multiple companies to batch
(slump, workability, yeild, etc) are achieved with from the same plant while maintaining separate
the batching process. usage records.
• Specify system-wide default temperatures, and/or
specify by individual mix design. Moisture Probe Support
• Assign probes to bins and monitor readings
directly on the Batch Setup interface for enhanced
Out-of-Range Temperature Notifications moisture management and control
• Temperature sensors for all types of materials
available, or supply your own to meet system
specifications Quickbooks Interface
• Export tickets to XML and import them into
QuickBooks for streamlined financial tracking.
Post Load Process Manager Compatible with QuickBooks Desktop versions
• Tracks and records all yard activity after the truck only.
is loaded and before it departs, providing detailed
oversight of post-load operations.
Mixer Controls
• Load Meter Display: Displays slump
Plant Watcher measurements for better load monitoring.
• Sends email notifications about out-of-tolerance
conditions, material changes, or mix design • Temper Water Controls: Manages water addition
updates, ensuring proactive management of plant for central mix plants.
operations.
• Wet/Dry Plant Controls: Supports dual-loading
alley plant operations.
Order Entry
• Create projects, orders, and tickets with ease. Miscellaneous Plant Controls
Configure ticket formats, including barcodes, and • Dust collector management.
print tickets or detailed order entry reports for
efficient documentation • Aeration blower and telescopic boot operation.
• Additional plant-specific controls to enhance
Remote Batching operational flexibility.
• Create projects, orders, and tickets with ease.
Configure ticket formats, including barcodes, and
print tickets or detailed order entry reports for
efficient documentation
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
Remote Batching
With Remote Batching, lower volume plants can be operated safely, reliably, and cost-effectively from a
different location at any time. Once a truck is in position, the remote batcher can load the truck then shut
the plant back down.
Features
• Soft Manual Station (SMS) controls allow for • Remote Client users can perform tasks without
the operation of bins and hoppers, as well as for interfering with normal operation.
manual controls such as the air compressor, boot
up/down, washout water, etc., from a remote • Master records can be created, updated, or
location with the click of a mouse. deleted for customers, mixes, other products,
pricing, orders, etc.
• The Driver Authorization Box is standard with
the Remote Batching configuration to tell the • Plant automation can be modified including bin
COMMANDbatch software when a remotely tuning, discharge tuning, and device sequencing/
batched load is authorized by the driver for material blending.
discharge.
• Use built-in tools such as Weigh-Up or Discharge
• Remote Client allows up to three additional Diagnostics, Sequence Tracer, Custom
remote users to access one system at the same Equation Monitor, or Ticket Format Helper for
time so that plant monitoring, tune up, mix design troubleshooting.
management, diagnostics, and troubleshooting
are possible anywhere, at
any time.
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
Order Entry
The Standalone Order Entry module is used to maintain information about planned deliveries. It allows users to
create orders and to create tickets from those orders. An “Order Index” is provided on the left side of the orders
form so that the operator can decide which orders to process next.
Features
• Quick Tickets can be created for immediate
Implementation
printing • High speed Internet Connection is required for
remote implementation and support
• Tickets can be scheduled in advance and stacked
for later printing • The delivery ticket must be supplied before
the remote implementation so that it can be
• Tickets for non-batch products can be created configured before delivery of the system
and printed
• Truck and Truck Type can be preselected to save Remote Implementation
time
• Standalone Order Entry installation with the PC
• Spacing between deliveries can be set on the and 9-Pin Dot Matrix Printer in the same room.
order
• The printer will be set up for a Parallel Port USB
• Delivery Instructions can be entered on the order Ticket Export using the COMMANDbatch standard
and printed on the ticket export configuration
• Target weights can be calculated and displayed • Remote implementation/configuration/training
on the Batch Setup form and printed if required hours (including ticket format design/creation)
• Authorized users can edit and print tickets
• Order Entry reports can be generated
• Price Manager to adjust prices globally
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
Automatic Bin Fill
Efficiently move materials from underground storage to overhead bins, with controls for automatic monitoring
and replenishment of up to six bins. Priority-first replenishment, manual overrides, and safety features like
alarm indicators and an emergency stop button ensure reliable and secure operation.
Features System Capabilities
• Gap (Fast) mode optimizes bin loading for plants • Determine the need for a specific material.
with long conveyors.
