The flow chart below illustrates the production of bricks in the construction industry.
Overall
, there are seven stages in the process, beginning with clay digging and ending with the delivering stage.
As can be seen from the diagram, the digger machine is used in the first stage to get clay from the ground Linking Words
then
they are filtered by a metal grid above a roller. Linking Words
Next,
they are mixed with sand and water before going into the other two steps, which are being moulded in the mould or cut by a wire to become those rectangular bricks. The subsequent stage is when those are dried in the oven for 24 to 48 hours.
The process continues with the steps of bricks being heated at high temperatures in two kinds of kilns. Linking Words
First,
they are put in the moderate kiln at approximately 200 to 980 Celsius degrees and Linking Words
then
transported to the higher temperature kiln at 870 to 1300 Celsius degrees. Linking Words
Subsequently
, the hot products are cooled down in a chamber for 48 to 72 hours. The process finishes with the packaging step Linking Words
then
the final products are delivered by a truck to the distributors.Linking Words