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SHISA CHARCOAL

PRODUCTION PROCESS FLOW

INCOMING RAW MATERIAL

The company use lump coconut shell charcoal as raw material. The raw materials are received from suppliers, which are coming from Sumatra, Sulawesi and Local Java area. The quality control of raw materials consists, are as follows:
- Dust content 3-7%
- Moisture content 12-18%
- Ash color is white to grey (If

brown, it will be rejected)
- No smell, no smoke, and no

contamination
After quality and quantity and quality checks are performed, the company stores incoming raw material lump coconut shell charcoal in the raw material warehouse based on the supplier's name and the origin of the raw material.

MATERIAL PREPARATION

The company uses two screening processes by manual selection and through rotary screens machine to separate the non-conforming material and eliminate impurities.

CRUSHING

The screened raw material (lump coconut shell charcoal) is crushed using a roller mill and disk mill machine. The results to be obtained from this process are the raw material with particle size of 2-3 cm for the roller mill machine and particle size of 2-3 mm for the disk mill machine (charcoal powder). The charcoal powder will be put into sacks of 25 kg and weighed before the next process.

MIXING

The charcoal powder is mixed with tapioca starch powder as adhesive and water (not any chemical additive material). The general composition of mixing are charcoal powder, tapioca starch powder, and water. The mixing process is around ±15 minutes.

BLENDING

After shapping the dough,it will be dried in the sun for a while to reduce the amount of water within before going through the oven process.

MOLDING & CUTTING

The blended half-finish goods are molded and cut according to shape and size requirements. After the cutting process, it is continued with the sorting by quality control personnel and pre-cooling before drying the molded and cut finished goods in the oven. Non-conforming products from the cutting process are re-processed to the extruder machine.

QUALITY CONTROL

The company has 2 ovens with heating and air circulation; the total capacity of ovens is ±5-6 tons. The drying process takes around ±36 hours; the temperature is controlled and set to maximum 95 Derajat Celcius.

WEATHERING & COOLING

After the drying process is completed, the product is taken out of the drying oven, it is unpacked, and stored on the racks under cover but in the open air for the cooling and weathering process that takes 3 days before final packing. During this process, the company conducts temperature checking and monitoring of the product until target temperature is reached as per Indonesian ambience temperature (less than 40 oC) and moisture is less than 5% to maintain quality as per specification.

FINAL INSPECTION & TESTING

The company has a dedicated testing room or mini lab with specialized personnel and adequate testing equipment. The internal final inspection and testing include various activities, such as ash color assessment, drop test, smell test, weight and size verification, moisture content, ash content, glow test, coherent test and a visual inspection before the final packing.

PACKING PROCESS

Shisha Charcoal Briquettes products are packed in accordance with the IMDG and CTU code packing guide. Packaging type is customized according to customer requirements-branded, UN approved Fiberboard Box (4G) with inner plastic and/or inner box, and UN approve PP Woven Bags (5H3). All packaging is tagged and labelled with a batch production/tracking number