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Method of regulating the process of agglomeration of a mineral on an endless chain

US4120643A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 24, 1975
Grant dateOct 17, 1978
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Expiry dateDec 24, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC22B1/205
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A mineral agglomeration process in which a layer of mineral on an endless conveyor is passed through a firing zone provided with suction windboxes below the conveyor and connected to a common firing suction duct, and then through a cooling zone in which the product is cooled by air drawn through the layer by suction windboxes connected to a common cooling suction duct. The process is regulated by measuring the temperature of the gases in the common suction duct of the cooling zone and using a signal resulting from a comparison of the measured temperature and a preset temperature to control the flow of gases from the windboxes in the firing zone.

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