Now, few people can imagine the handicraft production of pipes and fittings, including drainpipes. All elements of a complete set are made on more or less difficult equipment. This ensures a clear geometry of finished products, in-line production reduces their cost.
What modern equipment for the production of drainage systems looks like, is it possible to establish your own business on its basis - later in the article.
traditional materials for gutter installations are metals: galvanized steel, copper, recently aluminum and titanium-zinc alloy, as well as plastics, of which PVC is the most common.
These materials are distinguished by the following qualities:
- light weight
- Long service life
- Aesthetics
- Easy cutting and installation
However, tinplate and PVC have a competitive advantage - relative cheapness. Therefore, they share the main market share. Other materials are usually used in roofing extra class. Naturally, absolutely different equipment is needed for the production of polymer and metal products.
For polymers, it includes various kinds of molds, extruders, is very resource-intensive - it consumes a large amount of electricity, hydrocarbons, water. Therefore, the production of plastic drainage systems is the lot of large corporations with powerful modern factories.
Among other things, it is unprofitable to produce small volumes of such products. Therefore, there are several major players on the market that are able not only to produce, but also to sell polymer systems in large quantities. And the organization of such a factory costs at least several million dollars.
The release of metal equipment is more democratic. There is a wide range of equipment of various capacities that can serve both a large region and several surrounding villages. At the same time, the price may also be lower for a small producer, due to proximity to the sales market and lower production and overhead costs.
The main division of such lines is carried out according to the degree of mechanization of production, it can be:
- manual
- semi-automatic
- automatic
The manual line is distinguished by the complete absence of electrically driven equipment. All machines work exclusively on muscular strength.
The main machines of this line:
- Manual guillotine - provides cutting of metal into parts of the desired shape and size. It can work with both sheet and rolled metal.
- Folding bending – creates an edge along the edge of the sheet for subsequent joining
- rolling - for bending prepared parts into a pipe. The same machine with a different set of rollers can be used to make gutters.
- Folding machine - compresses the edges of the parts, creating a seam lock.
- Zig machine (flaring machine) is intended for the manufacture of fittings - corrugation, cutting of pipes, the manufacture of connecting parts.
- Crumblygibs designed for the manufacture of various types of fasteners.
Advice!
When purchasing a set of machines, you should also think about small and occasional operations.
From time to time, it is required to manufacture parts of non-standard shape, manually cut metal, punch holes, as well as fasten or corrugate pipes and trays at the installation site.
As a rule, suppliers of production equipment have all this in stock, and it turns out to be more profitable to purchase a tool from them than to buy it separately later.
Approximate prices for such lines on the market start at $ 3,000. Even if you purchase such equipment for the device gutter for roof when building your own house, and then producing elements of the system for 2-3 neighbors, the equipment will already pay off. If you provide very high quality and focus on elite households, then the production of one system from copper or aluminum will instantly begin to make a profit.
The semi-automatic gutter production line contains the same set of equipment and performs the same functions. The main difference is that the operations here are performed by means of electromechanical drives. After setting the parameters of the necessary parts, installing the necessary equipment (rollers, cutters, etc.) - in the future, the machines produce the required number of parts without human intervention.
Such a line is considered semi-automatic, since the supply of raw materials and the movement of parts between machines are still carried out manually. Such a kit costs 2.5 - 3 times more than a manual one, but it can also provide performance ten times greater.
The main application of this kit is a small workshop serving an urban or rural area. It is noteworthy that an ordinary garage is enough to accommodate a manual or semi-automatic line, and, for example, a zig-car can be transported in the back of a GAZelle, and the desired style can be made right at the facility.
Advice!
The use of tinplate with one-sided painting or spraying makes it possible to give your products a much more attractive appearance at slightly increased costs.
Approximately the same composition has an automatic line. However, here, especially when using coiled steel, human participation consists only in programming the machines. Also, such lines can produce a wider range of products, and the quality will be factory high.
However, the weight and dimensions of the units require a small, but workshop space. The performance of such a line will quite allow to provide a medium-sized city with products.Depending on the willingness to invest effort and money, the production of gutters can become a side or main income, and even the basis of a serious business.
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