Belts and 'Wheels* ……………………………………$540.00
Presses
Double Action (with Dies) ……………………………$1,250.00
Single Action (with dies) .………………………………$890.00
Clay Store (2 years supply at $7.00 per
2,000kg trailer load, and
6,000,000kg clay
per year)* ...............................................$42.000.00
Total .... $78,600.00
You will notice that over half of the expense of setting up the production unit lies in
obtaining the clay stores. This is an unavoidable fact. Many factories have tried to make
products from unaged clay, and the products suffer in quality hugely, and the overall reject
rate goes up to at least 25 per cent.
LABOUR
Labour rates will vary greatly from area to area, but to give some idea of the labour
cost we will quote the figures which apply in Sri Lanka. All figures are based on one
production unit on a per day basis.
Unskilled
Flywheel Spinners (3) .....................................$3.85
All Other (47) ............................................. $47.00
Skilled
Shop Managers (2) ........................................ $7.90
Bookkeeper (1) ............................................. S3.95
Total labour per dav .............................................
$61.80
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ELEVANT INSTITUTIONS
Intermediate Technology Development Group - Building Ma~erials Programme. Myson
House, Railway Terrace, Rugby, CV21 3HT, U.K.
Volunteers In Technical Assistance - 1815 North Lynn Street, Arlington, Virginia,
22209, USA.
John P.M. Parry and Associates/Intermediate Technology Workshops, Overend Road, Cradley
Heath, West Midlands, B64 7DD,U.K.
Brickmakinq Plant: Industrv Profile. United Nations Development Organization, Development
and Transfer of Technology Series, 1978. United Nations Publication Sales Number
E.78.ll.B.9, price U.S.$4.00 or equivilent other currencies. Write to United Nations, Sales
Section, New York City, New York, USA.
Small Scale Brickmaking, Technology Series-technical Memoranda. International Labour
Office, 96/98 Marsham Street, London, SWlP 4LY, U.K.