ABECE TILES

Why Concrete?

Making concrete is both relatively cheap and easy: sand, cement, water and oxide pigments – that is what you need in terms of raw materials to manufacture high quality concrete roof tiles.

1. Batching and Mixing Concrete

Sand, cement and water are mixed together to form concrete in a Concrete Batching and Mixing System. Pigments can be added to make colored through tiles.

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2. Extrusion

Concrete roof tiles are made on moulds through extrusion technology in an Extrusion Machine.

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3. Cutting

The extruded concrete is cut into tiles. This is best done in our outstanding Twin Servo knife system, saving concrete and money but also providing the best tile aesthetics with extreme precision, always giving correct tile length.

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4. Wet side top coating

To enhance the surface of the tiles they can be top coated, either by acrylic paint, slurry mix or granulates. When using our systems, downstream equipment is not contaminated causing production losses.

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5. Racking

Before tiles are cured they need to be gently and safely handled into curing racks. ABECE Automatic racking systems are the signum for the smoothest handling, highest possible availability and outstanding productivity, bringing scrap done to Zero.

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6. Curing

As in all industries with concrete as the main element, wet concrete needs to be cured. With the self-sustained ABECE GreenBox Curing system, this is done without adding heat, i.e. saving cost and reducing carbon footprint.

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7. Tile and Mould separation

After the tiles have cured on their moulds, they are ready to be separated in the automatic Depalletter. This genial machine will easily and safely separate tile from mould, causing no wear on your moulds and no damages on your tiles.

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8. Mould return – cleaning and oiling

After separating, moulds are cycled back to the extruder on the low energy consuming conveyor system. These conveyors are designed to carry the moulds with ease and the ABECE non-touch turntable will never grind your moulds edges down. The ABECE conveyor circuit control is a key in successful plant automation, delivering maximized OEE.

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8a. Mould cleaning

Keeping moulds clean will increase their lifetime and warrant that tiles are made to highest quality. We offer the most effective automated cleaning equipment for all sides of the moulds, removing dirt build up on the nose, underside, top side or tail. Saving time and cost.

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8b. Mould oiling

“Stickers” is an expression in this industry and is a non-wanted event, which is avoided by applying a release agent on the moulds before extruding concrete.

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9. Dry side top coat

After separation, tiles are conveyed downstream to a dry side top coating system receiving a second topcoat. Options like solid color, clear sealer, antique spray and our unique splash finish are available. Purposely designed to eliminate contamination on downstream equipment.

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10. Top coat drying

When coating the tiles on the dry side, they need to dry before being packed. The RotoDryer system is space optimized and provides time for the coat to dry. High efficiency is created through smart engineering and automation, and we even have the possibility to blend colors and increase drying time when necessary.

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11. Stacking technology

Prior to packing, small stacks of tiles needs to be formed. Doing this at high speeds with kept line pace and output is a challenge, but not for ABECE.

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12. Strapping

The Strapack heads are specially designed for our harsh industry. Stacks are automatically handled by Fanuc robotic arms, providing highest output and lowest maintenance, with maximized flexibility and Zero changeover time.

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13. Palletizing and load secure

When tiles are strapped in large packs they need to be palletized. This is done with ease, fully automatic and with flexibility by Fanuc robotic arms.

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ABECE TILES

Contact

Tel: +389 70 703 818

Tel: +389 70 474 631

Fax: +389 44 347 121

Factory: Road Prsovce – Jegunovce, Tearce 1200 Tetovo