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The Cinva Ram was develpoed by in 1952 by Raul Ramirez of the Inter-American housing center. It was very popular in neighboring developing countries, due to a low cost and effective design.  
==Overview==
The Cinva Ram was developed in 1952 by Raul Ramirez of the Inter-American housing center in Columbia. It was very popular in Columbia and neighbor developing countries, due to an effective low cost design.  
 
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n561/Throbulator/cinva%20ram/cinvapic2.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n561/Throbulator/cinva%20ram/cinvapic2.jpg


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http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n561/Throbulator/cinva%20ram/CINVAassembly-2.jpg
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n561/Throbulator/cinva%20ram/CINVAassembly-2.jpg


[http://www.mediafire.com/?qca29e1xrlm3622: solidworks files]
[http://www.mediafire.com/?qca29e1xrlm3622 solidworks files]
 
*note, these plans are so far only on paper, the ram head might be to short, in a few days the prototype will be complete and ready for testing. If it doesn't work,it will only need another layer of steel welded to the ram head to give it more compression (it might only work with sandier soil that doesn't compress as much). It should work fine as is.
 
==See Also==
* [[CEB Press]]
* [[Cinva_Ram/Schematics]]

Latest revision as of 05:57, 11 September 2011

Overview

The Cinva Ram was developed in 1952 by Raul Ramirez of the Inter-American housing center in Columbia. It was very popular in Columbia and neighbor developing countries, due to an effective low cost design.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n561/Throbulator/cinva%20ram/cinvapic2.jpg


With this machine, 2 workers, 1 loading the machine and the other working the press, can produce roughly 2 bricks per minute


http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n561/Throbulator/cinva%20ram/CINVAassembly-2.jpg

solidworks files

  • note, these plans are so far only on paper, the ram head might be to short, in a few days the prototype will be complete and ready for testing. If it doesn't work,it will only need another layer of steel welded to the ram head to give it more compression (it might only work with sandier soil that doesn't compress as much). It should work fine as is.

See Also