• Rotate the turnhead or shuttle conveyor to the
• Contamination monitoring. correct position.
• Skip bin filling. • Activate feed belts as needed.
• Alternate ground bin sources (gates). • Open the appropriate feed gate on the
underground storage silo.
• Priority bin filling with minimum fill times.
• Monitor the process until the bin is fully
• Emergency high bin level monitoring. replenished.
• Maintenance mode for manual operation or winter
maintenance. As the system sequences from one material to
the next, the Automatic Bin Fill system will:
• Customization options for complex material
handling systems. • Close the gate in use on the underground storage.
• Integration with remote manual control panels, • Calculate the turnhead positioning delay.
available as an add-on.
• Open the feed gate for the next material while
Remote Implementation ensuring proper belt delays to prevent cross-
contamination of materials in bins.
• Standalone Order Entry installation with the PC
and 9-Pin Dot Matrix Printer in the same room.
• The printer will be set up for a Parallel Port USB
Ticket Export using the COMMANDbatch standard
export configuration
• Remote implementation/configuration/training
hours (including ticket format design/creation)
Benefits
• Automates bin replenishment, allowing staff to
focus on more critical plant operations.
• “Keep Full” functionality ensures batch plant bins
remain filled, preventing production delays.
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
Laser Ticket Printing
Enhance your delivery ticket quality with a fully customizable digital format specifically designed for laser
ticket printing, allowing you to produce professional, high-resolution tickets that can be tailored to meet your
business and customer needs.
Quality and Flexibility Low-Maintenance Printing
• High-resolution print quality for professional- • Print tickets and reports using a single printer:
looking tickets: Ensure that every ticket is sharp Consolidate your printing needs into one reliable
and legible, delivering a polished, professional device, reducing the complexity of managing
appearance that enhances your brand’s credibility. multiple printers and cutting down on equipment
costs.
• Eliminates the need for standard print shop
templates. Avoid the limitations of generic
templates by creating tickets tailored to your Benefits
operational and customer requirements. • Reduces waste with efficient printing: Minimize
• Easily modified and customized to fit your needs: material usage by printing only what is necessary,
Adapt ticket designs effortlessly, making updates contributing to cost savings and environmental
or changes to align with evolving business sustainability.
demands without the need for external support. • Low-maintenance solution for consistent ticket
production: Simplify operations with a dependable
Reprints and Exports system that requires minimal upkeep and ensures
uninterrupted ticketing.
• Full-view ticket reprints for accurate
documentation: Easily generate duplicate copies • Front/back page printing options for added
of tickets for auditing, customer inquiries, or versatility: Utilize duplex printing to include
recordkeeping without compromising accuracy. additional information or disclaimers on the back
of tickets, maximizing space and utility.
• Complete laser ticket exports for streamlined
processing: Export ticket data seamlessly, • Includes pre-printed disclaimers for convenience:
enabling integration with other systems and Save time by incorporating disclaimers directly
reducing manual entry errors. into your ticket design, ensuring compliance and
reducing manual tasks.
Requirements
• Printer must support duplex printing for optimal
functionality: Ensure your printer is equipped
to handle front and back printing, maximizing
efficiency and ticket format option
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
Post Load Process Manager
Efficiently move materials from underground storage to overhead bins, with controls for automatic monitoring
and replenishment of up to six bins. Priority-first replenishment, manual overrides, and safety features like
alarm indicators and an emergency stop button ensure reliable and secure operation.
Operation Implementation
• Allows users to select the applicable post-load • PLPM is automatically installed with
location via a button on the PLPM User Interface, COMMANDbatch, requiring no additional software
supporting multiple locations. installation.
• Supports up to ten simultaneous users accessing
the PLPM application. System Requirements
• Requires mobile devices used for PLPM to be on • PrCOMMANDbatch Version 2016.3.4 (1.9.3.4) or
the same network as the COMMANDbatch PC. later.
• Automatically removes loads from the interface • Google Chrome™ is required to operate PLPM.
after a user-defined time, defaulting to 30
minutes. Benefits
• Loads can also be removed manually by marking • Reduces waste with efficient printing: Minimize
them ‘Complete’ in the current view or ‘Done’ in the material usage by printing only what is necessary,
history view. contributing to cost savings and environmental
sustainability.
