Sten Screen

Ian McLaren

The combination of stencil duplicating with screen process printing enables one to build a press very cheaply, using no sophisticated components for either construction or implementation. The sten screen will print a wide variety of formats and on many materials.

Lost-wax Casting

Peter Stern

Outlines the basic techniques of lost-wax casting and describes the equipment needed to carry out the process successfully. Explains how the equipment can be made, using local labour and natural resources readily available in developing countries.

Educational Wooden Toys

Drawing and build instructions of an educational wooden toy developed by Tim Godwin, the consultant for the Sri Lankan toy project in establishing the local production of educational pre-school toys. The Threaded Shapes comprise of a circle, triangle and square that can be pushed through the appropr...

Quarrying and Rockbreaking

Derek Lester

Various types of plants and their operation are described. Recommended maintenance schedules and lists of spare parts are included.For the owner or manager of a small mobile rock crushing plant this book is essential reading

Small Scale Foundries For Developing Countries

This book aims to assist anyone about to start or to expand a small scale foundry to consider the various available processes, and to select the most appropriate for the circumstances. Technical aspects covered include pattern-making, moulding, coremaking, melting cast iron, steel castings, non-ferr...

Small-scale Production of Cementitious Materials

Robin Spence

Cement, or at least some form of cementing material, is an essential ingredient of virtually every type of construction. Two alternative approaches to large scale factory production are considered: firstly, the manufacture of Portland cement, or material of comparable quality, in much smaller kilns,...

Towards Village Industry

Liv Berg, K Nimpuno, R Zwananberg

Based on their experience in Tanzania, the authors examine the idea that rural development can become the key to economic stability and growth. The premise is that industrialization of the rural areas in developing countries must go hand-in-hand with mechanization of agricultural methods.

Small-Scale Cement Plants

Jon Sigurdson

An examination of the criteria for the establishment of mini cement plants in developing countries, specifically comparing the situation in India with that in China, where more than 57 per cent of cement is produced by small plants.