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[April 2005]
Ege Seramik Expands Tile and Sanitaryware Operations
Ege Seramik, one of Turkey's largest ceramic manufacturers, has recently expanded its Izmir production plant following a decision to install Sacmi produced tile production lines. With a new PH 3800 press and a new line for special 10cm x 10cm pieces with an output rate of 2,000 square metres per day, this new plant produces 7,000 square metres of porcelain tile per day overall. The key elements in the monoporosa modernisation plan were six new presses and dryers.
Holding Polat also decided to expand the Ege Seramik Sanitaryware plant, which manufactures both vitreous china and fireclay items. The project, developed entirely by Sacmi Whiteware, will more than double the output capacity from 600,000 pieces per annum to 1.4 million pieces per annum.
Console washbasins are cast in GDIO50 horizontal-forming plaster mould machines to prevent any deformation during casting and make work easier for the operator. Casting of open rim and stick-on rim WCs takes place on eight AVM150 single-mould high pressure casting machines with porous resin moulds. Demoulding and associated operations are fully robotised.
Tanks and lids are cast at high pressure on an ALS150 bench battery with three-cavity resin moulds. Moulding takes place automatically using a mould rotation system that prevents problems of deformation or tension on the piece.
Washbasins and stands are cast at high pressure on an ALS150 battery bench using resin moulds. The glazing station features a new automatic, two-position electric Gaiotto robot, a system that allows semi-automatic glazing of WC siphons.
The existing tunnel kiln has been joined by a new 75-metre STK 3000 tunnel kiln, fed by an automatic car handling system. Re-firing is carried out in an SSK 440/198/5 shuttle kiln.
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