Sustainable Manufacturing
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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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Making Stabilised Soil Blocks
Deals with the two main problems that can arise with earth buildings: stabilisation and compaction.
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Sustainable Small-Scale Brick Production
Increasing efficiency in small-scale brick production without reducing quality or under-firing.
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A Simple Retort
How to make and use a simple retort for separating gold-mercury amalgam.
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A Woodworking Bench
This technical brief shows how a woodworking bench with vice can be made without the use of steel components.
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Lime Production
There is a long history of production and use of lime in Sri Lanka. Its main use has been as a cementing agent and as a decorative whitewash in the building industry.
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Methods for Testing Lime in the Field
The acknowledged standard test for available lime is the ASTM Rapid Sugar Test, which uses relatively simple, portable laboratory glassware and common reagents.
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Alternatives to Portland Cement
Cement is an important binding agent in concretes, mortars and renders, and is used for the production of walling blocks and roofing tiles.
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The Story of Shambob
Sustainable livelihoods from small-scale brick production in Sudan.
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Utilization of Cow-dung in Brickmaking
Addition of certain organic materials improves the plasticity of clay making it more workable.