1、 Can quartz produce machine made sand?
Machine-made sand is generally made by mechanical crushing, screening, and soil removal of rocks, mining tailings, or industrial waste particles, commonly known as artificial sand, which is classified into different grades based on quality and grading. As a stone with Mohs scale hardness of 7-8, quartzite has the characteristics of strong compression resistance, non-toxic, non radiation, etc.
Quartz stone can be made into machine made sand after reasonable processing. The finished product of quartz stone machine made sand has a good particle shape and strong particle size controllability. According to market statistics, there are quite a few users who choose quartz stone as machine made sand, and the price of the finished product is almost above the average price, with considerable profits. In addition to concrete and mortar, quartz machine made sand can also be widely used in industries such as glass, casting, ceramics, and refractory materials, with a broad market and high demand.
2、 Detailed explanation of quartz stone sand making process
1. Feeding+coarse crushing
The equipment configured in this stage mainly includes vibrating feeders and jaw crushers. Quartz stone is transported from the silo or excavator to a vibrating feeder, and after simple screening, it is evenly transported to a jaw crusher for coarse crushing.
2. Screening+medium crushing
The equipment configured for this stage is a vibrating screen and a cone crusher. The coarse crushed quartz stone will be transported by a conveyor to the vibrating screen equipment. The vibrating screen will screen out the quartz sand that does not meet the feed particle size of the cone crusher and return it to the jaw crusher for further crushing. If it meets the requirements, it will enter the cone crusher to start intermediate crushing.
3. Sand making+washing
The equipment configured includes a sand making machine and a sand washing machine. After the coarse and medium crushing mentioned above, the quartz stone is transformed into less than 5 centimeters of stone. After continuous impact and crushing by the sand making machine, it becomes sand of different specifications. After re screening, the sand washing machine is responsible for completing the cleaning work, removing impurities such as soil and stone powder wrapped in the quartz stone machine sand surface.
Is the cost of making quartz sand high
The cost of quartz sand production is mainly divided into raw material costs, hardware procurement costs, and later operating costs. Below, we will introduce these three types of sand production costs:
1. Raw material cost
There are many channels for purchasing quartz stone raw materials, and the cost of making pebbles into sand is not high. The cost of pebbles also involves material transportation costs, saving raw material costs can also save the cost of making sand.
2. Hardware configuration cost
Hardware configuration equipment refers to the equipment configuration cost of the sand production line, which accounts for the majority of the entire sand production cost. The selection of equipment models for different specifications of sand production lines varies greatly, and the quotation for production lines varies greatly. Generally, the cost of small sand production lines is around 200000 to 800000 yuan, while the cost of large sand production lines can reach millions.
3. Post operational costs
After the construction of the quartz sand production line is completed, it is necessary to invest in operating costs. The operating costs mainly include equipment maintenance costs, labor costs, water and electricity costs for the sand production site, and other management expenses. Maintaining the sand production equipment well can to some extent reduce operating costs.
A complete quartz sand production line requires equipment such as vibrating feeders, jaw crushers, cone crushers, vibrating screens, sand making machines, sand washing machines, belt conveyors, etc. Depending on the user's sand production needs, the production of sand can be appropriately increased or reduced