FORNACE CENTRALE
We’re later producer since 1962
The Fornace Centrale was founded in January 1962 in S. Tomio di Malo (VI), a place in which it’s possible to find one of the best clay deposits in Italy for the production of bricks.
The plant has passed over time from a simple and manual manufacturing to a double production line plant equipped with operating machines that work the material in a completely automated way. During the production process, great attention is paid to quality control, with checks carried out along the entire production chain.
The production process is the result of years of specific experience in the brick industry, combined with continuous technological research and a careful comparison with the best European techniques.
Particular attention is paid to the development of new products in order to support the customer with innovative solutions while respecting tradition, promoting a quality habitat, allowing safe use in the building sector, according to law.
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
The production process of the S. Tomio plant is the result of years of specific experience in the later sector, combined with continuous technological research and a careful comparison with the best European techniques.
The quality of the raw material is part of the competitive advantage, being unique in Veneto, and among the best in Italy: rich in iron oxide and available to produce a wide range of products, as demonstrated by the industrial production of the area.
The clay coming from the quarries is stored in large heaps outdoors near the plant.
The preparation of the mixture and the relative pre-processing is carried out in the wet way starting from the volumetric dosage by feeder boxes, grinding the raw materials and ensiling the whole. This procedure allows to remove the coarse impurities and obtaine a uniform and constant mixture of the various mineralogical elements, the reduction of the dimensions of the various components and the assignment of the suitable moisture content.
It is then proceeded with a rolling process which is gradually being pushed to eliminate any calcareous impurities present and to reduce the mineral compounds to dimensions smaller than one millimeter.
It is then proceeded with a rolling process which is gradually being pushed to eliminate any calcareous impurities present and to reduce the mineral compounds to dimensions smaller than one millimeter.At this point the mixture is ready for forming by extrusion, then for drying.The heat necessary for drying is provided in part by the recovery of hot air from the ovens and, in addition, by burners.
The company has two types of dryers, one fast and one semi-continuous; this let a greater flexibility in the treatment of different product categories.
Once dried, the piece is ready for cooking in the tunnel oven, through which the chemical-physical transformations of the material are obtained. The oven currently has a computerized management system with centralized control, managed by P.L.C.
The material when it comes out of the oven is supported by brick strips or wood pallet, protected from the external environment with heat-shrink plastic, and deposited in the yard.
During all the process, great attention is paid to quality control, with checks carried out along the entire production chain.
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