The Creation of the Soil Shredder for Use in the Manufacture of Brick Blocks

Abstract

The aim of this research was to design and create the soil shredder for brick blocks manufacturing. The soil shredder was designed with 1,020 mm of width, 760 mm of length and 1,950 mm of height by using 3 horsepower motor for power. Moreover, the machine could be adjusted soil release drawer in 2 levels. The capacity test results showed the import rate of laterite soil affects the resolution of laterite soil in 2 levels of soil discharge during 1 min. The best import rate was the soil discharge channel of level 2, size 300 cm² with 21.0 kg/min. According to the revolution lateritic soil test, the ratio between the soil that could be used to produce brick blocks and the soil that was not used in the production of brick blocks was 80 : 20. However, the soil releasing channel in level 1 of size 150 cm² displayed the maximum value of the soil for brick blocks production with 85.4 : 14.6 kg ratio