The Manufacture of Bricks, Woodwool Boards, Clay Flooring and Roofing Tiles, Precast Building Components, Corrugated Roofing Sheets, and Gypsum Kettle and Plaster Board

摘要

This book is a compilation of six project proposals. They are: Manufacture of Bricks by Semimechanized Process including High Draught Kiln, covering plant, process, materials handling, drying space, labor, capital outlay, and cost estimates; Making Woodwool Boards at Small Scale Level, covering estimated demand and consumer acceptability, plant, process, capital investment, cost of production, and profitability; Manufacture of Clay Flooring and Roofing Tiles, covering raw materials, consumer acceptability, moulding and pressing, drying, firing, down draught kiln, Hoffman kiln, costs, and preparation of clays; Production of Precast Building Components on a Small Scale, covering precast components to be produced, capital investment, selling price, cost of material and labor, and several working diagrams; Corrugated Roofing Sheets from Wood Wool or Coir Waste and Portland Cement, covering the process, properties of the corrugated sheets, plant and machinery requirements, costs, and properties of the raw materials; and Gypsum Kettle and Plaster Board, covering salient features and cost estimates of a gypsum calcining kettle, raw materials for plaster board, methods of casting, costs, and profitability.