Shihab The diagram illustrates the process that is used to manufacture bricks for the building industry.

The diagram illustrates the various stages of brick Production for the architecture.

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, the process consists of 7 stages, beginning with clay in the ground and ending up with newly-made

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being delivered to a customer. First of all, a digger extracts a large amount of clay from a pit in the ground. Using a metal grid and a roller system, big chunks of clay are sorted and broken down into smaller pieces, which are

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mixed with sand and water. Once

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done, the mixture is formed into the correct shapes with either a mold or a wire cutter.

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, the

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spend one to two days drying off in an oven before being moved through a series of very hot kilns: the first one bakes the

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at temperatures between 200 and 980ºC, and the second is even hotter, at 870 to 1300ºC. The longest step so far comes next: the

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go through a two-to-three-day cooling process before they can

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be packed onto skids and delivered to wherever they’re needed.