Compressed Earth Brick
History of “CEB”
Compressed Earth Brick (CEB) is one name given to earthen
bricks compressed with manual or motorized hydraulic machines.
Presses contain a variety of compression mechanisms such as
cams, hand-operated hydraulic assists, toggles and motorized
hydraulics. In many areas of the world, proper materials are
available for making CEBs, and thus this type of block may
be a better choice than any other building material process.
CEBs have most recently proven outstanding performances in
regions needing personnel protection from firearms, earthquakes,
tsunamis and hurricanes. The choice to use CEB is also dependent
on several other factors, including culture, labor force,
and the preference of the homeowner.
Our modern CEB equipment is driven by diesel, gas or electric
motors, is utilized in urban areas or for large multi-house
sites.
The RDI CEB process is the best solution to these building
needs. Using a qualified CEB machine cures problems with maintenance
as well as the tools and expertise needed to repair the CEB
machines.
Advantages of Using Compressed Earth Bricks include:
- Uniform building component sizes
- Use of locally-available materials
- Reduction of transportation
- Uniformly sized building components can result in:
- less waste
- faster construction
- and the possibility of using other pre-made components
or modular manufactured building elements.
Subsoil is used, leaving topsoil for agriculture. Building
with local materials can employ local people, and is more
sustainable in times of civil unrest or economic difficulties.
People can often continue to build good shelters for themselves
regardless of the political situation of the country.
The reduction of transportation time, cost and attendant
pollution can also make CEBs more environmentally friendly
than other materials. Most of the time, soil for our CEBs
can be found on site or within a short distance
Compressed Earth Brick and Block is the first significant
change to occur in earth building since the early 1900's,
and this process is a combination of two techniques. It combines
the brick mold with the compacting of lightly moistened earth
into a hardened mass. The availability of soil as a building
material combined with the economy of our “RDI CEB Manufacturing
Plant” production, makes “Compressed Earth Brick”
an attractive alternative to imported building materials.
This soil-cement technology, which exists since ancient Egypt
and has been adjusted for our time, makes any investment feasible.
Its system, according to its own name, has a mixture of a
certain amount of soil and cement.
There are other machines available, from hand-operated to
fully automated, making a large range of sizes and rates of
production. RDI, Inc. is the ONLY CEB producer with a Proprietary
CEB PLANT design that satisfies the Massive Building needs
for Numerous Buildings by producing Top Quality - Advanced
Compressed Earth Bricks:
Bricks from 8" deep x 4" height x 10" to 14"
lengths
Curved brick in various sizes and shapes
Bricks from almost every soil source and composition of brick
and sand materials.
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