Briquetting Plant

METCO is pioneer in Compacting Equipment such as Briquetting Plant including all auxiliary systems as well as Raw Material Handling System including Stacking Arrangement, Dust Extraction System etc.

There are various factors affecting the strength of briquettes which plays a vital role in the smelting of charge chrome / ferro chrome production.

Appropriate briquetting parameters like molasses and lime binder level, molasses quality, particle size distribution and segment condition etc. are essential to guarantee quality briquettes in the successful use of briquette and chromite ore fines/ Cu concentrate/ Mn ore fines etc.

In developing a technology for briquetting of chromite/Cu/Mn ores, it is important not only to study the grain size characteristics of the ore fines but also to make an informed choice of the type and quality of the binder and the condition for producing a physically and chemically competent green and cured briquette.

It also describes the effect of strength of briquettes on various parameters of charge chrome production as the use of quality briquettes in the production of high carbon ferrochrome alloys has a number of operational, metallurgical and economic advantages. It is also a requirement for submerged arc furnace operation that the charge be adequately porous to allow gaseous products of the reduction reaction to escape from the furnace charge burden without hindrance. Otherwise, furnace material would erupt causing electrodes and furnace other equipments damage and risking the safety of the work force. The briquette, because it replaces lumpy charge but has an advantage of smaller size, allows for an uniform and porous charge so that the ascending gaseous products can escape freely. Finally this paper deals with furnace operational results with varying proportion of briquettes having same strength.