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Private Bag 11 Kanye, Botswana Private Bag 11 Kanye, Botswana

CINVA RAM
BLOCK PRESS

The Cinva Ram is easy to


operate, economical and
low maintenance
Makes low cost soil-
cement blocks for
For further information contact:
Marketing Office building
Rural Industries Innovation Centre
Private Bag 11
Kanye , Botswana
Tel: (267)5445000
Especially suitable for
Fax: (267) 5440642
E-mail: ripco@ripco.co.bw
use in rural areas
What does the Cinva Ram do? Installation and Maintenance
It is designed to manufacture low cost, durable ♦ It can be installed at any convenient place
soil-cement blocks for building, using local as is easily transportable.
materials. It is a mechanical press made of steel
and mounted on a wooden board. A hand ♦ Little maintenance is required: it is
operated piston compresses a slightly moistened sufficient simply to clean the machine and oil
mixture of soil (about 90%) and cement (about the brass brushes daily.
10%) in a mould box to produce blocks.

Technical Data
Special Features
Capacity: 200 blocks per day
♦ Produces up to 200 blocks per (3 person operation:
day. 1 moulding, 2 mixing)

♦ Operated by three people - Soil/cement: 9:1 up to 19:1 Mix


one. (depending on clay
content)
♦ Person moulding, two mixing.
Block size: 300 mm. x 150 mm x
♦ Soil can be dug on site. 115 mm

♦ Blocks can be made on site. Weight: 8.5kg approx.


♦ Easily transportable.

♦ Manually operated.

♦ Ideal for use in remote areas.


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