Beralmar - Newsletter 75 October 2013
Newsletter 75 - October 2013
Approximate reading time: 5 minutes
  • Corporate
  • SECOND PART OF THE TREATISE ON DRYING AND FIRING AT BERALMAR

In this second part, you will find the first three chapters pertaining to the treatise on firing:

  • Chapter 1: Firing.
  • Chapter 2: Behaviour of clay during the firing process
  • Chapter 3: Heat transmission
  • 3.1: Conduction.
  • 3.2: Convection.
  • 3.3: Radiation.
  • 3.4: Combined.

We hope it will be of interest to our readers.

  • INTERVIEW WITH RAMON SARIÓ IN THE “TÉCNICA CERÁMICA” MAGAZINE

The Spanish magazine TÉCNICA CERÁMICA published in its latest edition an interesting interview with the Managing Director of BERALMAR, Ramon Sarió, which we would like to share with the readers of the Newsletter.

The main topics covered in the interview referred to the history of the company, the balance of 2012 and forecasts for 2013, the overall situation of the sector and its technical and commercial trends, and the application of machinery to other sectors.

  • BERALMAR IN THE HUNGARIAN CERAMIST CONVENTION

On October 10, BERALMAR gave a presentation to the majority of Hungarian ceramists, as part of the "Teglas Napok" (literally “the day of the brick”) event, the annual meeting of the Hungarian ceramists association, held in the town of Balatonvilágos, on the southern shore of Lake Balaton.

The BERALMAR presentation, by Carlos Acosta and Miquel Moix, was titled "Evolution of petroleum coke consumption in Central Europe and the Balkans", and provided insight to attendees on the exponential growth of solid-fuel consumption being experienced in this region. In 2000, there were about 20 tunnel kilns with petroleum coke or mineral coal as the main energy source in these countries, a figure which doubled in 2010, and doubled again just 3 years later, so that there are currently 80 tunnel kilns consuming petroleum coke in the region.

This acceleration in the process of substituting fuel is largely explained by four reasons:

  • 1. The unstoppable rise of the price of traditional fuels (fuel oil or natural gas).
  • 2. A drop in the price of ceramic products and profit margins.
  • 3. Reliable and increasing availability of quality solid fuels.
  • 4. Pressure exerted on the environment by productive units which have already made this switch in energy source.
  • Specifically in the Hungarian market, in 2012 BERALMAR provided a MICROMATIC facility to the KUNSÁGI TEGLA plant, and it is anticipated that other ceramics plants will opt for this technology very soon.

    As usual, the Teglas Napok ended with a lively dinner, and a visit the next morning to a ceramics plant in the area belonging to the WIENERBERGER group.

  • News and Accomplishments
  • NEW SOLID-FUEL FIRING INSTALLATION IN MOROCCO

BERALMAR has just booked a new order for solid fuel firing facility in Morocco. The installation is for the BRIQUETERIE GZENAYA in Tangiers, which has opted for a MICROMATIC installation to provide most of the energy needed for a production of 500 tonnes/day of blocks.

The fuel to be used will be micronized petroleum coke, fuel that has become by far the most widely used in the North African country with more than 20 kilns consuming it.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Larbi family for their continued trust in BERALMAR over the past decades.



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