How to Select a Site for Manufactured Sand Production

The selection of a site for manufactured sand production has a significant impact on the future operation of the entire sand and gravel plant. A suitable site can not only ensure stable production but also greatly improve production efficiency and even save production costs. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the surrounding environment before opening a sand and gravel plant to ensure that the selected site meets the requirements to the greatest extent. Specifically:

1. Convenient road and transportation conditions, and easy access to electricity and water.

Many sand and gravel plants still mainly use fixed production lines, making aggregate transportation particularly important. The sand production line involves washing, sedimentation, and fine sand recovery, so the nearby water resources must be abundant, with sufficient conditions for building sedimentation tanks and treating wastewater.

2. Far from residential areas, and to reduce pollution, it is advisable to choose a location downwind of the prevailing wind.

Various stages of manufactured sand production inevitably generate some noise and dust. Therefore, sand and gravel plants are generally built in locations far from residential areas, choosing a location downwind of the prevailing wind to avoid some pollution.

3. The area of the plant site, as well as the storage yards and capacity for raw materials and finished products.

Due to environmental restrictions, many sand and gravel plants can no longer operate in the open air and require the construction of factory buildings and workshops. Therefore, the plant area must be as large as possible, as it needs sufficient space not only for the various stages of sand making but also for the storage of raw materials, intermediate materials, and finished products.

4. The site should have good engineering geological conditions: 

The site should avoid being built under fault lines, landslides, or flood levels. It should also avoid areas with sinkholes, silt, humus, ancient wells, or cultural relics.

A basic sand making production line consists of: vibrating feeder - jaw crusher - vibrating screen - impact crusher/cone crusher - circular vibrating screen - vertical impact crusher - sand washing machine - finished product. This is a basically complete sand making production line, but not all situations require all of this equipment. For example, for pebbles/river stones, if the raw material is small enough, the initial coarse crushing equipment can be omitted. The reason for configuring crushing equipment at the front end is to crush the raw stone to a size suitable for feeding into the sand making machine. The feed opening of the sand making machine is generally less than 5 cm. Of course, if the raw stone is already smaller than 5 cm, the crushing equipment can be omitted entirely.

Secondly, besides understanding the basic sand making production line, special attention must be paid to equipment selection. Choosing a reputable manufacturer is crucial. Large, established manufacturers not only guarantee equipment quality but also have dedicated technical personnel who can analyze specific situations and design environmentally friendly sand making production lines, facilitating environmental impact assessment procedures. Therefore, when purchasing equipment, try to choose large manufacturers and have them provide configuration solutions, comparing various options before making a decision.

Of course, if you only want to invest money and entrust all related matters to relevant professionals, that's EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) turnkey services. In this case, you only need to invest money; everything from initial site selection and construction to production line operation and equipment maintenance is included in the EPC turnkey service. OCP Heavy Industry has focused on the R&D and manufacturing of crushing equipment for over 40 years, providing one-stop solutions for equipment selection, configuration, and production line process design. Feel free to contact us online; our dedicated technical staff will be happy to answer your questions! You are also welcome to visit our factory or tour our production line!