Factory and Equipment Planning
 
Once you have completed your training in one of the United States, Canada, or China training facilities, Tiffany Marble Molds Int’l., Inc. will assist you in designing a specific floor plan for your building to help create the most efficient Tiffany Marble operation possible. We feel it very wise that you do not try to acquire a building until after you have been trained. Each customer purchasing a mold package will change their mold package after they are familiar with the many mold options available to them. You will not know all the various molds we have available until you have received your training.

The recommended manufacturing space varies per mold package (see bottom of page one of each mold purchase agreement for suggested space requirements.) The in-factory training program, which is included with all mold packages, has been thoroughly developed since 1969 to help you utilize labor and equipment to maximize total production efficiently.

A "high traffic" area or downtown location is simply not required. Utilizing space to fit your mold package will help keep your manufacturing operation highly efficient and profitable. Here are a few considerations in reference to the choice of a factory building and site:

  1. The factory building ideally should have a concrete or wooden floor with good ventilation and approximately an 8 foot (or higher) ceiling.

  2. Electric outlets (220 - 110 Standard) should be available as the factory will be using a 10hp to 25hp air compressor as well as one or two blenders, a mixer, and a miscellaneous assortment of small power tools.

  3. A loading door and ramp is nice, but not essential.

  4. An office and planning room, again is nice, but not essential. Most factories call their display room a " planning room". Your contractor or architect clients will often send their customers to your "planning room" to view various colors, samples, & installations they may plan for their home, condominium, or apartment building.

  5. Factory production equipment and raw material storage should be on a single level. Very few factories sold Tiffany Marble molds anywhere in the world have two stories unless they have an elevator.

  6. No water is required in the manufacturing process of Tiffany Marble/Tiff-Onyx products; however, you will need water for bathrooms, coffee rooms, etc.

Installation of equipment is simple. Layouts included in your in-factory training program and training manuals will detail the placement of equipment, molds, and supplies to assure you of a free-flowing and efficient operation.

Equipment - New or Used
Equipment used in manufacturing Tiffany Marble is available from Tiffany Marble Molds, Int’l, Inc., but is usually purchased locally to suit your prospective mold package you are considering for your area.

Equipment used in most plants are as follows:

  • Compressor - 5 HP for smaller operations, 10 HP to 20 HP for large plants (new or used)
  • Spray Gun
  • Standard Grinder
  • Standard Sander/Polisher
  • Platform Scale (new or used)
  • 5 ½ to 10 Cubic Ft. Cement Mixer 15 Cubic Ft. utilized in large plant operations. A blender with two buckets can be effectively utilized as a mixer in smaller operations.
  • Marble Blender - designed to create dramatic veining while mixing marble or Tiff-Onyx
  • Skill Saw
  • Jig Saw
  • Carbide Blades
  • Squares and Miscellaneous Hand Tools
  • Miscellaneous Production Tables (Diagrams for vibrating tables, etc. are included in the training manual furnished with each mold package.)

Many manufacturers will take diagrams of tables to be produced from angle iron or wood to a local trade school, high school, etc. Often they are not charged for labor, as the items are produced during training classes.

 

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