It is particularly noteworthy the investment made by the important Algerian group Sarl Ain Dalia, well-known and active in the construction sector, which decided to expand its business by establishing a brand-new facility for the processing of natural stone.
The client, in search of a true partner to work with side by side in planning the investment, chose SIMEC, appreciating its spirit of collaboration and the expertise of its technicians and sales staff, as well as the significant references the company has in the Algerian market and in the North African market in general.
SIMEC has worked with the client since the earliest planning stages of the factory, which is now in the province of Bouira, 120km south of Algiers.
The plant, which houses the best processing technologies, allows to process both marble and granite, and to obtain, as a result of the process, both slabs and tiles of both materials, in different thicknesses.
To achieve this result, the plant is equipped with numerous machines. As for material cutting, we would like to point out that a monowire mod. SIMECWIRE SW01 complete with a rotating table for squaring both granite and marble blocks, a marble gangsaw mod. SFERA with 80 blades, equipped with a hydraulic tensioner and an automatic cutting system, and a multiwire machine mod. SW2000 with 72 wires have been installed.
In addition, there are an automatic resin line with a tower oven with superimposed levels mod. PILOT, an important automatic polishing line complete with differentiated and independent calibrating systems for strips/tiles and marble slabs, as well as a filling area for both strips/tiles and marble slabs. The line, complete with automatic loading and unloading systems at different stages of the process, includes an ORBITAL 2200 polishing machine with 18 independent spindles, equipped with heads for granite, which can be combined with special abrasive holding plates for marble. This ORBITAL, besides being the first one installed in Algeria, is also one of the few used to polish both granite and marble, representing the state of the art in polishing technology. Downstream of the polishing machine, the polished material can be unloaded or proceed to the automatic cutting line, equipped with longitudinal and transversal cutting machines for the production of cut-to-size tiles or slabs with thicknesses from 3 to 1 centimeter.
In the plant the transport of material between the processing lines is mainly carried out on special trolleys that connect the departments, to minimize the risk of material breakage and make the operational flow more efficient.
What Sarl Ain Dalia group has achieved is undoubtedly an excellent example of collaboration between the investor and the technology supplier, whose role transcends that of a simple machinery manufacturer, which becomes a protagonist of the investment, thanks to its ability to advise the client for the best in every aspect of the initiative. Supporting the client is a prerogative of SIMEC, which has led the Italian company to grow significantly in the stone market over the last twenty years.