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Rotary press and method for operating a rotary press

US10195771B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fette Compacting GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Lüdemann · Hamburg, DE
Daniel Malick · Bad Segeberg, DE
Kai Hübner · Ratzeburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2012
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 5, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB30B11/085
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a rotary press with a rotor, whereby the rotor comprises one upper and one lower punch guide and a die plate between the upper and lower punch guides, furthermore with upper and lower press punches which interact with the die holes in the die plate, whereby the rotary press comprises several stations, namely at least one filling station in which the material to be pressed is filled into the die holes, at least one dosing station, in which the material filled into the die holes is dosed, at least one pressing station, in which the material that has been dosed and filled into the die holes is pressed through the upper and lower press punches into pellets, and at least one ejector station in which the pressed pellets are ejected, whereby at least one of the stations can be moved from its operating position to a resting position, in which the production process of the rotary press to produce pellets remains possible with the remaining stations in their respective operating positions, and the at least one station in a resting position does not affect the production process. The invention also relates to a method for operating a rotary press.

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