Reconstruction of a brickworks – the example of “Gubskij kirpich”

»1 Fired kiln car charge at kiln exit

»2 Dryer exit and elevator

»3 Elevator

»4 Lingl high-velocity burner installation

»5 Positioning of the existing high-velocity burners and the additionally installed Lingl high-velocity burners

»6 Installed rapid cooling unit

»7 Overall view – Lingl bidirectional cutter and robot loading unit

»8 The partners in this project at the Lingl bidirectional cutter (from left to the right: I. Albert (Lingl), G. Yushin (Lingl Russia), L. Berlin (Assistant General Manager at Gubskij kirpich), F. Appel (Lingl), M. Köhle (Lingl)

»9 Detail view – robot loading unit

This article describes the reconstruction measures implemented at the “Gubskij kirpich” brickworks. These involved modifications to the tunnel kiln and the renewal of the wet side and the kiln car loading installation.

1 Introduction

The “Gubskij kirpich” brickworks, located at Stanica Gubskaya, was erected in 1996 by the Austrian company Vogel & Nooth for Norilsk Nickel. It was designed for an annual output of 30 mill. Russian standard bricks measuring 250 x 120 x 65 mm.

A special feature of this plant is the ITO system with the wet bricks being set directly on the tunnel kiln cars in a direct setting mode. The kiln is positioned above the dryer. Elevators lift (from the dryer to the kiln) and lower (from the kiln to the unloading position) the circulating kiln cars and connect the dryer and the kiln in...