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Issue 2023-02

Announcement: IZF seminar for “career changers”

A lack of young people in crafts and technical professions is the issue of the day. The profession of industrial ceramist has almost disappeared. Brick factories can still find employees to fill their...

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Issue 2022-06

IZF is H2-Ready - test firing plant for the brick industry with hydrogen

Hydrogen is seen as a guarantor for defossilisation (decarbonisation) also in the brick industry. In addition to the questions of supply security and hydrogen handling, the focus is primarily on...

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Issue 2023-01

„Intermittent Microwave Drying for the Brick Industry“ Workshop

On 18 October 2022, the workshop „Intermittent microwave drying for the brick industry“ took place at the Materials Research and Testing Institute at the Bauhaus University in Weimar (MFPA) in...

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Issue 2010-11

Improving the energy efficiency of drying installations with the use of modern low-energy dryers

1 Background In industrial countries green clay bricks and tiles are dried convectively with hot air produced by burners or other types of artificial energy supply. Drying is therefore associated with...

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Issue 2019-6 Miquel Moix

Use of biomass in the drying and firing of clay-based building products

1 Introduction The use of natural gas as fuel for firing is state of the art. Natural gas is easy to handle, and it yields very good production results. However, regulatory pressure calling for...

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