diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3fa1f11..bebe1df 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ docs/ │ ├── sibert/ Stamper prep specifications and line-up drawing │ │ (2021 issues in specs-2021/), 2008-09 │ │ optical-disc literature (vendor PDFs) +│ ├── duplex-cell-layout-sketch.png Duplex cell arrangement (sketch, not to scale) │ ├── galvanics.md Electroforming and stamper prep equipment plan │ └── pressing-line.md Press fleet strategy and equipment plan ├── finance/ Project cost overviews, revenue model, diff --git a/docs/equipment/duplex-cell-layout-sketch.png b/docs/equipment/duplex-cell-layout-sketch.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6064de5 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/equipment/duplex-cell-layout-sketch.png differ diff --git a/docs/equipment/pressing-line.md b/docs/equipment/pressing-line.md index ec34e6c..ee1ff2b 100644 --- a/docs/equipment/pressing-line.md +++ b/docs/equipment/pressing-line.md @@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ automated candidate). What it means: trench along the press rows. Open for the re-quote (below): whether the Single 2.1's own aggregate becomes part of the central plant or a standby, and whether the Classic can run from it. +- **Cell layout (October 2026).** Each Duplex system is one operator's + cell, as sketched in [duplex-cell-layout-sketch.png](duplex-cell-layout-sketch.png) + (arrangement only, not to scale): + - the operator stands in the middle, with the two presses either side + turned 45° towards him; + - the EX 50 and the EX 35 stand side by side behind him, between the + presses; + - one trimmer per cell stands in front of him on the left. + + At Newbilt's sizes (site requirements p. 10: press footprint about + 0.9 m², extruder about 0.5 m², room to walk around every machine, at + least 60 cm to walls) the cell is about 5 × 3 m, with 0.6 to 0.8 m + between machines. The EX 35 and trimmer footprints are not published, + so those are estimates. The [Payap scenario model](../site-candidates.md#payap-scenario-model-october-2026) draws + both systems this way. - **Room to grow: possibly ten more Classics.** The plant may add up to ten more Newbilt Classics at some point. This is an option, not part of the plan or the investment: the layout keeps floor for it (ten Classic @@ -179,7 +194,12 @@ electrical load, saturated steam at 10 bar, and compressed air and cooling water circuits, plus side rooms for materials, compressor, chiller, and finished goods. These are per Duplex system: the current fleet needs two, plus floor for the Classic (~400 m², plus ~50 to 75 m² for the Classic, -estimate). +estimate). The machines themselves are small: a press is about 0.9 m², an +extruder about 0.5 m², and the hydraulic aggregate about 1.0 m², which +Newbilt prefers outside the pressing room; the minimum room height is +2.5 m. Most of the 200 m² is walking, handling and side-room space. The +layout drawing that page 11 of the site requirements refers to is not in +our copy; ask for it with the re-quote. **Floor loading is a building-selection criterion**: the slab must carry multiple tons per m² in the machine areas. A Newbilt press weighs 1,350 kg