Recycling broken glass mini equipment. Glass business - where to start and how to organize the acceptance of glass containers and cullet for recycling
Is it possible to make a million from... garbage? Yes, yes, the one that’s just lying under your feet! It turns out that it is possible! Moreover, history provides many examples of this. This may, of course, be a lucky coincidence of circumstances, incredible hard work and perseverance, or a combination of both, or something else, but the fact remains a fact. But if you make a million. Collecting trash (even in large quantities!) you can, say, in a year or two, then you can get the same million by recycling waste much faster. Recycling glass, waste paper, scrap metal, and plastic will help reach the coveted million in just a few months.
Do you know how many metal collection points there are in the country? No? And I don't know. I think that no one knows this, because such points grow like “mushrooms after rain”, because this activity brings huge profits to its organizers. The same goes for paper and waste paper. By the way, I already told you how to open a waste paper collection point in one of my previous publications. But glass recycling is far from latest business V foreign countries, in Russia it still remains an undeveloped area, despite the enormous prospects.
Brief business analysis:
Costs of setting up a business: 1 - 3 million rubles
Relevant for cities with the population: from 500 thousand
Industry situation:low supply saturation
Difficulty of organizing a business: 4/5
Payback: from 1 year
A few years ago, when collection points for glass containers were as common as scrap metal collection points now, we all remember how they collected empty bottles homeless people. At that time, manufacturers of alcoholic and lemonade products did not strive for “pretentiousness” of packaging, and the shape of the bottles was standard for most drinks. Now the design of bottles has begun to differ from each other, and most of the previously in demand containers have become huge quantities accumulate in landfills.
Meanwhile, this is “real” money lying “dead weight”, waiting until someone enterprising and smart (like you) picks it up. Of course, this is as profitable an activity as recycling the same metal or waste paper, but on this path you will not meet as many competitors.
As an example, we can give real numbers. In Moscow alone, according to analysts, about 200,000 tons of glass “garbage” accumulate, of which less than 10% is recycled. Just think - 180 thousand tons of unclaimed glass worth 360 million rubles are simply lying in landfills.
The second “life” of glass, or where cullet is used
When I first heard about this business idea, my first thought was: “Where does cullet find its application?” Well, I opened a receiving or processing point, crushed the raw materials into the desired state, what's next? Where to sell it? Who needs it anyway? It turns out that recycled glass is used to produce abrasive tools, ceramic sanitary ware, various materials for insulation and building materials, glass structures. In general, the sales market is simply huge. And while theorists are deciding how profitable recycling cullet is, practitioners are earning millions from it.
How to complete the necessary documentation to start a business
First of all, you need to officially register your future enterprise as an individual entrepreneur or LLC. What form of doing business is beneficial for specific case You can find out .
Currently, to process waste, which is divided into classes according to the degree of environmental hazard, it is necessary to obtain a license from Rosprirodnadzor. For getting of this document You must submit an application and a package of certain documents to the licensing authority, with detailed content which you will be introduced to on the spot.
In addition, you must obtain permission from fire service for compliance with established standards of production premises and organization of the labor process.
This is important: a license for activities related to waste processing is issued only for groups of recyclable materials that have a homogeneous origin or education. In other words, it will not be possible to process glass and waste paper under one license - you need two different licenses.
Organization of raw material supplies
One of the most important questions: where to get raw materials? I offer only a few sources of glass waste:
- The main source of supplies of broken glass, glass containers, and other glass waste are collection points. Of course, organizing such “points” requires additional costs, but, as a rule, they are justified. To reduce costs, you can organize a collection point directly at production, offer the removal of recyclable materials if there is more than 1-2 or more tons of glass.
- The next largest source of supply is those installed on city streets. garbage containers for glass waste. To prevent competitors from getting hold of the accumulated glass, the containers must be locked and emptied every evening. I think that city authorities will only welcome the appearance of such bins on the streets, because usually money from the city budget goes towards this.
- Collection of waste from enterprises engaged in production related to the use of glass. For example, these could be manufacturing companies plastic windows, mirrors, etc.
Garbage, and in particular glass waste in city landfills, is a significant headache for any local administration, because glass practically does not decompose; this can take tens of thousands of years! Therefore, you can try to offer your services for cleaning municipal solid waste landfills from glass debris, and receive a kind of carte blanche for the “development” of garbage “deposits”. More about recycling various types Recyclable materials can be found at this link -.
