Publications

The special design features of transport-process lines for conditioned quartz sand used in the preparation of glass batch in batch plants are examined. Different variants of the schemes used to unload, store, and class a given raw material are presented. It is noted that additional separation of conditioned quartz sand containing random foreign impurities is necessary
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Modern systems based on innovative charging machines for batch and cullet charging of regenerative glass furnaces with horseshoe flame direction are examined. It is noted that such charging machines used in combination with adaptive control algorithms not only reduce the emission of dust and nitrogen oxides into the ambient atmosphere but also make the glassmaking process more efficient
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Different designs of hopper assemblies for glass batch mixers are examined. The factors affecting the shape, volume, and number of receiving hoppers for mixers are determined. It is shown that buckets as well as vibratory, auger, and ribbon feeders can be used to unload a batch from the mixing apparatus. Certain variants of rotary vibratory mechanisms used for unloading a mixture of raw materials from the receiving hoppers of batch mixers are presented
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The problems of enrichment of dolomite, which is used in the preparation of glass batch, are examined. A design of a production line for processing lump dolomite that includes equipment for drying, crushing, and three-step separation of the comminuted material is presented. It is shown that additional reduction of the amount of the dusty fraction of dolomite present in the finished product is possible by means of aero-classification.
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