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Steam-Cured
Mud Block (SMB)
MCRC has adopted the SMB
technology for further development and extension activities. Extensive
experimentation at Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore has
revealed that lime-clay reaction can be accelerated by the process of
steam curing at 80-90°C (atmosphere pressure). This property is the
basis for the technology of producing steam cured mud blocks from
expensive soils like black cotton soil and high clay soil.
Major raw materials are
fly-ash, sand, lime, clay/soil with little cement.
The training Programme was
conducted for 25 participants consist of NGO’s, Entrepreneurs and
local masons who are in the civil related areas.35,000 steam mud
blocks were produced and model building construction work is completed
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