Search for premises
Glass recycling should take place in a separate building on the outskirts of the city or in an industrial zone. Most of the territory will be occupied by warehouses in which collected recyclable materials and finished processed products will be stored. The area of the production premises in which everything will be installed necessary equipment depends on its expected power, and, consequently, its dimensions and production volumes.
Since the processing of cullet is a hazardous industry, the workshop must be equipped with good exhaust hood.
Process of recycling glass cullet
Production processes are entirely dependent on installed equipment. For a novice entrepreneur, it makes more sense to talk about organizing a business with minimal costs, which means the initial task of a glass processing workshop is to produce clean cullet. This is achieved through the following steps:
- Sorting of brought glass waste
- Cleaning glass
- Drying
- Waste shredding
- Warehousing and subsequent shipment to customers
With time and the desire to modify production, two more production stages can be added:
- Adding fillers to cullet to produce various types of glass
- Heating of crushed glass cullet in special furnaces
Despite the fact that glass processing in private hands is a relatively new line of business, equipment manufacturers offer businesses a fairly wide selection of various automatic lines and individual machines. However, self installation the latter requires extra costs, so most entrepreneurs prefer multifunctional production lines.
As a rule, equipment for glass processing pays for itself in up to 1 year, provided that during this time the business owner does not sit back and wait for profits to flow to him.
Recruitment
Glass recycling is a process that does not require the participation of qualified specialists at certain stages. You can learn how to operate an automatic line in a few days. All you need is a mechanic to service and repair the equipment.
The majority of glass processing employees are engaged in glass sorting, which is done manually. The final number of personnel employed at the mini-factory depends on production volumes.
Are there any prospects for such a business?
There is an opportunity for development in any business, and recycling of cullet is no exception. After successful launch and reaching the planned capacity, you can think about producing the final product within the walls of the enterprise - at least the same bottles. Of course, this will require installation additional equipment, but this is a completely different level of production and income, which, with skillful planning and leadership, I think anyone can master.
On the background increased attention all over the world to environmental issues The glass processing business is becoming increasingly popular.
This industry is also of interest to the domestic market because it is characterized by low competition and low start-up costs.
Assess business profitability and achieve success in a few months A clear business plan will help an entrepreneur.
To convey general essence business, we will describe in general outline glass recycling process.
It consists of several stages:
- Collection of material. The following recycled glass is used in production: solid containers, piece glass, scrap, assorted glass packaging waste.
- Sorting. On at this stage from total mass Large impurities are separated, and the glass is sorted by color.
- Cleaning. All cans, bottles and broken pieces are passed through a magnet and subjected to a vacuum. The mass gets rid of dirt, dust, paper, metal covers.
- Grinding. The crusher turns cullet into crumbs. The size of the fractions is adjustable.
- Product manufacturing. Sand, soda and limestone are used to melt glass, but up to 40% of the total mass can be replaced with cullet.
Some enterprises limit themselves to processing raw materials to cullet, establishing a sales market among manufacturers of tools, plumbing fixtures, building materials and glass structures.
If you have enough investment, you can expand your business to making your own products.
When choosing a direction, an entrepreneur should consider planned production volumes and prospects for the sale of goods in the region.
Let's consider both options for organizing a glass recycling business.
Form of entrepreneurship
Before starting up the plant, you should formalize the future enterprise. To do this, you need to choose between an individual entrepreneur and an LLC.
It is worth judging the advantages of a particular form of registration after the entrepreneur has decided on the final product of production and its volume.
You can read more about the pros and cons of LLCs and individual entrepreneurs.
To register an individual entrepreneur you need to contact the tax office with the following documents:
- passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
- TIN certificate;
- receipt of payment of state duty in the amount of 800 rubles;
- application for registration individual as an individual entrepreneur.
The application form can be downloaded on the Federal Tax Service website, where it is also attached step-by-step instruction for self-registration.
When registering an individual entrepreneur, the entrepreneur must choose the optimal tax system(STS with the transfer of 6% of gross income or 15% of profit), as well as the appropriate OKVED code - 38.32 (disposal of sorted materials).
The procedure for opening an LLC is more complicated; not everyone can do it without professional registrars.
