Ballast Stone Crushing Machine Price in Kenya
Ballast stone is an important raw material for road and railway construction as well as concrete. The rapid development of infrastructure construction in Kenya has driven investors to turn to ballast crushing.
This article will share why crushing ballast stone is profitable and how to choose a suitable ballast stone crushing machine from the aspects of Kenyas infrastructure development, what ballast is, the types of ballast crushers, and tips for choosing a ballast crusher.
Rapidly developed Kenyas infrastructure construction
Analysis of infrastructure market in Kenya
Kenyan president launched Kenya Vision 2030 in 2008. This vision aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing "middle-income country providing a high-quality life to all its citizens by the year 2030".
The infrastructure sector is one of the foundations of the three pillars namely the economic pillar, social pillar and political pillar which is expected to provide cost-effective world-class infrastructure facilities and services in support of Vision 2030.
Transportation and construction are two key infrastructure sectors, which the Kenyan government is determined to develop and improve.
Railway construction in Kenya has gradually stabilized
Since the launch of Kenya Vision 2030, Kenyas railway sector has accomplished major milestones, including railway connecting Mombasa and Nairobi, railway connecting Nairobi and Naivasha, rehabilitation of the Metre Gauge Railway, construction and operation of the Standard Gauge Railway, etc.
However, the Kenyan government has not stopped here and is still actively promoting a series of railway construction and maintenance.
The government has started to construct a new railway line from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Syokimau in March 2021, and a commuter rail system between Kisumu and Mombasa.
Railway construction in Kenya
Road construction in Kenya is growing vigorously
In recent years, the Kenya government has continuously and vigorously invested in the construction and rehabilitation of roads across the country to stimulate economic development.
In the past decade, the Kenyan Government has spent 1 trillion shillings modernizing and building road networks in cities such as Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret and Kisumu. This has increased the countrys road network from less than 60,000 kilometers a decade ago to more than 160,000 kilometers nowadays.
In 2019, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Kenya Road Commission (Amendment) Bill that is committed to fulfilling the governments commitment to build 10,000 kilometers of roads by 2022.
In addition, the government allocated KSH 24.03 billion to tarmac and maintain 18, 406km of roads in 2021 for further connectivity.
Building need in Kenya is high
According to Kenyas 2016 economic report, the Kenyan construction industry is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 7.3% during 2015-2025, which sets a positive tone for Kenyas building materials boom.
Large shopping malls and office buildings in Kenya
The government has invested heavily in residential buildings and commercial buildings to meet the living and production needs of the Kenyan people.
Take residential housing as an example, Kenya has an annual housing demand of 250,000 units with an estimated supply of 50,000 units, culminating in a housing deficit of 2 million units. Whats more, the country needs to build about 200,000 new housing units every year just to keep pace with population growth. It can be seen that Kenya has a huge demand for housing.
In terms of the commercial building, office building, retail building, hospitality, manufacturing plants, power plants, railway stations, airports, ports will all spring up.
The continuous expansion of the middle-income class has increased peoples purchasing power and consumer demand, which has stimulated domestic and foreign investors to establish large shopping malls in Kenya.
A large number of multinational companies including General Electric, Google, IBM and Nestle are attracted to Kenya and set their branches here. Therefore, office building projects have been increasing.
Ballast stone ¡ª an important source of infrastructure construction materials
Ballast is the granular material usually crushed stones, crushed bricks, shingle, kankar, gravel, or sand. It is an important material for the construction of railways, roads, and buildings. Quarries supplying ballast and gravel play a decisive role.
Characteristics of ballast stone
Ballast has the following characteristics:
Characteristics of ballast stone
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Weather resistance and high hardness. For example, basalt, quartz stone, diabase and granite.
- The particle size meets the standard. For example, basalt super ballast shall be no less than 28mm and no more than 58mm; and the standard for first-grade ballast is 25 - 70mm.
- A sufficiently dense gradation to provide enough force to hold the sleepers in place.
