Micro Concrete Tiles

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COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING PROGRAM ON
Micro Concrete Tiles
TARA Tile Maker
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Introduction
The mortar used is a mix of Cement, fine
sand, coarse sand and fine aggregate
Micro Concrete Tiles are made from cement mortar,
which is vibrated on a table at a controlled
frequency and set on a mould to shape.

• The mix consists of
• 1 part cement
• 2 parts of graded sand
• 1 part of stone grit smaller than 6mm in size

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Competitive Advantages

• MCR Tiles offer many advantages over other
  sloping roof materials, such as
• G.I sheets
• Mangalore tiles
• Wooden shingles
• Slate
• Asbestos

• Highly cost effective
• Durable - they have the life of concrete
• Lighter than other roofing tiles hence require
  less understructure
• Easily Installed

• Additionally, MCR Tiles
• Can be colored to specification
• reduce heat gain
• noiseless during rains
• free from asbestos

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Comparative Costs
Cladding Understructure Cost (Rs)
Material
Per sq. m.
MCR Tiles Steel Hulas wire girder 260 -
320 Primary Wood 280 - 360
Secondary Wood 150 - 180
Mangalore Primary Wood 270 - 350
Local Clay Secondary Wood 165 - 220
ACC Steel 270 - 350
CGI Steel 320 - 400
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Applications
A variety of roof designs for farm and country
houses, bungalows, verandahs and pavilions are
possible with MCR tiles. MCR Tiles are also used
for industrial sheds, workshops and
restaurants. MCR Tiles allow total creative
freedom to designers, architects and engineers.
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How to Make MCR Tiles
To make 150 MCR Tiles, we will need the following
Materials Quantity People
Tools
Cement 90kg. Mason
TARA Vibrator Accessories, including 150
moulds.
Fine Sand 0.028 B-Grade cu. M. 1
person
Coarse 0.084 Unskilled Sand cu. M. 2
persons
Please click to review the steps to make MCR
Tiles.
Fine 0.041 Aggregate cu. M.
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STEP 2
STEP 1
STEP 4
STEP 3
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STEP 5
STEP 6
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STEP 8
STEP 7
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STEP 10
STEP 9
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STEP 11
STEP 12
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STEP 13
NOTES
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THIS COMPLETES THE BASIC MANUFATURING CYCLE OF
THE MCR TILE
1. Clean the plastic sheets and moulds with water
and jute fiber after every manufacturing cycle.
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How to Build
SORRY! Under Construction
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The TARA Tile Maker

• The TARA Tile Maker is capable of making two
  distinct profiles
• Roman Tile Vibrator to produce Roman tiles
  (formed on injection moulded profiles)
• Pan Tile Vibrator for Pan tiles (on vacuum
  formed profiles)

The TARA Tile Maker is supplied with a complete
set of tools and devices for production quality
control systems.
The accessories supplied include alignment tool,
binding strength tool and variable ridge tile
moulds
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The TARA Tile Maker
Roman Tile Vibrator
Pan Tile Vibrator
Specifications
Units
Weight of machine Weight of moulds (without the
frame) Weight of packed machine Size of machine
(L X W X H)
60 550 . 450 115 x 54 x 50
Kg gm . Kg cm
60 900 . 550 115 x 54 x 50
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The TARA Tile Maker
Pan
Technical Data
Roman
Units
Clear length of tile Length after overlap Clear
width of tile Width after overlap Thickness Corrug
ated depth Nominal weight Load bearing capacity
mm mm mm mm mm mm kg kg
500 400 250 200 8 10 50 2.25/2.8 60 80
488 400 240 200 8 50 2.25 80
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Detail of first application
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Detail of second application
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Detail of TARA Tile Maker
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