The State Tax Service is also ready to provide support to entrepreneurs and form a legal entity within 3 days.
During the registration process includes the following steps:
- Selection of a name for the company (for of this paragraph there are many restrictions).
- Determination of registration address.
- Selecting activity codes according to OKVED.
- Determination of the size of the authorized capital.
- Preparation of documents: application for registration, Charter, decision of the sole founder or minutes of the meeting of founders, agreement on establishment.
- Payment of state duty.
- Choice of taxation system.
One of the most convenient modes for LLCs, as well as for individual entrepreneurs, is also simplified taxation system. The reason for its attractiveness for entrepreneurs is its simple reporting and low tax burden.
It is worth remembering that for both forms of registration on the simplified tax system there are income limits (120 million rubles).
Education legal entity entails significant costs.
To maintain tax and accounting you will have to invite a specialist, and also prepare for significant fines for possible violations.
So, if the error is cash transactions costs 5 thousand rubles for an individual entrepreneur, while LLCs have to bear expenses in the amount of up to 80 thousand rubles.
Experts believe that to work with large and medium-sized partners an entrepreneur should choose an LLC as a more prestigious form of registration.
Documentation
At the moment, to organize an enterprise for processing raw materials, it is necessary to obtain documentation from the relevant authorities:
- license from the Ministry natural resources and ecology;
- conclusion from the fire inspection and sanitary service.
To obtain a license for the removal, transportation and treatment of waste should be visited local authority Ministry of Ecology.
The service can be obtained remotely on the official resource of the Russian Federation gosuslugi.ru.
The portal provides detailed instructions, a list necessary documentation, cost and terms of license issuance.
The permit from the Ministry of Ecology is valid for certain group raw materials.
To recycle PET plastic or waste paper, the entrepreneur will have to apply for a license again.
To obtain all permits, the entrepreneur must prepare detailed project of the enterprise with a description of all technological processes and equipment.
Service fire safety and SES will also carefully assess the condition of the building, the organization of work and production processes. On average, it takes at least six months to collect documentation.
Requirements for workshop premises
The premises requirements for organizing a business for recycling glass products comply with standard SanPiN requirements.
The entrepreneur will have to find a separate building located at a distance of at least 600 meters from a residential building.
Warehouse buildings on the outskirts are ideal for these conditions. settlement, not far from the landfill.
The main premises are a warehouse for raw materials and a production workshop.
The area of the enterprise should be calculated based on its power and equipment dimensions. According to preliminary estimates, the average size of a warehouse or site for storing raw materials and finished products must be at least 100 sq. m.
For the production workshop it is required more space– from 500 sq. m. Before operation, the premises must be brought into compliance with fire safety standards.
Transport
To collect raw materials and sell finished products, an entrepreneur will need transportation.
To avoid purchasing your own truck, you can hire an employee with a personal car, negotiate with utility companies or transport companies.
Staff
Employees without special skills and education are allowed to operate the automatic line. Preliminary training of personnel takes several days.
Among the specialized specialists, only mechanics and/or technicians whose tasks include servicing the equipment should be singled out.
The company will also need:
- receiver of glass containers and cullet;
- sorter;
- cleaner.
Depending on production volumes, the company will employ from 10 to 40 people. The largest number of employees will have to cope with the most labor-intensive work - manual sorting of glass containers.
Where to look for raw materials?
The key to the success of the entire project is the establishment of an uninterrupted supply of raw materials.
The main sources of broken glass and glass containers include:
- Reception points. A small point will not require additional costs if it is organized directly at the production site. If raw materials are available in quantities of 1 ton or more, we can offer customers pick-up.
- Enterprises. An entrepreneur should try to conclude an agreement with manufacturers of windows, goods in glass packages, glass products, etc.
- Garbage containers. You can rely on the awareness of the population and invite them to sort their garbage by putting glass containers and broken glass in a separate container.
- City dump. Maybe, local authorities will allow manufacturers to clear glass waste from landfills.
Equipment and its price
For recycling glass into cullet, a small installation is suitable, which includes:
- shredder or crushing machine for grinding waste into a homogeneous mass;
- washing to remove dirt;
- installation with a magnet for extracting metal objects;
- dryer for preparing cullet for further stages production.
