Dryer for ceramic products
AssigneeSystem Ceramics S.P.A.
InventorsCarmine Sangiovanni, Eustachio Tarasco
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Abstract
A dryer for ceramic products that includes a casing that encloses a drying chamber with drying channels that have a first movable plane equipped with a motor means provided to transport the ceramic products along a main direction, and a heating means provided to heat the drying chamber. The dryer further includes outlet channels in the drying chamber aligned with a respective drying channel along the main direction and a second mobile plane with a motor means and the motor means of each first mobile plane is activated independently from the motor means of the second mobile plane with which it is aligned.
Claims9
A dryer for ceramic products comprising:
- a casing (la) that encloses a drying chamber (1);
- one or more drying channels (10), contained in the drying chamber (1), each of which comprises a first mobile plane (11), equipped with a motor means, provided to transport the ceramic products along a main direction (X);
- a heating means, provided to heat the drying chamber (1);
- one or more outlet channels (102), contained in the drying chamber (1), each of which is aligned with a respective drying channel (10) along the respective main direction (X) and comprises a second mobile plane (103), equipped with a motor means, aligned along the main direction (X) to a respective mobile plane (11) of a drying channel (10), wherein the motor means of each first mobile plane (11) can be activated independently from the motor means of the second mobile plane (103) with which it is aligned;
- a control module, provided to regulate the advancement speed of the first mobile plane (11) and of the second mobile plane (103);
- wherein for each second mobile plane (103) a first detector (104) is provided, connected to the control module, which is provided to detect the presence of a portion of a ceramic product at an inlet section of the second mobile plane (103), and to process a corresponding signal,
- wherein when the first detector (104) detects the presence of a portion of a ceramic product coming from the first mobile plane (11), the control module is provided to activate the first mobile plane (11) and the second mobile plane (103) at a same first speed,
- wherein when the first detector (104) does not detect the presence of a portion of a ceramic product, the control module is provided to activate the second mobile plane (103) at a second speed, greater than the first speed, up to the outlet of the product from the outlet channel (102),
- wherein each second mobile plane (103) comprises an inlet segment (106), arranged consecutively to a respective first mobile plane (11), structured to enable the free sliding of the ceramic products, and
- wherein the inlet segment (106) is equipped with a motor means that can be activated by the control module independently with respect to the motor means of the first and of the second mobile plane (11, 103).
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