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Press Release
May 2008
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KELLER HCW installs highly modern setting plant at CELINA Klinker in the Küsters clinker work in Kleve
[May 2008] In autumn 2007 the machine and plant constructors of KELLER HCW met a new challenge: Within 14 days they replaced the old setting plant of the Küsters clinker work in Kleve with a modern robot setting plant.
The KELLER employees had to make a precision landing above all in time management matters. It was necessary to position and commission the new setting plant as fast as possible so that the company from Kleve did not have to stop the kiln.
With a complete test run the engineers established that the project could be done within the time frame. "Intensive preliminary talks and the excellent cooperation ensured that everything went according to plan and we could reach our aim without any obstacles."
The kiln was slowed to the lowest pushing rate and the total kiln car pool of the clinker work was positioned in front of it. Then the works on the setting plant started: During these two weeks the Küster and KELLER employees were busy around the clock. The success is self evident: The plant was commissioned ahead of schedule.
Combined with an existing gathering frame the new dry side operates with a high degree of flexibility. Two products can be produced at the same time. The automatic feed to the setting machine as well as a possible manual setting station can be operated optionally by means of a transfer robot. Due to the many different machine units in the feed to the setting robot a wide variety of setting patterns can be achieved. The setting robot operates via two setting tracks. The automatic setting of facing bricks – from facing strips to angle facing strips – does not pose a problem for this plant. The output amounts to 14 million per year in a one shift operation. The main focus was on the huge flexibility and the operator convenience of this machine. The whole area is supervised by only one employee.
Further information can be found under the following link:
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Project data of the plant »
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Picture 1:
Setting robot via 2 tracks
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Picture 2:
Combination of old and new gathering frame
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Picture 3:
Robot separating automatic dry side
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Picture 4:
Grouping area setting machine
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Picture 5:
Robot setting via one track
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