AN EFFECTIVE DRY SAND MANUFACTURING （一个有效的干砂制造）.pdf

A N EFFECT IVE DRY SA ND MA NUFACTURING PROCESS FROM JA PA N POTENT IAL TO REPLACE NATURAL SA ND ENT IRELY IN CONCRET E INTRODUCTION There is little doubt that viable natural sand resources in many areas across the world are running out, either because of extinction or sterilisation of reserves, cost of extraction or transportation, or because of environmental concerns. An additional problem in some areas is the shortage of water for processing. Against this background, and drastically falling domestic demand for their traditional products, Japanese equipment manufacturers began, around the turn of the millennium, to seek a potential niche to fill in the quarrying market. The only growth area seemed to be in the production of manufactured sand; despite a plummeting overall aggregate requirement, natural sand supplies were dwindling faster than the need for concrete. This led Kotobuki Engineering Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kemco) to devise a process for the manufactu re of consistent specification sand, using crushed rock as a feedstock. The resulting system is known as the V7 Sand Manufacturing Plant. 40 t / h PLANT IN JAPA N DRY SAND MANUFACTUING PROCESS 1 MANUFACTURED SAND Material described as manufactured sand can range from unprocessed quarry dust to, at best, carefully processed fine aggregate specifically designed for use in concrete or other products. It can be gritty, flaky, and full of filler*, or it can be well shaped and graded, assisted perhaps by a fortuitous tendency of the parent rock to produce equidimensional** particles in the right size range. In some instances serious attempts have been made to mimic the characteristics of natural sand using mil