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Figure 12.1.1. Flowsketch and operation of a sintering process.

TABLE 12.14. Industries that Employ Disk Granulators and Some of the
Products They Process

tndustry Typical Application
Steel Electric Furnace Baghouse Dust, BOF Dust, OH
Dust. Coke Fines, Raw Materials, Iron Ore Pellet-
izing
Foundry Baghouse Dust. Mold Sand Fines
Fer~oal~~y Silicon, Ferrosilicon. Ferromanganese, Ferro-
chrome
Concentrates, Smelter Dust, Precipitates
Concentrates, Sinter Mix, Flue Dust, Drosses
Tungsten, Molybdenum, Antimony, Brass, Tin.
Berrylium, Precious Metals, Aluminum, Silicon,
Nickel
lass Glass Rawmix, Furnace Dust, Glass Powder
Ceramiss Alumina, Catalyst, Molecular Sieves, Substrates,
Insulator Body, Tilemix, Press Feed, Proppants,
Frits, Colors
efractories Bauxite, Alumina, Kiln Dust, Blends
Cement /Lime Raw Meal, Kiln Dust
Chemi~~ Soda Ash, Sodium Sulfate, Detergents, Cleaners,
Zinc Oxide, Pigments, Dyes, Pharmaceutical
Compounds, Industrial Carbons, Carbon Black
Fertilizers, Pesticides, Herbicides, Insecticides.
Soil Conditioners, Aglime. Dolomite, Trace Min-
erals, N-P-K raw Materials
Foods Instant Drink Mix, Powdered Process Foods,
Sugar, Sweetners, Confectionary Mix
coal Coal Fines
Power Coal Fines, Fly Ash, FGD Sludge, Boiler Ash,
Wood Ash
Nonmetallic Minerals Clay, Talc, Kaolin, Fluorspar, Feldspar. Diatoma-
ceous Earth, Fullers Earth, Perlite
U~Q, Paper, Wood Paper Dust, Wood Fines, Sander Dust, Boiler Ash
Solid Waste 'incinerator Ash, Refuse Fines, Mixed Refuse.
Dried Sludge

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