The QUINN lite plant is among the most modern of its kind in the world, incorporating state of the art computer process control. Allied to this is a highly trained and competent workforce, which allows us to consistently produce products of the highest calibre which meet all the relevant European and international standards.
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| QUINN lite Cakes ready to be removed from the Autoclave |
The raw materials used in QUINN lite include sand, cement, lime, aluminium and water. These raw materials are poured into a mould in a slurry form.
The minute amount of aluminium in the slurry reacts with the lime and forms hydrogen gas. The liberated gas causes the mixture to expand to twice its original height, forming extremely small air bubbles.
After the material has reached the correct height and hardness in our enclosed heated curing tunnel, it is ready for cutting. It is now referred to as a cake.
The cakes are trimmed to size and cut both horizontally, and vertically into the required block size, using piano wires. The cakes now cut to block size are fed into autoclaves where they are steam cured. During the autoclaving process, further reactions take place with the formation of calcium silicate hydrates from which QUINN lite derives its superior strength.
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| QUINN lite Blocks ready for packaging |
After autoclaving the blocks a reseparated without dismantling. Colour coded straps are then placed around the pack of blocks.
This colour code identifies the strength of block, with a yellow strap representing a pack of B3 blocks, a blue strap representing B5 and a red strap representing B7 blocks. The blocks are then wrapped for delivery to site.
