Despite the wide range of different building and finishing materials, which are sold almost at every step, many issues of individual construction and repair can be solved without spending money on the finished "product."If you know the manufacturing technology and have the necessary devices, then it will be possible to produce exactly what is needed. And in this form( color, shape), which is needed.
Pavement tiles are very popular now. It is perfectly suitable for arrangement of garden paths, artificial reservoirs. She laid out the floors in the garages and utility rooms, the parking lot of private cars. Sidewalk tile is used in equipping the blinds. But its high price limits the ubiquitous use. It is about how to make a vibrating table for home production of paving slabs with your own hands, and will be told in this article.
Technology for the production of paving slabs
For the production of tiles, a device called "vibrating table" is used. With its help from concrete( basically) a solution by a method vibropressing it is possible to receive products of the various form. For home use, there is no need to collect a complex design, rather simple( and therefore inexpensive to manufacture) model.
As a material for the production of tiles used different compositions that differ in their components. To obtain a white tile mix white cement with marble chips. Mixtures consisting of rubble, river sand and cement of grade "400" are used. Based on personal preferences, someone adds different plasticizers. But in any solution, of course, there is water. As a result of the treatment of the prepared solution, a smooth tile of a predetermined shape is obtained.
Vibrating table
On this device it is possible to produce a tile of any size. And do not necessarily collect it on some drawings. Knowing how the production process takes place, it is possible to assemble a vibrating table for making the right tiles. And the materials for the assembly of the table require the most simple, quite affordable.
Basic materials for the table:
- metal pipes and angle( channel);
- sheet metal;
- vibrator( electric motor, any 220V will fit, if only the power was acceptable);
- steel springs.
The base of the table is made of a metal corner, enough "fiftieth".You can use the channel. The dimensions of the base are approximately 700 x 700 mm, although each master decides for himself. It should only be taken into account that the larger the table size, the more powerful the electric motor should be. As the legs of the table are welded to the base metal pipes.
Naturally, that the table stood steadily, under them it is necessary to weld plates. But this is a portable version of the table. If it will work "permanently", then the legs can also be dug into the ground( fixed with concrete solution).The height of the table is also arbitrary. It must meet two requirements: to provide convenience in operation and that the engine does not touch the floor.
In the corners of the table, as well as in the center( if the size of the plate is large) of the longitudinal sidewalls( corners) of the base, there are steel springs( 6 pieces).Springs can be taken from the valves. They are placed in specially welded glasses. These springs and will provide a vibration table when the engine. On the table springs, a metal sheet( not less than 8 mm) is superposed, to which the engine is bolted from below. On top of the sheet lies the form in which the solution is poured. The form can either be bought or manufactured independently.
It should be noted that the motor must be unbalanced - this is necessary to ensure vibration. When the engine is running, the sheet begins to vibrate with the shape on it. The solution is compacted, the air bubbles are removed, and the "mass" begins to acquire hardness and shape. In this case, there is a vertical vibration. There are designs for tables where horizontal vibration is used. But such tables are somewhat more difficult to produce, although the design is also quite simple.
