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[Nov 2005]
Massive Roof Tile Plant in Poland
Following its recent entry into the brick and tile market with its Heavy Clay division, Sacmi (Imola, BO, Italy) is now in the process of starting up one of the world's biggest - perhaps the biggest - roof tile plants at the Roeben ceramic factory in Poland.
Designed to produce large roof tiles and trims of outstanding quality, this line wet presses the tiles in plaster moulds to provide a perfect surface and hi-tech tile interlocking. Its annual output rate reaching 40 million pieces is unusual for this technology. Sacmi has installed continuous dryers for both tiles and trims, machines characterised by low maintenance and contained electrical/thermal costs. The dryers employ cone-like fixed distributors with inverter-controlled drive units.
The kiln, which features single-layer technology (roof tiles are arranged vertically), is said to be the largest of its kind with an 8.25 metre-wide infeed and a length of 215.6 metres.
Sacmi is also engaged elsewhere in the renovation of existing brick production lines, a field that really puts the technical skills of machine manufacturers to the test, says the company. This involvement recently saw the start-up at Donati ceramics in Italy of a masonry brick kiln that has apparently broken every productivity record. With its 10.5-hour cycle, it has raised the daily output of a 4.6-metre kiln to 1300 tons, while enhancing quality and cutting consumption.
The company is currently installing other kilns, in Italy and in other countries, for soft mud wall bricks, for roof tiles with single layer technology and for other building materials.
www.sacmi.com
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