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Challenge

Before the upgrade, the company faced four constraints that capped its growth: Single-product limit. Only hollow blocks were made in-house; standard bricks for broader project specs were outsourced, splitting supply and quality control. Capacity ceiling. The legacy semi-automatic line could not meet the larger orders tied to 2014 housing and infrastructure programs; work was declined for lack of volume. Rising labor cost. A 10-person crew per shift was increasingly expensive in a tightening skilled-labor market, eroding margin on fixed-price contracts. Supply-chain exposure. Reliance on imported finished bricks and, more broadly, on hard-to-source imported inputs raised lead-time and cost risk — a structural disadvantage under an import-substitution policy climate. The operator needed one automatic line that could raise volume across multiple brick types, cut crew size, and bring standard-brick production home — with a payback short enough to justify the capital under constrained financing conditions.

Solution

The Solution: Dongyue QT10-15 Fully Automatic Block Making Machine After a supplier review in early 2014, the producer selected the QT10-15 — a heavy-duty automatic molding machine for medium-to-large plants, capable of hollow blocks, standard bricks, porous bricks and pavers on one line by changing molds. Dongyue handled pre-shipment FAT, on-site installation and commissioning in May 2014, Farsi/English operator training, a spare-parts kit, and remote diagnostics support to keep the line running with minimal overseas dependency.

Results

• High volume, low unit cost. 8 hollow blocks per mold at 1,920 pcs/h let the plant clear large housing and infrastructure orders on a single shift — throughput spread fixed cost thin.
• One line, multiple brick types. Mold changes switch between hollow blocks, standard bricks, porous bricks and pavers; outsourced standard-brick buying stopped.
• Automation & labor savings. Automatic feeding, molding and palletizing cut the crew from 10 to 4 per shift — a recurring saving that accelerated recovery.
• Local, resilient supply. In-house standard bricks removed outsourced buying and reduced exposure to import channels for finished product — reinforcing the operator's local-manufacturing position.

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