Installation cost depends depending on the country of manufacture and the availability of additional equipment included. Auxiliary components serve for more high-quality processing and high performance.
So, you can purchase a real mini-factory with a conveyor line, where manual sorting labor is occupied by machines with a sieve and screen, as well as optical instruments, separating glasses of different colors from each other.
Similar Chinese equipment will cost the entrepreneur no less than 700 thousand rubles. (excluding delivery costs). A more modest set of shredder and washer costs from 215 thousand rubles. (according to Alibaba.com).
Here are examples of equipment models:
- Universal shredder “Glater-500”. It works on the principle of a hammer crusher. Designed for hard household waste, however suitable for viscous and brittle raw materials. Produces up to 500 kg of crushed products per hour. Consumes 5500 W. With a weight of 100 kg it does not take up much space, the dimensions of the equipment are 500*700*1600 mm. Produces minimal dust and noise. A full description of the model can be found on the distributor’s website. Price – 75 thousand rubles.
- Hammer 10000. Hammer crusher for large volumes of raw materials. Grinds dozens of types of waste (including glass), from plastic to large bones cattle. With the help of removable parts, you can adjust the productivity and size of the output product. The model consumes up to 18500 W, its dimensions are 1300*1100*1700 mm and weighs 570 kg. Cost – 299 thousand rubles. You can get acquainted with the crusher by following the link.
- Mini-plant from GENOX. Suitable for recycling bottles and other containers, as well as any glass products. Productivity - up to 2 tons per hour. Occupied area: 7×5×3.5 m. Turnkey delivery is carried out by Europolymer-Trading. Price - 3 million rubles.
Russian entrepreneurs prefer inexpensive domestic equipment for recycling solid waste, for which it is easier to select components. In order to reduce costs, they also buy used cars.
The resulting product is used for the following purposes:
- sell to enterprises specializing in the production of glass containers, building materials, decorative glass products, etc.;
- sent to further processing to make your own goods.
Production of glass goods
Let's find out what types of goods can be produced from cullet and what equipment is required for this:
- Foam glass– high-quality heat insulator. There are three methods for producing foam glass; the most inexpensive is the powder method. To implement it, in addition to the shredder and washing machine, a mixer, a kiln, and a packer are required. average cost– 2.5 million rubles.
- Glass wool. For production, a line with centrifugal equipment and cooling units is used, the cost is 220 million rubles. (Chinese equipment supplier).
- Liquid glass or silicate glue. Three types of autoclaves are used to cook the material, also used in the foundry industry. The installation is available to small enterprises, its cost starts from 150 thousand rubles.
- Glass containers. The basis of the equipment for the production of bottles and cans is a melting furnace, which is more expensive than other components of the conveyor. China offers to purchase the entire set for 105 million rubles, American manufacturers are asking for 156 million rubles. only for the stove.
- Recycled tiles. To set up a business producing fashionable “Italian” tiles, you can get by with an investment of 10 thousand rubles or more. – for the purchase of molds and additional components of building materials (dye, polyester resin, hardener).
- Fiberglass– a unique building material used in various industries, including automobile and shipbuilding. To form glass fibers, you will need special modern machines, which should only be operated by qualified specialists. The cost of a plant for the production of material can cost up to 300 million rubles.
Product distribution channels
Since the 2000s, experts have repeatedly mentioned in the press about shortage of cullet in Russia.
Many domestic glass factories, as well as construction materials factories and other manufacturing enterprises, are experiencing problems with the supply of raw materials.
This entrepreneurs can take advantage, engaged in processing glass waste into crumbs.
Manufacturing plants provide special requirements to the quality and characteristics of raw materials.
For an entrepreneur should be consumer oriented, purchasing equipment and building technological process according to specified conditions.
Those who plan to produce finished goods from cullet should pay attention to the following sales channels:
- Enterprises that use glass containers in the manufacture of products: breweries, canneries, distilleries, manufacturers of cosmetics and souvenirs.
- Construction stores and supermarkets. It will be difficult for novice entrepreneurs to establish contact with traders who are already accustomed to working with large and reliable suppliers. If difficulties arise when organizing a distribution channel, you can offer the store to take the goods for sale.
- Own point of sale. Suitable store formats for selling building materials: wholesale or small wholesale warehouse, online store, construction minimarket, convenience store. At the start, your own point will require serious advertising expenses, so you can start by renting shelves in a popular construction hypermarket.
