Apparatus for subdividing a strand of briquettes

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus (6) for dividing a briquette string (5) which has a plurality of contiguous briquette rows (5a) that are arranged one behind the other (in a longitudinal direction (L)) and each comprise, adjacent to one another, a plurality of briquettes (7) connected by material webs (8a, 8b), in particular for manufacturing briquettes (7) from direct reduced iron, said apparatus comprising: a movable beater device (9) which has a plurality of beaters (13) arranged adjacent to one another; and a feed device (10) via which the briquette string (5) can be fed to the beater device (9) in a transport direction (T), the beater device (9) striking the briquette string (5) fed by the feed device (10) with the beaters (13) in such a way that firstly a briquette row (5a) is knocked off the briquette string (5), and secondly the briquette row (5a) is divided into the individual briquettes (7). The apparatus is characterised in that: the beater device (9) and the feed device (10) are designed to divide a briquette string (5) having briquette rows (5a) which each have at least three briquettes (7) arranged adjacent to one another; and the beater device (9) has at least three beaters (13) arranged adjacent to one another.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.