التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Development of product quality management guidelines for informal small-scale brick manufacturing enterprises in Dididi, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| المؤلفون: |
Matsiketa, Khensani Eullen |
| المساهمون: |
Amponsah-Dacosta, F., Mhlongo, Sphiwe Emmanuel |
| سنة النشر: |
2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Clay bricks, Soil characterisation, Brick manufacturing, Product quality, Management guidelines, 338.6420968257, Small business -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Business -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Brickmaking -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Brickworks -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Building materials -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Clay -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Bricks -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Rural development -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Strip mining -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Clay industries -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Mining engineering -- South Africa -- Limpopo, Brick trade -- South Africa -- Limpopo |
| الوصف: |
MESMEG ; Department of Mining and Environmental Geology ; Although clay brick manufacturing has been going on for many years in South Africa, informal small-scale clay brick manufacturing enterprises are not officially regulated. Consequently, informal brick makers in the study area do not adhere to the demanding requirements of the South African National Standards for burnt clay masonry. Therefore, their clay bricks lack uniformity in terms of quality. Preliminary work revealed that over time, buildings constructed with these bricks develop cracks, thereby compromising safety. The importance of product quality management is not well understood in the informal brick manufacturing enterprises. As a result, they do not have any product quality management guidelines. The main purpose of this research was to develop the product quality management guidelines for ensuring quality in small-scale brick making enterprises in Dididi area. The specific objectives were to characterize the raw materials for clay brick manufacturing, identify and assess the technical problems of clay brick production, analyse the process of clay brick production and determine areas where product quality improvement is warranted. The research involved fieldwork which included soil sampling, analysis of clay brick production through the use of questionnaires and onsite observation of the production process, collection of samples of burnt bricks which were examined for compressive strength, water absorption as well as dimension measurements. These were then compared with the prescribed quality standards. Laboratory analyses of samples of raw materials were conducted and these included sieve analysis which was conducted in order to establish the particle size distribution of the raw materials; Atterberg limit tests were conducted in order to establish the physical characteristics of the soil. Chemical and mineralogical analyses were carried out to determine the chemical and mineralogical composition of the soil using XRF and XRD respectively. The ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| وصف الملف: |
1 online resource (xii, 100 leaves : color illustrations, color maps); application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| Relation: |
Matsiketa, Khensani Eullen (2018) Development of product quality management guidelines for informal small-scale brick manufacturing enterprises in Dididi, Limpopo Province, South Africa. University of Venda, South Africa..; http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1129 |
| الاتاحة: |
http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1129 |
| Rights: |
University of Venda |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.CB5D92A3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |