TNK-50N
TNK-50N is a large engineering vehicle designed to reprocess waste concrete into permeable bricks. The vehicle is built from separate modules for crushing, collection and reprocessing. Waste concrete is collected, crushed, screened and cleared of impurities in the front unit, then moved to the rear unit, where additives are mixed in and the material is pressed and cured in a permeable brick mold. Carbon fiber and recycled plastics keep the weight low while adding strength. Driverless technology guides the working process, and additives can be refilled by hand through a side interface.
TNK-50N Waste Concrete Reprocessing by Yong Zhang has been highlighted as a grand example of industrial design by the A' Design Award. TNK-50N Waste Concrete Reprocessing received the Iron A' Design Award in Heavy Machinery Design in 2023. The A' Heavy Machinery Design Award is an international, juried, academic and meritocratic design prize which celebrates superior design of construction, agricultural, mining, earthmoving, production equipment and machinery, excavators, bulldozers, cranes, backhoes, loaders, trenchers, pavers and more.
