Basic considerations when purchasing small brick making machinery

Basic considerations when purchasing small brick making machinery

Purchasing a small brick making machine is a crucial step in starting a brick factory. Choosing the right equipment can lay a solid foundation for subsequent production; choosing the wrong equipment may lead to increased costs and low efficiency. The following are several core factors that need to be considered when purchasing.

1. Clarify your own production needs

This is the starting point for all considerations, so be sure to think it through first.

Product positioning: What kind of bricks do you mainly produce? Are they ordinary solid wall bricks, porous bricks, pavement bricks, or permeable bricks? Different brick types require different molding molds and host configurations.

Capacity planning: Based on sales expectations, determine how much daily or hourly output is needed. Avoid choosing machines with too small capacity due to the pursuit of low prices, which will lead to the inability to meet demand in the later period; there is no need to over-invest, causing equipment to be idle.

Raw material adaptation: What are your raw materials? Is it clay, shale, coal gangue, or mainly fly ash and construction waste? Different raw materials have different particle sizes, moisture content, and hardness, which requires the machine to have corresponding adaptability and pressure requirements.

2. Evaluate the core performance of the equipment

Forming pressure and stability: Pressure is the core parameter to ensure the density and strength of bricks. If the pressure is insufficient, the strength of the bricks will not be up to standard; if the pressure is unstable, the quality will be uneven. Understand the rated pressure of the machine and examine the reliability of its pressure system.

Degree of automation: The degree of equipment automation directly affects dependence on manual labor and labor intensity. From purely manual, semi-automatic (automatic pressing, manual brick out) to fully automatic (automatic loading, pressing, brick out, palletizing), the choice needs to be based on the investment budget and available labor.

Key component quality: Focus on the “heart” components.

Host structure: Whether the body frame is thick and solid to ensure that it will not deform under long-term heavy load.

Power system: Whether the motor or diesel engine brand is reliable and whether the power matches.

Mold material and process: The mold is a component that directly produces the product. Its steel quality, heat treatment process and processing accuracy determine the durability, smoothness of demoulding and brick appearance quality.

3. Consider comprehensive costs and guarantees

Overall investment cost: Not only the bare metal price, but also supporting equipment (such as mixers, plate feeders, maintenance equipment), mold costs, installation and transportation costs, and initial spare parts costs need to be calculated.

Operation and maintenance costs: Understand the power consumption (or fuel consumption) of the equipment, as well as the replacement cycle and market price of wearing parts (such as molds, seals, oil filters), and evaluate the energy consumption and maintenance expenditures for long-term operation.

After-sales service and support: This is an easily overlooked but crucial factor. Give priority to suppliers who can provide nearby technical guidance, operational training, stable parts supply and timely maintenance response. A reliable after-sales guarantee can minimize production stoppage losses caused by failures.

Summary suggestions: Seeing is believing, trying is better

Before making a decision, try your best to visit the factory or the operating site of the purchased user to see with your own eyes the actual production status, brick quality and operating process of the machine. When conditions permit, you can request on-site testing using your own raw materials. This is the most effective way to check whether the equipment "fits". Compare your specific needs with the above factors one by one, and choose an equipment that can not only meet the current production, but also has certain expansion potential and guaranteed after-sales service, which is the most cost-effective and rational investment.