Dead concrete is breathing new business life into S & S Waterblasting. A cleaning system robotically removes dried concrete from mixer-truck drums faster than jackhammer-equipped workers, and keeps them safer.Owner Gordon Short says his company, based in Corydon, Ind., bought a Ready Jet machine from Blasters Ready Jet in February 2010 after research revealed a potential niche market for automated concrete mixer-drum cleaning service. The company provides industrial cleaning for tanks, condensers and process lines at chemical plants and was looking to diversify.Staying safeThere are more than 50 concrete plants within 100 miles of Corydon, and Short believed eliminating confined-space
