The most modern ceramics factory in the country equipped with the latest SACMI state-of-the-art technologies for this sector. Already set up for future expansion, the plant is now up and running for production, during this first phase, of 200 thousand pieces per year.
The “Bäherden Ceramics” Sanitaryware plant has just been successfully started up in Turkmenistan, part of a megaproject that was tasked to SACMI to create a greenfield factory for the manufacture of ceramic tiles and sanitaryware.
The most modern factory in the country, created to substantially increase the national production share, the plant has recently been put into operation to start manufacture, during this first phase, of 200 thousand pieces per year of high-quality design sanitaryware.
Already set up for future expansion, the plant was commissioned by Döwletli Döwran - a multi-business Group operating in a variety of sectors from construction to the agri-food industry – and was built by the State-run “Eziz Doganlar Economic Society”. The inauguration ceremony took place last March in the presence of the highest-ranking government officials in Turkmenistan.
The entire plant was designed by SACMI according to the very latest technological standards recognized in the sector. This is true from the body preparation department – already large enough to accommodate future production expansion – to the high-pressure casting technology with porous resin moulds, for which the customer chose the SACMI ALS machine. The latter is renowned throughout the market for the manufacture of multi-mould items in vitreous china such as washbasins, pedestals, water-tanks, oriental toilets and lids. For the production of WC bowls during this first phase of the project a special department has been created to make plaster moulds using manual and mechanized casting with a BCV casting bench for double battery casting and servo-mechanized demoulding.
The decision to invest in modern technology, in line with the most advanced developments in the ceramic sanitaryware industry, has been the hallmark of the entire supply. Furthermore, with the help of the customer, SACMI has put together the entire technological know-how on all subjects ranging from the testing of bodies to the modelling developments, subsequently perfected on site during the start-up stage. As regards the products, elegant shapes have been chosen, with a wide range of colours and features of modern design.
«With this project – underlines Gadam Hoshvagtov, General Manager of Döwletli Döwran – we set ourselves two highly ambitious objectives. The first was to build one of the most modern factories in the country and, indeed, in the entire area, able to make a substantial contribution to national production in a sector where domestic market demand is growing rapidly. The second goal was to fix a market benchmark for product and process quality in line with the best international standards. This is the reason we turned to SACMI, renowned throughout the globe for the quality of its technologies and service».
The plant also includes high-efficiency SACMI driers and RobotGlaze technology, with Gaiotto GA2000 robots. The 2-position carousel supplied ensures perfect glazing quality, eliminating manual operations. The innovative solution leads the way also in terms of sustainability since it is equipped with the exclusive SACMI Mass Control® system for controlling the flowrate and optimizing the glaze trajectory. The glazing booth is also equipped with dry filters for 100% glaze overspray recovery.
Automation and performance are also the key features of the Riedhammer kiln, model HWS 15/500/140, with automatic handling, loading and unloading of 10 kiln cars, reaching a production output of 780 pieces per day (future production expansion has been taken into account here too).
«We are extremely satisfied by our partnership with SACMI – points out Gadam Hoshvagtov – not just thanks to their capacity to supply technologies and systems which are among the most advanced in the world, but above all because of their ability to manage every aspect of such an ambitious and complex project, the first of its kind to be carried out in our country. From the initial planning stage right through to plant start-up, every step has been managed with skill, care, cooperative spirit and in perfect synergy with our technical teams, enabling us to fully reach the objectives we set».