Sahut-Conreur - Briquetting Process Units

The capacity of a briquetting line can range from 50 kg/h to 100 T/h.

The briquettes are obtained at low or high pressure (from 5 to 180 kN/cm) and can undergo mechanical or heat treatment depending on the characteristics of the treated material and the desired final product.

If the cohesive forces (particulate cohesion, valence forces, recrystallization, van Der Waals forces…) between the particles are low, a binder has to be used before agglomeration. The physical properties of the feed material, the end use of the briquettes and the cost of binder addition have to be taken into account before a selection is made. A large variety of (liquid or solid) binders is offered: starch, bentonite, bitumen, lime, cement, water, flour, lignosulphonates, molasses, polymer, resin, sodium silicate, fibers such as paper pulp, etc…

According to the material, the main stages of the briquetting process can be as follows:

• (if necessary a product preparation unit such as screening-crushing, drying, sieving).
• Dosing and mixing of product with binder.
• Briquetting unit.
• (if necessary a post treatment of the briquettes such as air or oven drying, curing, polymerization, maturation).