Financial plan and estimated profitability
A well-written business plan will help correctly distribute investments and recoup costs for a minimum period.
Organization of an enterprise requires considerable expenses at the start:
- registration of the necessary documentation (registration of individual entrepreneurs, obtaining a license and permits from city services) - 180 thousand rubles;
- arrangement of premises - from 120 thousand rubles;
- purchase of equipment – from 215 thousand rubles. (only production of cullet).
Also worth considering monthly expenses:
- warehouse rental 600 sq. m. – from 139 thousand rubles/month. (price is valid for Moscow Region, class D warehouse);
- purchase of raw materials, wages to workers and utility bills - from 220 thousand rubles.
Average market value of 1 ton recycled glass - from 1.5 thousand rubles.
If, at the most modest productivity, 8 tons are produced per day, and about 224 tons per month, this will allow us to expect a monthly profit of 336 thousand rubles.
Summarize:
- starting investments – from 515 thousand rubles;
- profit – from 336 thousand rubles;
- average payback is from 12 to 24 months.
Final calculations should be done based on several factors: the chosen direction of business in the processing sector, production volumes, region of location of the enterprise and other circumstances.
Video on the topic
This video briefly describes the basic principles of organizing a glass processing business.
Conclusion
Recycling glass not only allows you to save environment from waste, but also benefits small and medium-sized businesses.
There is practically no competition in this industry, but setting up production requires significant financial costs. The key to the success of an enterprise is the presence of a well-developed business plan and a high-quality sales market.
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Increasingly popular among those looking for profitable idea for business, conquers the “clean” waste recycling business. And in addition to waste paper and PET containers, glass can also be recycled. Glass processing as a business, if you properly organize the process, starting with the acceptance of raw materials and ending with the sale of products, can generate stable income. high profits– regardless of the season. The basis for success is a clearly drawn up business plan. He will help you plan future activities– expenses and profit. In addition, the project will help to obtain government subsidies or loans on more favorable terms.
Our business assessment:
Starting investments – from 300,000 rubles.
Market saturation is average.
The difficulty of starting a business is 5/10.
It is quite possible to open a mini glass processing plant in Russia without large investments, the main thing is to know some of the nuances of this area.
Relevance of the planned business
A raw material processing plant is beneficial for several reasons. And the main one is all kinds of government support. Now in many regions there are state programs for issuing loans with lower interest rates, as well as loyal requirements for registration and taxation.
A mini-workshop for glass processing is a good cause that helps to carry out activities to preserve the environment.
We also take into account the fact that recycling glass does not require large financial costs for raw materials - half of it goes to the entrepreneur completely free of charge.
Broken glass, cleaned or not, can be sold to many industrial enterprises using glass as a raw material. It is actively used by factories for the production of building materials, sanitary products, and glass products. This means no problems with sales.
We set up your business correctly
Running an unregistered business is a major violation. The fact is that industrial processing glass waste, like any other secondary raw material, requires a license from the Ministry of Environment. This is usually issued for the entire period of operation of the workshop.
Practice shows that it can take up to six months to collect the necessary package of documents. Here you can go more the easy way– if you have the means, resort to the help of specialists at this stage.
What kind of premises will be required?
Recycling broken glass will require a separate building. Most of space will be used to organize a warehouse where collected raw materials will be received. As for the production workshop itself, its area depends on the planned capacity of the enterprise, and, accordingly, the dimensions of the purchased equipment.
Glass recycling process
Glass processing technology may vary depending on what final product is planned to be produced. If we talk about business with minimal costs, then best option– production of purified cullet.
But the production of some final product within the walls of a workshop (the same bottles, for example) will require much higher costs than recycling cullet. Therefore, in the absence of large initial investments, it is better to start small. Over time, you can modify your plant by purchasing the necessary machines and equipment.
If we talk about the production of broken glass, then the raw materials go through the following stages:
- sorting,
- cleaning,
- drying,
- splitting up,
- storage
At a more modified enterprise, where it is planned to process waste to produce high-quality glass raw materials, the purified waste goes through several additional technological stages:
- Adding, according to the recipe, various fillers.
- Heating raw materials in ovens.
How to equip a glass processing workshop?
