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[January 2006]
Sacmi Equips Colossal Production Plant in Iran
A total annual output of 30 million sq.m. of tile at Apadana Ceramic (Qazvin, Iran) will be equally divided between double firing, glazed granito and technical granito over a floor space of 200,000 sq.m. which, once planned extensions have been completed, will rise to 280,000 sq.m. The overall site area is 800,000 sq.m.
Sacmi (Imola, BO, Italy) was chosen to play the key role as main supplier and has attentively followed this colossal project in Qazvin - some 200km from Tehran - and has provided innovative technology and cutting-edge solutions.
Sacmi Group has supplied eight MTC108 continuous classifying mills; seven spray dryers (three ATM110s, two ATM140s and two ATM180s); and a massive total of 27 presses (ten PH2890s, seven PH4600s and eight PH2090s).
A Twin-Press line consisting of a PH2090 and a PH4600 followed by 26 vertical dryers (eight EVA793s and eighteen EVA993s) was also supplied.
On the double firing section, ten 111-metre glazing lines followed by eight FMP 285/107.1 kilns - four for the biscuit and four for the vitrified product - were installed. For the technical granito section, nine glazing lines plus five FMP 285/126 kilns were supplied, while for the glazed granito section, Sacmi installed nine 120-metre glazing lines followed by six FMP 285/126 kilns.
Overall statistics - 28 glazing lines totalling 3.3km and 19 kilns stretching to 2.2km!
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