AAC factory in Kaluga is producing at full steam

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The AAC blocks are curing up to 11 h in six autoclaves

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The material is treated in the mill

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Filling of the oiled, two-piece casting mold

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Filled in casting molds, the aerated concrete cakes ferment in the heated fermentation chamber for about 2.5 hours for setting

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From the control station positioned on a platform, the operator has a good overview of the entire production process

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Workers check the result of the horizontal and vertical cutting process of the green cake

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Finished AAC products displayed in the sales office of the factory in Kaluga

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Kaluzhskiy gazobeton has the environmental compatibility of their products certified

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After its launch in March last year, the new factory of Kaluzhskiy gazobeton was already producing 1,200 m³ of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) per day at the end of 2017. From the region of Kaluga, the products being certified as environmentally compatible even reach construction sites in St. Petersburg.

Russia has fully entered the age of autoclaved aerated concrete. This is the impression one gets when talking to the sales staff of the manufacturing company Kaluzhskiy gazobeton. The company headquartered in Obukhovo near Kaluga, a university and state-supported industrial location situated about 180 km southwest of the Russian capital of Moscow, is new in the market. The staff is highly motivated.

As a matter of fact, the market of AAC blocks had constantly been growing in Russia until 2016. Production capacities were built up, and according to the tables of the “Federal States Statistics...