Ceramics Industry
ECTS MEETS IN SELB (GERMANY)

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NEW BERALMAR EMPLOYEES

News and Accomplishments
NEW SOLID-FUEL FIRING FACILITY

ECTS, the working group comprising the main European suppliers in the ceramics industry, met on 5 and 6 November at the headquarters of NETZSCH in Selb (Germany).

NETZSCH is one of the founding members of the second group of the ECTS, dedicated to fine ceramics (tiles, toilets, technical ceramics, etc.), and manufactures measuring instruments, mixing machinery and all types of pump equipment.

The fine ceramics group met on Monday 5th, while the group dedicated to structural ceramics met on Tuesday 6th. In between, the traditional association dinner was held at the invitation of the host company.

The meeting of the group dedicated to structural ceramics addressed issues on the new regulations on emissions in industrial kilns in the European Union, among other things. The symposiums to be held in 2019 were also agreed upon, which we will duly inform you about in coming newsletters.

The next ECTS meeting will take place at REFRACTARIOS CAMPO (Sanxenxo, Spain), at the invitation of FORGESTAL, on 24 May.

Location of Selb in Germany.

Photo of the meeting of the group dedicated to structural ceramics.

BERALMAR has just welcomed Llorenç Casanovas (62), who joins the BERALMAR technical team as a site manager.

Llorenç is married, has a son and lives in Igualada. He has a great deal of experience as a site manager, project manager and technical director in our sector and we are convinced that he will contribute a great deal to our upcoming projects.

We would like to welcome him to the BERALMAR team!

BERALMAR has installed a new solid-fuel firing facility. It is a MICROMATIC system which has been supplied to CERÁMICA BELIANES in Belianes in Lleida (Catalonia).

It uses petcoke, which is supplied under optimal consumption conditions, that is, with less than 1% humidity and <100 microns in diameter, stored in silos and pneumatically transported to the firing zone, where it is also pneumatically injected into the kiln.

The MICROMATIC facility contributes approximately 70% of the energy consumed by the kiln for a production of between 300 and 400 tonnes/day depending on the product. The preheating is carried out using natural gas.

The MICROMATIC system, developed by BERALMAR on the basis of the PROMATIC system in 2001 when suppliers of optimal dry micronized petcoke appeared on the market, has been a success with more than 70 projects around the world. Between its MICROMATIC and PROMATIC systems, BERALMAR has delivered more than 250 solid-fuel firing systems for tunnel kilns, which makes BERALMAR the most experienced supplier with the most projects in this field in the sector.

General view of the BELIANES kiln

The MICROMATIC system enables the hygienic storage of petcoke.