Horizontal drier used for ceramic materials and using method thereof
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- IMAS CORP
- Publication Date
- 2010-06-16
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention generally relates to horizontal dryers for ceramic materials and related drying methods. Background technique
[0002] In the ceramics industry dryers are used to dry raw ceramic materials, usually consisting of clay and water and / or a body formed by several main components; the drying method is based on the physical heating of the product and its surroundings to evaporate the clay contained within of bound water; this evaporation leads to local densification and hardening of the volume of the dried product.
[0003] Prior art in the ceramic industry attempts to use (essentially static) tunnel dryers or horizontal or vertical dynamic dryers for drying.
[0004] Vertical dryers consist of a vertical frame in which two chains drive baskets consisting of flat belts and on which the product to be dried is fixed; the drying cycle is carried out when the baskets are moved up and down.
[0005] The disadvantage of these vertical dryers...