BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I11139,
     title={Fabrication of Plastic Brick Manufacturing Machine and Brick Analysis},
     author={Jithin Ninan Kurian, C Gopu Mohan, Jikku Mathew, John Thomas Moolayil and Er. Sreekumar C},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={11},
     pages={455--462},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I11139.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Plastic is one of the daily increasing useful as well as a hazardous material. At the time of need plastic is found to be very useful, but after its use, its simply thrown away, creating all kinds of hazards. Plastic is not bio degradable, so it will continue to be hazardous for more than centuries.The idea of this paper is to find a use for this waste plastic scrap into something beautiful. The mixing of plastic with sand to create a new type of brick was put into thought. Since it is uneconomical to approach a local brick manufacturer for lending the machine, we designed and fabricated a brick manufacturing machine in the nearby engineering workshop. The machine was designed so as to fulfil our need for manufacturing brick in small quantity. The plastic scrap used was leftover pieces of bottles, cans etc. So, as a trial the plastic was chopped into small pieces and heat was supplied from below. Into the molten plastic paste, M- sand was added in suitable proportions. The paste contained noting more than M-sand, plastic and thermocol. After thorough mixing, the paste was poured into a rectangular mould with standard brick dimensions.The paste took only 20 minutes to settle and harden. Cooling of the set was done by water cooling and after 5 more minutes the brick was extracted from the mould. It had a dark grey texture and increased weight by the initial analysis. Local brick testing methods were conducted such as free fall of the brick and scratch test. In both of those tests, our brick showed increased strength.The brick was subjected to compressive test, water absorption test and efflorescence test. The results showed promise, that the Plastic Composite Brick was efficient than the clay brick and cement brick.

Compressive test, Efflorescence test, M-sand, Plastic, Water absorption test