Block Making Machine Price Iraq: What Builds the Figure

Block Making Machine Price Iraq: Why One Figure Cannot Be Given

A block making machine price in Iraq is not a list figure. The machine is quoted against a build: the host model and its pallet size, the automation around it, the moulds that set your product mix, the pallet quantity that keeps it fed, the batching and mixing equipment, and the packing with freight to your delivery point. Two buyers can order the same QST1200 and receive two different figures, because one takes the machine alone and the other takes the machine, a QS-1200 pallet feeder, a QS-1200A cuber and a rack of pallets.

The useful answer to a price question is therefore a sequence of decisions. Once those decisions are written down, a quotation stops being a guess and becomes arithmetic: a host machine, a list of auxiliary units, a mould set and a freight plan. The sections below take each part in the order that moves the figure most, and none of them is a secret held back until a meeting.

The Six Parts That Build a Block Machine Price in Iraq

The same six parts appear in every serious quotation for block making equipment:

• Host machine and pallet size: from the QST6-15 on a 980 x 680 mm pallet up to the QST1800 on a 1,400 x 1,400 mm pallet.
• Automation level: a bare host machine, a semi automatic arrangement, or a QSGW high level fully automatic line.
• Mould count: one mould for one product, or several moulds for hollow block, solid brick, pavers and kerb stone.
• Pallet quantity: pallets are consumables and are usually bought by the hundred rather than by the piece.
• Batching and mixing: cement, sand, gravel, crushed stone powder, and the weigh batcher and mixer sized to the host cycle.
• Packing, loading and freight: crates for the moulds and control panels, lifting and lashing, and transport to your delivery point.

Nothing else in the supply chain changes a quotation as much as these six, and none of them can be read off a brochure by someone who has not seen the site.

Model and Pallet Size Set the Floor of the Price

The QST range works by vibration and press at 3,800 to 4,500 vibrations per minute, with a rated pressure of 31.5 MPa on every model except the QST6-15 at 25 MPa. Within that family, size drives both structure and cost.

Pallet size matters as much as headline output when the rest of the plant is priced. A 1,400 x 1,400 mm pallet carries far more area than a 980 x 680 mm pallet, so the same shift output is reached with fewer cycles and fewer pallets, but each pallet costs more and the foundation slab is longer. A 9,450 mm machine fits a yard a 15,500 mm machine cannot enter. Foundation work, crane access and yard depth are quoted items, not free installation.

Published output follows the model: the QST8-15 is published at up to 90,000 standard bricks per 8-hour shift, the QST1200 at up to 120,960, and the QST1800 at up to 220,000, each on a standard 240 x 115 x 51 mm brick with the pallet and cycle of that model.

Automation Level Is the Second Biggest Line in the Price

At the bottom, a host machine alone is fed by hand or by forklift. Add the QS-1200 automatic pallet feeding machine, with a 13 s feeding cycle and a 3.0 kW motor, and the machine stops waiting for pallets. Add the QS-1200A low position automatic cuber, which stacks 18 standard hollow blocks per layer and handles about 3,800 pallets per shift, and the finished product leaves the line without a man standing at the end of it.

Above that sits the QSGW intelligent high level fully automatic line: a central computer with PLC and sensors, a layered automatic pallet lifter, a high level finger car and a three dimensional curing kiln. It is configured from 30,000 to 250,000 pieces per 8-hour shift depending on the host machine matched into it, and it runs with 3 to 6 persons per shift. Labour is the other half of the cost equation, and a smaller crew per shift in a hot climate is worth more than a speed figure in a brochure.

Moulds, Product Mix and the Price You Actually Pay for Flexibility

Moulds are a separate purchase and each one is a cost line. On the double direction hydraulic press family, one mould set gives 5, 10 or 12 pieces of hollow block at 390 x 190 x 190 mm, or 28, 45 or 87 pieces of standard brick at 240 x 115 x 51 mm. The number of cavities inside the same machine frame decides both the output and the mould invoice.

Decide the product mix before you ask for a figure. Hollow block 390 x 190 x 190 mm, standard solid brick 240 x 115 x 51 mm, Holland brick 200 x 100 x 60 mm, square block 250 x 250 x 60 mm and small block 170 x 80 x 80 mm are all on the product list, and each shape needs its own mould, its own feed setting and its own curing time. A yard selling two lines at steady volume carries a smaller mould budget than one quoting on eight shapes to win every tender.

Pallets, Batching and the Costs That Sit Behind the Machine

Pallets are consumables, and the quantity ordered on day one is a real part of the equipment figure. A machine with a 15 to 25 s cycle fills pallets faster than a small yard cures them, so the pallet count follows the cycle, the curing method and the number of shifts. The 30 mm pallets used on the QST1500 and QST1800 and the 20 mm pallet on the QST6-15 are not interchangeable, so the pallet line is tied to the model you choose.

