Eliminating Out-of-Tolerance Headaches With An AI-Powered Advantage

Vincent Guerineau

Tired of battling out-of-tolerance alarms and rejections? Concrete producers worldwide are constantly blitzed by wasted materials, frustrated operators, and unhappy customers. Our recent webinar, Set a New Batching Standard With AI, shows how AI-driven batching alleviates these headaches—cutting out-of-tolerance loads to near zero. 

The Persistent Cost of Out-of-Tolerance Batches -> Jump to 34:27 in recording 

Each time a load exceeds tolerance on cement or aggregates, you may waste time, materials, or even scrap the entire batch. During our recent webinar, our VP of Strategic Accounts and Partners Alex Leblond highlighted a striking success: one plant dropped its fly ash out-of-tolerance rate from 29% to just 0.1%. No, this wasn’t the result of nonstop manual tuning — this came from real-time, dynamic gate and flow adjustments, reducing errors and boosting consistency. 

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Average based on all the plants that have Batch AI activated 

How AI Tackles the ‘Why’ Behind Tolerances -> Jump to 22:14 

Traditional batching often leans on historical data settings. If your silo is drier today than it was last week, those outdated assumptions can overshoot or undershoot. Batch AI processes current data 10 times per second, updating signals accordingly. 

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Our AI integrator Loric Vezin explained how this live approach tracks flow behavior, adapting instantly to moisture spikes, or freshly delivered cementThat nearly eliminates out-of-tolerance events. Once this new level of accuracy is in place, mix designs can be fine-tuned, as there is no longer need for over-designed mixes to compensate for batching variation factors. This saves producers from unnecessarily wasting expensive materials like cement. 

Bridging Skill Gaps and Labor Shortages -> Jump to 15:00 

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With veteran batchers retiring, AI fills the expertise gap. In the webinar Q&A, one attendee asked if a yard supervisor could step in when the main batcher was absent. Absolutely. Batch AI automates tricky weighing tasks, leaving staff free to load materials, manage trucks, and handle safety checks—no advanced batching knowledge required. 

Watch The Replay  

Curious? This on-demand webinar shows how AI-driven batching slashes out-of-tolerance rates. Our three panelists, including Solutions Specialist Gabriel Hitt, Loric Vezin and Alex LeBlond detail real-world improvements—like how the system “learns” your plant via a machine-learning phase, then runs with minimal downtime. Click below to watch how AI helps stabilize your entire batching process. 

Set A New Batching Standard With AI Replay 

If you’re tired of inconsistent loads and alarm fatigue, Batch AI (formally MIntelligent Feed) could be your breakthrough. Stop losing money to guesswork. Watch our on-demand webinar—it might be the simplest way to trim waste, reduce manual troubleshooting, and keep every load squarely in tolerance. 

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