Röben invests in the future and sets new standards in brick production

»1 Exterior view of the clinker plant

»2 Universal cutter

»3 Pallet unloading – 4‑axis robot with row gripper

»4 Kiln car loading position – 2 robots with layer grippers

»5 Kiln – exit sluice

»6 Burner grouping

»7 Sorting conveyor to the feeding table – Pack forming

»8 Palletizing robot with combination gripper suction device for paper take-up

>>9 Pallets – small pallets

>>10 Fully automatic dryer car control system

>>11 Slotted jet walls in the dryer passage

>>12 Tunnel kiln car cleaning plant

>>13 Automatic film hood machine with integrated shrinking frame

>>14 Take-off position

>>15 Visualization systems

>>16 Air-conditioned switch room

>>17 Various products

>> 3D view of the Röben plant at Bannberscheid

The new plant for the Bannberscheid works of the Röben Tonbaustoffe GmbH was supplied by Keller HCW from Ibbenbüren. With this investment the factory in Bannberscheid, where clinker bricks have been manufactured for the German and European market since 1970, becomes one of the most modern clinker brick factories in Europe. In a period of only nine months the plant was erected by Röben Tonbaustoffe and Keller HCW in the existing hall.

1 Introduction

With the famous push on the “red button”, Rhineland-Palatinate’s Minister President Kurt Beck and Röben’s Managing Director Wilhelm-Renke Röben officially opened the new Röben clinker brick factory in Bannberscheid near Montabaur (Westerwald) on the 16th February 2009. “It is a proud achievement that a family business can invest in a project of this dimension”, said Kurt Beck in acknowledging the commitment of the Röben Tonbaustoffe GmbH. “This investment sets an example”, Beck continued, “by showing that the excellent raw materials in the Westerwald region, the capability of...