- Resistance to temperature changes and water erosion.
Uses of ballast stone
Ballast placed and packed below and around the railway sleepers to transmit the load from sleepers to the formation and to provide drainage facilities to the track is known as track ballast.
There are serval types of railway ballast: broken stone ballast, sand ballast, gravel ballast, Moorun ballast, coal ash or cinder ballast and brick ballast. Choose the suitable type of ballast based on where the railway is built and the supply of raw materials.
Ballast can also be used as the base, subbase, and surface of roads to help distribute the load and drain the water.
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Increase the stability of the rail and prevent the track from moving. By covering the sleepers with ballast, the movement of the track can be reduced.
- Disperse the pressure of the sleepers on the roadbed. Ballast can distribute weight more evenly.
- Reduce the vibration and noise caused by trains to increase passenger comfort. The ballast, which is relatively "soft" (as opposed to rails and sleepers), can absorb the impact of steel wheels running on steel tracks.
- Enhance drainage capacity. The rain can be quickly drained through the gap between the stones. If the stones are not paved, the soil under the tracks will be soft and the tracks will sink in rainy days.
- Easy to maintain. The line can be easily corrected by raising or reducing ballast.
Concrete ballast
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The ballast is hard and durable. It has corresponding requirements of its hardness, anti-wear performance, anti-impact properties, crush resistance, atmospheric corrosion resistance, water seepage performance, stability performance, etc.
- Strengthen the concrete. Filling ballast in concrete can enhance the adhesion of concrete and improve its performance.
- Cost-effective. Ballast does not need to be replaced or repaired as frequently as other materials, so its maintenance costs are low.
Specifications of ballast stone
The density of the stone is 2g per cubic centimeter. Its specifications are as follows:
specification (mm) Capacity(kg/m3) Gravel Extra fine gravel 5--10 About 1400--1500 Fine gravel 10--20 Middle gravel 20--40 Coarse gravel 40--150 Pebble Extra fine pebble 5--10 About 1600--1800 Fine pebble 10--20 Middle Pebble 20--40 Coarse pebble 40--510
Analysis of ballast stone price
The price range of ballast rocks in Kenya is KSH1100-1800. The price will vary slightly according to the quality of ballast, quantity, supplier, and regions.
The Kenyan governments heavy investment in the railway, highway, and construction sectors will surely drive the boom in the ballast market. Investing in the production of ballast stone in Kenya is a stable and profitable business.
Kenyas infrastructure construction
Ballast stone crushing machine
A ballast stone crushing machine is also called a ballast crusher, a ballast crusher machine, or a ballast making machine. It can easily break large stones into ballast stones of acceptable size.
Jaw crusher Crusher
The jaw crusher, widely used in construction materials, railway, water conservancy, chemical industry, etc., is suitable for the crushing of various large materials and ores. It can be divided into small, medium and large models according to the size of the inlet. The advantages of jaw crusher are as follows:
Ballast stone jaw crusher
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1 Solve the problems of low output and high operation rate of traditional crushers.
- 2 It can crush large materials (1000*1200mm).
- 3 Low energy consumption; In particular, it saves electricity.
- 4 The defective index is low.
Impact crusher Crusher
The impact crusher can crush all kinds of coarse, medium and fine materials (granite, limestone, concrete, etc.) with feeding size no more than 500 mm and compressive strength less than 350 MPa. Its advantages are as follows:
Large feeding inlet and crushing chamber; suitable for high hardness of materials; less stone powder products;
The gap between the impact plate and the hammer can be easily adjusted to effectively control the output particle size and the particle shape is good.
Ballast stone impact crusher
Compact structure; strong machine rigidity; large rotational inertia of rotor;
High chromium plate hammer; impact resistance; wear resistance; high impact force;
Hammer crusher Crusher
The hammer crusher is welcomed by many railway ballast stone processing plants because of its unique performance advantages.The advantages of hammer crusher mainly include the following three aspects:
