Huatong QT5-15 Semi-Automatic Brick Making Machine Customer Case in Ghana with On-Site Production Scenes

1. Project Cooperation Background

This cooperating customer operates on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana, engaging in building materials distribution for over a decade. It mainly supplies hollow blocks and interlocking paving bricks to surrounding real estate projects and municipal construction sites. The original manual brick-making equipment could produce less than 3,000 bricks per day, resulting in severe order backlogs during peak seasons. Meanwhile, the local power grid suffers unstable voltage and skilled technicians are scarce. After comparing multiple domestic equipment manufacturers, the customer finally selected the complete set of Huatong QT5-15 semi-automatic brick making machine from Shandong, which matches the budget of its small and medium-sized factory and local production conditions in West Africa.

2. Equipment Model Selection Adapted to West African Working Conditions

1. Production capacity suitable for small and medium factories: With a molding cycle of 15 seconds, it can stably produce 9,600 hollow blocks within an 8-hour shift, perfectly covering the customer’s daily supply needs without the huge investment of fully automatic equipment.

2. Wide raw material compatibility: Local laterite, river sand, crushed stone and slag abundant in Ghana can be mixed for brick production, greatly cutting cement consumption and raw material costs while complying with local solid waste recycling policies.

3. Low operation threshold for local labor: The semi-automatic workflow features an easy-to-operate electric control system. Only 3 to 4 local workers are required to complete feeding, molding and pallet transportation, who can master the whole operation within 3 days to ease the local shortage of skilled workers.

4. Durable design against sand, dust and high temperature: The whole machine adopts thickened section steel body. The electric control box is upgraded for dustproof and moistureproof performance, and the hydraulic system can withstand high temperatures, adapting to Ghana’s year-round hot, dry and dusty factory environment. A matching voltage stabilizer is equipped to cope with the unstable local power grid and avoid shutdown failures caused by voltage fluctuations.

5. Flexible multi-mold production: Molds can be quickly replaced to produce hollow wall bricks, solid bricks and interlocking sidewalk bricks, covering both residential and municipal orders to expand revenue channels.

The supporting solution includes a simple two-bin PLD batching machine, small JS500 mixer, QT5-15 semi-automatic main machine and pallet transport rack. It only covers an area of 120 square meters, fitting the customer’s existing simple steel structure plant without large-scale infrastructure renovation.

3. Equipment Shipment, On-site Installation and Commissioning

Bilingual practical training was carried out on site simultaneously, covering raw material proportioning, equipment startup and shutdown procedures, hydraulic maintenance, mold disassembly and assembly, and simple fault troubleshooting. Illustrated operation manuals were distributed, and local operators received hands-on teaching to ensure independent continuous all-day production after the engineers left.

4. Actual On-site Production Scenes in Ghana’s Factory

1. Raw material batching area: Local workers pour laterite, sandstone and cement into PLD batching bins. The equipment automatically discharges materials in fixed proportion, mixes concrete raw materials evenly through the mixer, and conveys them to the distributing bin of the main machine via conveyor belt, with only one worker on duty for batching.

2. Main machine molding operation area: The core QT5-15 semi-automatic main machine operates continuously, integrating hydraulic pressurization and synchronous vibration molding to finish material distribution and pressing at the same time. Formed green bricks are sent out with pallets automatically, and two workers transport pallets to the curing area. The machine runs with even vibration without oil leakage or abnormal noise, capable of 8-hour non-stop continuous production under high temperature all day.

3. Finished product curing and stacking area: Newly pressed standard hollow blocks are neatly stacked with compact texture, regular edges and unified sizes, whose compressive strength meets Ghana’s construction acceptance standards. An open-air curing yard is divided in the factory. Bricks can be loaded and transported to construction sites in downtown Accra and surrounding towns after 7 days of natural curing.

4. On-site operation and maintenance scene: After daily work, workers clean equipment dust and fill lubricating oil in accordance with training procedures. Wearing parts are delivered together with the equipment in advance, and 7×24-hour online remote technical support is available to solve minor faults instantly with rare production shutdowns.

5. Actual Operation Benefits after Production Launch

1. Sharply increased production capacity to fulfill all orders: The original manual equipment produced 3,000 bricks per day, while the QT5-15 semi-automatic line stably outputs 9,600 bricks daily, supplying construction sites across Accra, Tema, Takoradi and other regions without outsourcing blocks during peak seasons.

2. Reduced comprehensive production costs: Local laterite replaces part of cement consumption. The variable-frequency energy-saving design cuts power consumption by 20%, and 6 temporary workers are reduced compared with manual production. The comprehensive cost per block drops by 18%, making the customer’s products more competitive in local pricing.

3. Upgraded product quality and growing long-term orders: Bricks formed by vibration and pressurization feature even density without defective products with missing corners or loose texture. Having passed local construction quality inspection, the customer secured long-term supply contracts with 3 major local construction companies.

4. Short investment payback period: The procurement cost of semi-automatic equipment is only half that of a fully automatic production line, and the equipment investment is fully recovered within 4 months after production launch. The customer plans to purchase an extra set of supporting paving brick molds to expand municipal business.

The factory supervisor commented on site: “Compared with small brick machines imported by peers nearby, Huatong QT5-15 has an extremely low failure rate. The engineers provided detailed on-site installation and training. The machine is well adapted to our local laterite raw materials and unstable power supply, making it the most cost-effective equipment for us to expand business.”

6. Project Summary