• Smart PLPM can be configured to interlock
material feed controls, enhancing operational • Low-maintenance solution for consistent ticket
efficiency production: Simplify operations with a dependable
system that requires minimal upkeep and ensures
• Optional output for Smart PLPM provides power uninterrupted ticketing.
to an entire slump stand station for streamlined
material management. • Front/back page printing options for added
versatility: Utilize duplex printing to include
additional information or disclaimers on the back
of tickets, maximizing space and utility.
• Includes pre-printed disclaimers for convenience:
Save time by incorporating disclaimers directly
into your ticket design, ensuring compliance and
reducing manual tasks.
Requirements
• Printer must support duplex printing for optimal
functionality: Ensure your printer is equipped
to handle front and back printing, maximizing
efficiency and ticket format option
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
Precision Temperature System
Achieve predictable concrete temperatures at the lowest cost with the COMMANDbatch Precision Temperature
System. Estimate final temperatures accurately before batching to eliminate the risk of wasted time in the yard,
ensuring consistent quality and efficient operations for every load.
Improve Production
• Specify system-wide default temperatures or
customize them by individual mix design.
• Receive notifications for out-of-range
temperatures to ensure quality control.
• Utilize temperature sensors for all types of
materials, or supply your own to meet system
specifications.
• Enhance consistency in production and maintain
superior product quality.
Minimize Costs
• Lower costs associated with heating, chilling, ice,
or liquid nitrogen.
• Reduce time spent in the yard and on load
adjustments, improving operational efficiency.
Avert Risk and Waste
• Consistently meet customer specifications and
avoid rejected loads or wasted resources.
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
Precision Water System (PWS)
The Precision Water System combines hardware and software to ensure load characteristics, such as slump,
workability, and yield, are consistently achieved during batching. Paired with COMMANDbatch’s material target
calculation functionality, the PWS produces higher-quality concrete.
Production and Product Quality
• Produce consistent concrete across multiple
plants for uniform results.
• Eliminate variability with wet or dry loads.
• Stabilize key characteristics like strength,
finishing effort, bleed water, and set times through
consistent water management.
• Supports a variety of materials, including
coarse aggregates up to 1 1/2” (multiple probes
recommended).
Reduce Manual Processes
• Simplify calibration and bake-out procedures for
east maintenance
• Maintain up-to-date probe calibrations with
regular system use.
• Access historical data with ease for
troubleshooting and optimization.
• Lock and load sample mode simplifies sampling
processes.
• Reduce yard time and save time on load
adjustments.
Avert Risk and Waste
• Minimize rejected loads by ensuring consistency.
• Consistently meet customer specifications to
avoid costly issues.
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COMMANDbatch Spec Sheet
Color Interface
COMMANDbatch integrates with color dispensers to control start and discharge commands. Graphic
indicators show system activity on the Batch Graphics form, while errors and alarms are displayed. It
automatically adjusts load properties eliminating the need for manual calculations.
Prerequisites Color System Batch Interactions
• Use COMMANDbatch version 2018.1.1 or later to • When a color ticket is started:
integrate your Color System.
• COMMANDbatch instructs the Color System to
• Tested and approved color dispensers for start and specifies the color mix to use.
integration:
• The Color System sends a “ready to discharge”
• Euclid Chemical Color-Matic G message to COMMANDbatch, including the
water amount used in the color process.
• Sika CHROMIX-It 404 Granular COMMANDbatch adjusts targets accordingly.
Color System Integration Benefits • COMMANDbatch directs the Color System to
discharge the color.
• Eliminates the need to manually start or
discharge the Color System from a separate • The Color System notifies COMMANDbatch when
machine. COMMANDbatch directly controls these the discharge is complete.
functions.
• COMMANDbatch retrieves the water amounts
• Automatically adjusts for water used in the used during the color process and adjusts actual
color mixing process, integrating it into batch water usage automatically.
calculations without manual input.
• If another color ticket is queued, it will not start
• Provides real-time visibility of the Color System’s until the current color discharge is complete.
start and stop functions through Batch Graphics.
• Displays device errors or alarms from the Color
System within COMMANDbatch for streamlined
troubleshooting.
Color System Tickets
• Integration supports tickets:
• Received from Ulink.
• Created in Order Entry.
• Tickets created on the Batch Setup form cannot
include color.