What equipment to buy for glass processing?
And for the workshop to operate at full capacity, you will need to buy equipment for glass processing. Despite the novelty of the direction, the entrepreneur will have a fairly wide choice - from individual low-power machines to high-performance multifunctional lines.
The most affordable option for technological equipment is a line consisting of a section for cleaning and drying incoming containers, as well as a grinding section. When choosing machines here it is worth paying attention Special attention separation equipment, since it will determine how well the raw materials are ultimately purified. The price of equipment for processing glass into glass chips (separator and crusher) is low - it can cost 300,000 rubles. But you shouldn’t expect high performance from such a line. The maximum that it will allow is the processing of raw materials at a speed of up to 100 kg/h.
As the power of the equipment increases, its price also increases.
Modern line for processing cullet to obtain raw materials High Quality, comprises:
- dryers,
- shredders,
- forms,
- ovens.
The cost of such equipment will be quite high - at least 1,500,000 rubles. But the finished product on the market will cost more.
How much can you earn from glass recycling?
A glass waste recycling business can bring a decent income to its owner. But here it is important to establish uninterrupted supplies of raw materials.
How can you collect broken glass?
- Buying from the population.
- Installation of special containers on the streets.
- Collection of waste from factories and stores.
The cullet collection point, as well as the installation of containers, will require additional expenses from the entrepreneur - wages to workers, purchase of components. But these expenses are necessary so that the equipment does not stand idle.
You should be prepared for the fact that you will have to spend money on organizing your own vehicle fleet, since permanent car rental from a third-party organization is not at all profitable.
Taking into account how much a machine for preparing and processing waste costs, as well as how much it will cost to organize at least several waste collection points and organize your own fleet of vehicles, starting a small workshop will require at least 700,000 rubles. You can reduce your starting investment to literally 300,000 rubles by purchasing used equipment or refusing to purchase freight transport.
The average price of a ton of cullet is 1500-2500 rubles/t. And knowing the exact pricing policy of the organization that purchases cullet, taking into account the capacity of its workshop, you can calculate the profit.
IN Lately food manufacturers strive to make packaging design the most striking and attractive, the same applies to glass containers. Naturally unusual and bizarre shapes glass bottles are not in demand at glass container collection points. Therefore, more than 90% of glass bottles end up in landfills.
Main stages of organizing glass processing
First, used glass containers are collected from landfills or collection points for any glass are set up. Also, special bins for glass containers are often organized. After collecting used glass, it is cleared of labels. The last step in this process is to crush the glass using crushing equipment.
Products made from recycled glass can be reused and are in no way inferior to traditional glass, as recycling does not change the structural properties.
Benefits of glass recycling
Another advantage of glass recycling is waste-free production. Nowadays, a modern promising entrepreneur strives for environmentally friendly production and cost savings. Therefore, glass recycling can be a good idea for business development. In Russia, this niche of entrepreneurship is still practically unoccupied, but in Europe there is already high competition between firms, and they, in turn, bring high incomes to their owners.
Applications of recycled glass
Recycled glass has a fairly large market. The following companies are usually interested in it:
- manufacturers of building materials, namely glass structures;
- manufacturers of ceramic sanitary ware, water filters, insulating and abrasive materials;
- brick manufacturers.
Today there is a large number of modern and powerful. They vary in power, performance and other technical parameters. Depending on the volume of production, you can complete the glass processing line yourself.
Tula Machines LLC offers glass grinding with simultaneous drying with hot gases.
Glass and its derivatives have become a part of human life. Look around and you will find at least three glass products. Amazing Properties glass is difficult to replicate, so it is unlikely that there will be an alternative or replacement for this material in the near future. This means that the custom glass cutting business is profitable and durable. So much so that you can easily pass on your successful glass business to your grandchildren. But first things first.
Glass is one of the most ancient materials found and successfully used in practical human life. It's no joke, but glass existed and was successfully used by people 5 thousand years ago. This is the scope for the glass business.
The modern use of glass, as a basis for starting your own business, is divided into: from the production of finished glass products (dishes, interior elements, jewelry, etc.) to the production of glass products (mechanical processing and cutting) from sheet glass, the so-called interior glass
The easiest way to start a glass business is based on the last point - cutting glass and mirrors to order. To open such a business you will need 2 people and two simple devices. By the way, everything that is described in the article about glass also applies to mirrors, because a mirror is glass, only with a reflective layer applied.
