Originally Posted by mma666

Hello,

I am thinking of opening a sand washer plant in the middle east. I intend to sell the washed sand for plastering purposes.

I have land already. My land is on the way of periodical flooding once every few years, so it has a bit of silt in it. I can prove this because it is possible to grow stuff on my land if I provide enough water.

My question is, is it advisable to open the wash plant in another area, or is my land good enough as it gets washed by running water once every few years? (dont worry on the logic of putting a factory on a flood plain, the factory will be elevated).

I am mainly interested to know whether the quality of sand to produce plaster sand is good or bad given the location? Please note the desert is full of sand.

Cheers

Mo

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Greetings and salutations Mo from my corner of the eastern wilderness at 1140 feet above mean sea level.

You should contact a soil sampling firm to drill core samples to see what kind of land you have and to see if there is enough gravel to even think about writing a business plan and determine if you have a market for the plaster sand, drilling a lot of shallow core samples on a 20 metre pattern will tell you if it is worth it to proceed to a deeper core drill pattern of 60 meters

if you are subject to flooding occasionally you must plan the pits properly for ingress and egress and be able to pump them dry.

how far are you willing to transport it to screen and crush it if it is a viable proposition? how far will the physical plant be from the deposit?

Have the core drilling done first and then talk to a geologist about the site prospects.

not having a market for lots of final product is a no win proposition.

lzaharis

The problem is gypsum and how much gypsum is available.

The camel throwing spit into the tent and taking a bath in the osasis spring is residual clay and the 4 basic types of sand.

ocean sand/beach sand

Sand stripped from gravel banks, which is screened, crushed and washed taken from bank run gravel deposits as we have here in the states and europe

Sand from stone crushing, screening and washing

silica sands

and the amount of clay you have to remove to get a good sieving sample.

have a soil sampling firm come in and core drill for soil sample to see if it is even

worth the effort.

you need a lot of stationary machinery for this;

A front end loader or larger wheeled or tracked back hoe of the 5 to 10 ton class

a 480 volt generator

a surge hopper-heated or unheated.

a feeder conveyor from the surge hopper

a steel supporting structure to carry the load of the screens, washing plant and conveyor

one or two or three screens for primary aggregate, screening, sand scalping and sand washing to the bottom of the second screen if a second screen is used.

a vertical impactor crusher or shorthead cone crusher- the centrifugal crusher is the faster crusher type

a recirculation circuit for the centrifugal crusher is a must!

A drying shed or dome to store and dry the sand.

packaging equipment for bags or bulk sacks ■