Under this banner, we, that is “Zi Brick and Tile Industry International” and our sister publication “DBZ Deutsche BauZeitschrift”, are joining forces to organize an Architecture Forum for the...
Sacmi Heavy Clay has concluded a major supply contract with the leading Mexican clay brick and tile maker, El Aguila. Sacmi has already supplied one innovative 120-m-long roller kiln with a width of...
With this innovation, the cutting tools can be prepared for the next production run outside of the multi-wire cutter. A computer-linked laser tracks the exact position of the cutting wire every step...
The “Project Iraq” exhibition, held between 19 and 22 September 2011, attracted many leading companies and professionals from all over the world. The event brought together under one roof all the...
To support the large number of projects currently realized by Equipceramic in Algeria, the company has strengthened its team by recruiting a new responsible manager for after-sales service, to deal...
1 Introduction
Clay bricks are made by shaping suitable clays and shales, mostly by extrusion of clay pastes to units of standard sizes, which are dried and fired to temperatures in the range of...
With a simple gesture, the dynamics of the volumes of this monolithic structure are evolved. As a result of the subtraction of the building mass, interplay is inspired between the open and enclosed...
1 Homogeneity of firing
There are diverse ways and means of achieving a homogeneous temperature-atmosphere continuum in a tunnel kiln firing process:
a) Design of the combustion system to satisfy the...
1 Background
Objective of the research project was the more precise description of the load-bearing behaviour of masonry built with vertically perforated clay bricks under shear load. Basis for this...