How to open a glass and mirror cutting business
The key point of this business: cutting glass to customer sizes from ready-made sheet material. Without going into details: the required piece is cut from a large glass sheet rectangular shape and sold to the customer.
And such services are in demand not only among individual customers, but also in the production of simple rectangular mirrors, furniture facades (glass and mirror cabinet doors), and windows. That is, a circle potential clients is huge even when providing the simplest services.
Glass cutting is usually done mechanically; it is a very cheap and simple method. A “cut line” is applied to the surface of the sheet using a carbide cutter - a line along which the glass is directed to split by bending it. For this you need a cutting table large area so that you can lay out a large sheet of glass (mirror), rulers and cutting tools on it. 2 people can handle this job.
Raw material - sheet glass of various thicknesses— purchased from the manufacturer in bulk from 140 rubles per square meter, sheet mirror from 200 rubles/m². At retail, after cutting, the finished product is sold at a price of 500 rubles per “square” + cutting cost, about 20 rubles per linear meter. Depending on the thickness of the glass and its other features.
That's all? Is this the whole glass business?
In theory, yes. The most basic, simple and popular service is cutting rectangular glass and mirrors from sheet metal. Even if you have an advanced glass cutting workshop, you will most often order a rectangular cutting service. But, the modern glass processing industry and glass manufacturers offer, practically, limitless possibilities to expand this business.
Let's start with source material, that is, glass and mirrors. Nowadays, not only glass of various thicknesses is produced, but also colors (tinting), and various characteristics(reinforced, energy-saving, sun-protective (reflective), curved (bent), triplex and hardened). This is already expanding the offer of finished products in the glass workshop.
In addition to glass, you can purchase additional settings for cutting and processing, as well as decoration glass and mirrors, which, coupled with the range of raw materials, expands the business indefinitely.
Rectangular and shaped glass cutting. In small and medium-sized enterprises, in addition to manual cutting of glass, special semi-automatic cutting tables are currently used, which are capable of handling high-precision and complex tasks. It's about not only about straight-line, but also about curved cutting of glass. On such tables you can make figured glass elements, For example, round mirrors, shelves with a round edge, wavy inserts in furniture fronts and much more. The cost of such tables starts from 1 million rubles.
Glass edge processing (Euro-edge, bevel). After cutting glass, even with high precision, a rather sharp edge remains. Which, sometimes, is simply unacceptable in the finished product. To process such glass edges, special edge grinding machines are used. The edges are smooth and of any shape from semicircle to bevel. The cost of machines starts from 500 thousand rubles.
Facet- special processing of the glass edge, where the visible part of the product is cut at an angle of about 45°. This edge achieves interesting artistic effects (for example, a “diamond” fracture) and various interesting finds for general design.
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Drilling and grinding of glass and mirrors. The process is no different from drilling any other material, which results in a hole appearing in the original product. Drilling of glass is carried out with a special drill with the possibility of subsequent processing of the edge. Grinding and polishing of glass products is the final stage of manufacturing, which gives the product its final appearance by removing and leveling minor defects on the surface. It is performed by manual or stationary installations with special nozzles using special pastes. The cost of installation is from 50 thousand rubles (manual) to 500 thousand rubles (stationary).
Sandblasting glass. Art glass processing using sand spraying strong flow air. Due to this, unprotected areas of the glass receive microdamage and lose transparency. Using sandblasting you can create artistic elements designs and drawings on the surface of glass or mirror, as well as sandblasted stained glass windows. Installations are manual and stationary, manual from 50 thousand rubles, stationary automatic machines up to 2 million rubles.
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Additional services that can be provided in a glass cutting workshop. In addition to the above, you can install equipment that can be used to produce laser processing and engraving of glass, the creation of stained glass windows from colored glass, furnaces for bending glass, the assembly of double-glazed windows, the production of mirror tiles, glass kitchen splashbacks, photo glass, volumetric stained glass windows from glass bevels, etc. .d. Additional source income in the glass business - sale of accessories, frames and holders for glass furniture, mirrors and other things.
Practice shows that even a minimal set of glass cutting services is in demand, profitable and, with proper implementation, quickly expands and increases overall profits.