Sustainable Manufacturing
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Lime Kiln Designs
Small to medium scale oil fired lime kilns.
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Soap Making
This Technical Brief describes the procedures needed to make a variety of simple soaps and includes a number of recipes for different types of soap.
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A Case Study In Lime Production
A case study in lime production, looking at traditional batch techniques in Chenkumbi, Malawi
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Lime Production: 2
Lime has been used in the Malawian building industry for many generations, principally as the cementing agent in renders and to produce a decorative whitewash.
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Manufacturing the Donkey Cart and Ambulance
This manual aims to give useful information to local fabricators and organizations that support them to help them make donkey carts and a donkey cart ambulance.
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Hydraulic Lime: An Introduction
Hydraulic lime was an important cementitious material before the arrival of Portland cement but it is little used now, except in conservation work.
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The Brick Mould
Drawing of a brick mould.
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Making Stabilised Soil Blocks
Deals with the two main problems that can arise with earth buildings: stabilisation and compaction.
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A Simple Retort
How to make and use a simple retort for separating gold-mercury amalgam.
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Sustainable Small-Scale Brick Production
Increasing efficiency in small-scale brick production without reducing quality or under-firing.