One of the most profitable areas of business is the creation of household goods. Of course, the goods used in the kitchen are in greatest demand, but it is equally beneficial to create other categories. So, for example, you can pay attention to the production of brushes for shoes, clothes or combing.
Necessary materials
Before you begin to draw up a business plan, you need to decide what exactly you want to produce. Brushes with natural or artificial bristles, rubber or even wire are currently on the market. Of course, the first of the described options will be the most expensive, but, on the other hand, they are more often chosen for caring for expensive things.
In the production of brushes, cow, horse or even badger hair is used. Products made from long bristles growing on the ridge are considered one of the highest quality. Such brushes are used for cleaning clothes or for combing. But on the sides of the animals grows a softer and shorter hair, about 5 cm long. It is used to create products with soft nap.
Before you purchase equipment for the production of brushes, you need to understand what kind of material you will use for work. Indeed, given the high cost of natural products, many opt for polymeric materials or rubber.
In addition, such brushes are considered more hygienic, because the villi have no pores into which dust, detergents or dirt are absorbed. Rubber brushes are designed for cleaning suede products: boots, shoes, bags, jackets and others.
Machines for manufacturing
If you are thinking about business, then you need to find out what equipment for the production of brushes is necessary, and familiarize yourself with the process of their creation. It’s worth noting that buying machines is not cheap.
You can start making brushes when you have two main machines. The first of them should drill holes where subsequently tufts of bristles will be inserted, and the second should be directly engaged in tufting. This is the name of the process of filling the drilled holes with bristles.
Equipment for the production of brushes will cost more than 1.5 million rubles, provided that you turn your attention not to new, but to used machines. And if you calculate the cost of renting premises, energy costs, salaries, administrative expenses, etc., it becomes clear that before investing, it is advisable to find distribution channels.
Also, when buying old equipment, you will not be insured against breakdowns and malfunctions. In addition to these machines, it would be nice to immediately purchase equipment with which you could independently produce blanks for wood brushes.
Experts have calculated that by investing about 5 million, they can be returned in two years of active work. But this is provided that you initially have distribution channels, and you will produce several types of products.
Manufacturing technology
The first stage consists in the preliminary processing of natural raw materials, their purification from moisture and fat residues, sorting. It is washed several times and combed in order to remove any foreign impurities, fluff. After that, the bristles are stacked and bundled.
At the request of the manufacturer, the second stage is its coloring.Acetic acid is also added to the paint, this is what ensures the shine of each hair and its elasticity. But when working with synthetic material, the first two stages are skipped.
The next step is the processing of workpieces - the basis for brushes and pens. Most often they are made of wood. Their manufacture also requires special equipment. For the production of brushes, the bases are processed in a special way: the workpieces are dried, sawn, ground and drilled to insert bristle tufts.
Manufacturing process
The creation of each product can be performed by masters both manually and on special devices. Machine tools for the production of brushes, of course, are preferable, because they significantly speed up the process. If the manufacture is carried out without the use of technology, then the bristle bushes are stitched through the drilled holes using a wire (less commonly, a strong thread) through the deck. Bundles are attached to short hair with special adhesives designed to work in high humidity environments.
But the automatic machine for the production of brushes secures the bristles with a special bracket in the socket. She bends the bundle in half or inserts a bracket near his bulb and inserts it into the drilled hole. There, the bracket is unbent and tightly fixed.
