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lSlC 3529
Match Making Plant
TIw development of matches was
preceded by centuries of ex eriment
with many methods of fire m a rcing, but
the production of fire by spontaneous
chemical reaction was unknown until
the 17th century. A v a r i e r of experi-
ments continued until t i e friction
match, introduced in the 19th century,
provided a means of making fire that
was poketablc, reliable, safe and speedy.
With early methods of fire production
it was common to use specially made
splinters tipped with some combustiblc
substance, such as sulfur. t o transfer
the flame. An increasqd interest in
chemistry let t o experiments to produce
fue by direct means o n the splinter.
The raw materials used by the match
industry generally include wood splints,
paper and chemicals such as potas-
sium chlorate and red phosphorus. A
global survey of the present state shows
that the niotch industry is a monopoly
in many countries. Under this system
matches are bought from private indus-
try by the government, which mono-
The consumption of
polizes sales.
matches steadily increased with the
advance of sales of tabacco and the
increase in the population. Match
makers can look forward t o a continued
increase iii consumption as living
standards go up.
Generally the consumption of match
is three p i e p per person. However,
as can be seen in advanced nations,
the supply would be eight pieces of
match per person if match for adrertise-
Plant Layout for Doxmatch Production
ment could be a n t i c i p t e d .
Kinds of Matches
By splint
1) Wooden splint match (stick type)
The stick typc iiiatch is generally
square. But tlierc atc round and rectan-
gular sticks. Tlierc .iic man kinds of
woods for raw motcrial. suc as white
poplar is most witlcly used as splint.
The colour, hardliess and combusti-
bility of white popl;ii arc very superior.
2) Paper splint matcli
The paper splint match is made
from impregnated cardboard. I t is
widely used becausc i t is suitable for
advertisement. In order t o preserve
resources of wood and in countries
where there are shortages of wood
for match making, the paper splint
match is used domestically.
3) Wax coated splitii iiiatch
Wax coated buncllcd paper-strin is
used to produce thc wax coated s p int
match. Wax has a IiiBh melting point,
so the wax coated splint match will
n o t blow o u t easily. The manufactur-
ing process is coniplicated a n d the
price of raw material is high, b u t recen-
tly the wax coatrd bundled paper-
string is used inste.aJ of the cotton-
rtrin . Because a simplified machine
has t e e n developed, splint of this type
is generally used.
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Automatic match making machine
Process Description
The manufacturin rocess of wood-
Bf
en splint match i s as o lows:
1j Splint manufacturing
Lumbcr is c u t t o suitable len ths
by a circular saw. After the p e k g
of the bark, the log is eeled into
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veneer-like thin long I avings by
the peeling mnchine. Then, the
veneer-like shavin s are split and
chopped t o the fesignated s lint
size by the chopping mac ine.
These splints are impregnated by
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the splint impregnating machine
and dried until 7% humidity.
The dried splints are selected by the
splint selecting equipment after
d r y i n g and the unsuitable splints
are rejected.
Match manufacturing
The process starts from the feeding
of suitable polished s lints into the
splints selecting a n B feeding' ma-
chine. This machine is called the
automatic match making machine.
The selected splints are placed on
trays where the splints are
fined and dipped with head CE~;!:
cal; then, they are dried by the
automatic match making machine.
3)' Match box manufacturing
In this process, match boxes are
manufacturcd t o contain match
sticks. Printed sheets for outer
boxes delivered from printing
houses are cut on a slitter, and
c u t and creased cardboard is drli-
vered from paper storcs.
Then, paper boxes are made by the
p i er box making machine and
B
si c boxes are formed.
4) Fllling 5) Finishing process Example of
- The match splints are filled into In this process, the ride cliemical Match Making Plant
the match box by the automatic coating machine applicr cliemical t o
filling machine. the match boxer, which have been There are three types of safety
filled with match riiclu by the matches. which we described above.
box filing machine .is they come Here we explained about the most
_--_ ___ on trays. Then thc boxes are popular type match, which is the
Table 4: Required Plant Site Area wrapped 12 boxes t c i a packet, wooden splint type. The production
and 120 such packcts are placed scheme, machinery and equipment,
Building area .... 1.405 m'
in a carton, and thr matches axe raw materials, and plant sire area for
' Required land area, 3,600 m' ready for marketing the above lant are aa shown in the
attached tabfes.

Process Flow Sheet for Match Making Plant

Table 1: Production Scheme

hoductioa capadtr: 2.000 grou boxerlday
fpcrilkatmm of match: Boa dimensio. ..... 51 an a 36 mm x I 6 n m
Lenath of splint .... 45.5 mm a 2' mm
No. of s p h s ...... 40 splinttboa
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Table 2: Required Machinery and Equipment

Item .- nbafm
Chc&r (8.). .................
?.cling machine ............... '.p
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Chopping machine.
~ m p e p a t i n gand c d w r i n ) machine. .
&,ins chmbcr...............
P d i i q aachhte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ::;
boken splint ulectin) m8chine . . . . .
fiunilormed tptint selecting machlnc
Gcinder (0.73 k w ] . .............
Grinder (0.2 kW). ..............
Splint cdkcring machine .........
Autonack nalcb n a h g n a c h h e ...
Oil luinate. ..................
Coder ......................
Igniiion cwiip,itiun ininiiig niarhinc .
Gelacln melting niachinc . . . . . . . . . .
Sliticr ......................
Sliiici fw Aort cut ............
B o a making machine ...........
k i c h l e d l i n g machine .........
DOS riling machine ............
Ode chemical Findin) nwhiae ....
Sidc chemicd c o d q machine. ....
DNA c k n n i l y machine .........
? d i n t machine ..............
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FOB prke o r m ~ ~ h i 1 1 ~a 1nyd e q d p l c n t , , ,
~~ __ . (mPPrOx.) $US 714,000
Table 3: Annud Requirement of Raw Materids
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Lumber la tplini .................................
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970 on'

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KdO, Le
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