What Materials can Be Used to Produce Machine-Made Sand?

What raw materials can be used to produce machine-made sand? What equipment is needed? How much does it cost to invest in one set?

With the rapid development of the infrastructure industry and the decreasing natural sand resources, the artificial mechanism sand industry shows a very promising development prospect. So, what raw materials can be used to produce machine-made sand? What equipment is needed? How much does it cost to invest in one set?

machine-made sand raw materials

I. What raw materials can be used to produce machine-made sand?

At present, there are over 200 kinds of raw materials on the market that are suitable for sand making. The common ones mainly include hard construction stones such as river pebbles, limestone, sandstone, granite, basalt, quartz stone, andesite, rhyolite, diorite, and diabase, as well as tailings, slag and construction materials.

II. Production process and equipment for Machine-made sand?

The commonly used production processes for machine-made sand are generally divided into two types: “wet sand-making” and “dry sand-making”. Wet sand-making refers to the sand making production that includes a sand washing machine to remove the stone powder. It is suitable for areas with relatively abundant water resources. Dry sand-making refers to the use of a powder separator to process sand. By adopting this process, the produced machine-made sand has a low moisture content and a high output.

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Wet sand-making process flow and equipment

The wet sand-making production process is basically divided into the following stages: raw materials → coarse crushing → medium crushing → screening → fine crushing and sand-making → screening → sand washing → finished sand.

sand making machine production process

Dry sand-making process flow and equipment

Dry sand-making adopts a highly intensive tower-like fully enclosed layout, effectively improving the particle shape of the finished machine-made sand and increasing the proportion of finished sand. It combines technologies such as air selection, vibrating screening and sedimentation to achieve effective separation of stone, sand and powder. Through intelligent control, it realizes the improvement of final product various indicators such as the particle shape, particle size, gradation and powder content helping customers reduce costs and enhance production efficiency.

tower type sand making plant

III. How much does a set of machine-made sand equipment cost?

The price of a set of machine-made sand equipment varies depending on factors such as the type of sand-making process, equipment configuration, production capacity, equipment quality, and manufacturer. Luoyang Dahua Heavy Industry is a high-tech enterprise with research & development production, sales, and service. The mobile crushing station has been successfully applied in domestic and foreign mine crushing projects. The company has a professional R & D team, a strong after-sales team, from the equipment selection, site inspection, equipment manufacturing, installation, commissioning, delivery and other aspects for your service.

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