Homemade foam concrete installation

Production of foam concrete blocks is a simple procedure that does not require any special skills from the contractor. Despite the simplicity of this process, the organization of the production in question requires the presence of specialized equipment, the price of which in hardware stores can be quite high.

Such expenses are not always justified, so the question of how to assemble and manufacture equipment for the production of foam concrete with your own hands today is quite relevant and requires detailed consideration.

Yourself master

In order for self-made installation for the production of foam concrete to be assembled as correctly as possible, first of all, you should familiarize yourself with the technology of manufacturing foam concrete blocks. And already on the basis of the knowledge gained, the necessary aggregates will be selected.

Note! Starting the construction of the installation for the production of foam blocks, it should be understood that not all parts will be manufactured independently, it is more expedient to buy some parts of the structure, since it will save not only money, but also time.

The procedure for the manufacture of construction materials

Often, the process of cutting foam blocks is performed directly on the construction site by a method such as cutting reinforced concrete with diamond circles. This is due to the fact that the production is carried out using special forms.

The production process is divided into the following steps:

1. Preparation of the mixture. The solution is mixed from the following components: sand, water, specialized foamed mass:
2. Creating a cement mortar. This component is created in accordance with the proportions specified in the requirements of the foaming agent;
3. In the foaming agent, the selected and pre-foaming substance is diluted with water;

• The resulting foam is added to the previously prepared cement mortar;
• The solution is stirred until a homogeneous mass;

1. The resulting solution is poured into forms;
2. The mass is aged in forms until fully cured.

It should be understood that the mobile unit for the production of foam concrete may have different technical parameters, so the description of the production process presented is of a general nature.

Council The choice of foaming agent should be taken with special care, because it is his qualities and characteristics that are the basis of the entire production process for the production of foam concrete blocks.

Forms for curing

This part of the production equipment should be made independently. In the manufacturing process, you can set any necessary dimensions to future blocks and even give them a completely unusual specific shape.

The process of making forms has some nuances:

1. It is better to use metal sheets as a raw material for the manufacture of molds. The choice in favor of the metal is made due to its strength characteristics in high wear resistance;
2. A mold for foam concrete blocks, consisting of several cells, is welded from metal. Each cell of the form must correspond to the parameters of the future block;
3. In the process of welding should not be forgotten that to ensure ease of extraction of the finished product, the seams should be placed outside the form.

If you are offered to purchase equipment for foam blocks, which is not new and has previously been used, then the metal mold will be the most efficient part of the installation. This element is capable of maintaining its original characteristics for a long time.

Council Despite the fact that creating a form, you can give future blocks of foam concrete completely different forms, it is more expedient to adhere to the standard ones. Such dimensions will ensure ease of installation of piece products and a high level of strength of concrete products. So if you need to make a hole in the foam concrete wall, you must apply diamond drilling holes in the concrete.

Mixer

In addition to the forms, the installation for the production of foam concrete with their own hands should include such a unit as a mixer. To create it you need a large number of different items, the price of which can be quite high. But it should be noted that the mixer is useful not only in the process of producing blocks, but also at the construction site.

In addition, an expensive mixer can be replaced with a simple tank in which the solution will be kneaded using an electric drill and a mixer mixer. But the performance in this case will be much less, and the complexity of the process of preparing a solution will increase markedly.

Council A concrete mixer or mixer is purchased in such a volume that the volume of the solution mixed in it coincides with the volume required to fill the molds made earlier. Thus, the production of one production cycle will be carried out without interruptions.

Frother

Frother – это сердце такого оборудования, как установка для пенобетона своими руками, поскольку этот агрегат и служит для создания основного компонента блоков. Именно потому большинство мастеров предпочитают приобретать заводские экземпляры пенообразователей.

In reality, the process of constructing such an aggregate does not conceal anything complicated:

• The first thing you need to get a small container, which can act as an ordinary barrel. This very barrel will later be loaded with water and foaming agent;
• A compressor should be connected to the bottom of the barrel;
• At the top of the tank, cut the outlet;
• At the inlet should install a fan that will be responsible for the air supply to the frother tank;
• The valve is also mounted at the outlet and is connected to the compressor using a tee;
• In this way we get a frother with two valves, which are occupied with regulation of the amount of oxygen saturating the foam;
• Now it remains only to ensure the passage of foam through the grid with small holes, for which a specialized nozzle is installed at the output of the tee. (See also the article Construction of foam concrete houses: features.)

Finally

Based on the above, as well as after watching the video in this article, everyone can easily conclude that the production of foam blocks is a simple matter and it is quite possible to build a mobile unit for its manufacture.