DRIER-AND-KILN UNIT FOR DRYING AND FIRING CERAMIC PARTS Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: thermal equipment for manufacturing building materials including ceramic parts from coal mining wastes. SUBSTANCE: unit has framework mounting multiple- zone heating chamber with gate valves and part conveying device with pushers. The latter is made in the form of two relatively movable and movable relative to unit platforms placed one on top of other, lower one being installed on variable-profile rail track with downgrade-joined horizontal sections alternating at different levels. Upper and lower platforms carry locking members spaced hearth-pitch apart; upper platform is provided with rollers forming, together with latches of framework, its locks. EFFECT: improved capacity, degree of mechanization, and working conditions for attending personnel. 3 dwg