Ibstock, Leicestershire, UK

Ultra-modern facing brick plant for Ibstock

Pictures/Bilder: Keller HCW

» Overall layout

Pictures/Bilder: Keller HCW

»1 Fully automatic wet and dry side

»2 Dryer car cleaning equipment

»2a Setting station

»2b Setting robot

»4 Setting machine feeding device

»3a Tunnel dryer

»3b Hot air supply for the tunnel dryer

»3c Dryer air circulation system

»5a Tunnel kiln

»5b High-velocity burner

»5c Injection and pulse burner installation

»5d Rapid cooling – hot air offtake top

»5e Hot air offtake bottom

»6a Unloading station

»6b Unloading equipment in action

»6c Pack unloading

»6d Dispatch pack stacking system with paper veneer inserting device

In Ibstock, near Leicester in the Midlands, UK, one of the most modern brick plants in the world has been started up this year for the production of façade bricks. Keller HCW supplied the new plant, in which soft-mud bricks are produced in a wide range of colours and shapes.

1 Introduction

Bricks have been produced in Ibstock since the 1830s. Since then, the site has continued to develop sustainably with “innovation based on tradition”. In October 2015, Ibstock was transformed into a public limited company. Ibstock PLC now is one of the largest building materials businesses quoted on the London Stock Exchange.

Ibstock’s declared aim is to continue extending its leading market position in the building products industry. In line with this aim, the new brick plant was built at the Ibstock headquarters in cooperation with Keller HCW GmbH, the traditional manufacturer of...