Before the machine sits the material flow. The plant needs storage for cement, sand, gravel, crushed stone powder and any filler local supply allows, such as fly ash, slag, gangue or crushed construction waste. A PL Series batching machine with two to four bins weighs aggregate by three-point induction sensors with fast and slow dosing, and a mixer that can hold the cycle of the host machine is part of the quotation. If the mixer is slower than the press, the press runs empty, and part of the money spent on the machine returns nothing during every shift.

Do Iraq Sites Change the Machine Build?

Hot, dusty conditions are a cost item in the build rather than an afterthought. Hydraulic oil cooling and dust protection around the vibration unit keep a machine working through a long hot shift, and the curing area needs shade and water to hold moisture in the green blocks. These items are cheap next to a line that produces cracked green blocks.

Machines supplied to the region are configured for a 380 V, 50 Hz three phase supply, and the electrical panel is matched to the supply you confirm. Anything else means reworking the panel and a delay, so confirm voltage, frequency and phase at quotation stage rather than at installation. Installed capacity runs from about 34.4 kW on the QST6-15 to 104 kW on the QST1800, before batching, mixing, curing and packing are added.

What Does Freight Add to a Machine Price for Iraq?

The machine arrives in the condition it was packed in, so packing is part of the figure. Moulds, mould boxes and control panels travel in crates, while the main frame travels in one or more pieces that need a crane at every transfer point. Loading, lashing, weather protection for the electrical parts and the document set are quoted items.

Freight is the last variable. The QST1800 at 34 t and 15,500 mm long is a different transport job from the QST6-15 at 12 t and 9,450 mm, and the difference shows up in the number of containers or the size of the flat equipment required, the inland transport from the discharge point to your yard, and the crane work at both ends. Give your exact delivery point when you ask for a figure, because the last stretch of access road can decide whether a 15,500 mm machine can be delivered at all. Tell us your nearest port and the loading plan is set against that route.

Curing and Auxiliary Equipment Change the Total

Curing is where a plant either works or does not, and three approaches appear on site with different cost profiles. The QSDJ belt rack curing line uses rack curing and matches the block machine of any maker, new or existing, with a lithium battery transfer sub-car under wireless control. The QSRGY finger car curing line is single layer curing as standard with multi layer optional, powered by 380 V AC stepped down to 36 V DC on the running rail or by a 36 V lithium battery with BMS, and 3 to 4 persons complete the whole production task. A high level automatic plant brings a three dimensional curing kiln instead.

Rack curing needs a roof and a floor, finger car curing needs a rail and a sub car, and a kiln needs a building. Choose the curing method before the machine list is fixed, because the host machine has to be matched to the pallet flow, and matching later costs more than deciding early.

How to Compare Two Quotations for Iraq on the Same Footing

Two quotations are comparable only when both describe the same scope. Ask what is included and what is excluded, in writing, and check the same six lines in the same order: host model and pallet size, auxiliary units by model, mould list by product and cavity count, pallet quantity and size, batching and mixing capacity, then packing and freight.

• Is the pallet feeding machine and the cuber inside the figure, or listed separately?
• How many moulds are included, and for which product sizes?
• How many pallets, and at which pallet size?
• Is the mixer and weigh batcher included, and sized to the host machine cycle?
• Is erection and commissioning by an engineer on site part of the scope?
• Are wear parts such as the mould box and the vibration unit listed separately?

A quotation that answers these six lines can be compared with another. One that answers only the first is a starting point for a conversation, not a figure you can take to a partner or a bank. For the wider view of what moves price levels in this category, read the block making machine price guide, and for the machine families themselves start from the concrete block making machine range. Buyers planning a full plant can also see how the stages link in the complete concrete block factory page, and the Iraq market page sets out the conditions that change a quotation in that market.

The Checklist to Send With Your Iraq Enquiry

A supplier cannot quote a build that has not been described. Send these items in one message and the reply becomes a firm figure rather than a range:

1. Product list with sizes, starting with hollow block 390 x 190 x 190 mm and standard solid brick 240 x 115 x 51 mm if those are your main lines.
2. Target output per 8-hour shift for the main product, so the model can be sized from the QST6-15 upward.
3. Yard plan with available length, width and curing area, since a 15,500 mm machine needs a longer slab than a 9,450 mm one.
4. Raw materials available locally and their condition, including any filler such as fly ash or crushed construction waste.
5. Electrical supply confirmation at 380 V, 50 Hz, three phase.
6. Labour available per shift, which sets the automation level between a host machine and a QSGW line.
7. Pallet and curing preference: rack, finger car or kiln, and whether a cuber is wanted.
8. Delivery point and access conditions, so packing and freight can be quoted properly.

Send that list through the request for quotation page, and the answer comes back as a configuration rather than a slogan.