Anode Baking Furnace - Riedhammer

CARBON BAKING
T E C H N O L O G Y
OPEN TOP ANODE BAKING FURNACE
committed to your needs

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CARBON DIVISION
Since 1924 Riedhammer has specialized in
the design and construction of high
performance Baking Furnaces for the
production of first class anodes for the
aluminum industry.
THE RIEDHAMMER BAKING SYSTEM
Technology
Riedhammer OPEN Top anode baking
furnace:
Application in new or retrofitted/modernized
baking furnaces.
Proven refractory design with minimum
number of different brick shapes.
High performance:
benchmarking productivity figures.
Compliance with the most strict environmental
standards
The Riedhammer OPEN Top Baking Furnace
represents an important step towards
customized technological solutions, offering
the optimum solution for specific
requirements, granting our customers with
more flexibility with the already well known
Riedhammer reliability.
Extended refractory lifetime.
- robust design
- low maintenance
Excellent baking profile controllability and
temperature homogeneity ensuring
outstanding final product quality and
consistency as well as low energy
consumption.
Reference in the industry for low CAPEX
& OPEX
Typical anode baking furnace
Flue gas ring mains
Exhaust manifold
Measuring ramp
Burner ramps
Crossover
Preheating zone
Main fire zone

Engineering
Our team of specialist provide our customers
with the most suitable technical and
economical solution for specific requirements:
Customized solutions for the industry
worldwide
Retrofit and modernization of existing
plants
Conceptual analysis and feasibility studies
Design & engineering of baking furnaces
according to the most modern technology
and quality standards
Supply of complete baking facilities
including the baking furnace, firing
system, fume treatment plant and
ancillary equipment
Project Execution
From the supply of engineering packages
to the execution of "turn-key" projects
worldwide:
Design & Engineering
Material procurement & supply
QA / QC
Project administration
Construction services and job site
management
Start-up & commissioning
Optimisation of baking process and
product quality survey (R&D – Carbon of
Switzerland)
After sales and customer support
Flue wall
Product
Detail
Cross-section of a
furnace flue wall
indicating the typical
flue gas flow pattern.
Cooling ramps
Unloading
Maintenance
Loading
Cooling zone
irection

Baking profile - typical
excellent temperature
distribution
reduced consumption
figures
optimized temperature
profiles
maximum burnout of
volatile components -
reduced level of emissions
furnace and operative
safety aspects
Furnace characteristics - typical
Number of fire-groups
Sections per fire-group
Pits per section
Production per annum / fire-group
Consumption figures:
Fuel consumption
Paking material
Refractory & insulation material
(maintenance figures in the first 10 years)
Lifetime:
Flue walls
Headwalls
2 4
16
6 9
50 000 80 000 tba*
1.9 2.3 GJ/tba*
8 10 kg/tba*
5 6 kg/tba*
> 150 cycles
> 250 cycles
tba* = tonnes of baked anodes
Technical Services & Support
After sales service keeping our customers updated with technological developments
as well as support with existing equipment and process.
RIEDHAMMER GmbH • Industrial kiln plants
Klingenhofstrasse 72 • 90411 Nürnberg • Germany
Telephone: +49 911 52 18-0 • Telefax: +49 911 52 18-231
e-mail: mail@riedhammer.de • www.riedhammer.de
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DESIGN OF A RIEDHAMMER OPEN TOP ANODE BAKING FURNACE
Temperature/draft measurement ramp
Exhaust manifold
Burner ramps
Cooling ramps
Unloading
Loading
Flue gas ring mains
Flue wall
Pit floor
Product
Concrete shell
Crossover

For Your Notes
RIEDHAMMER GmbH • Industrial kiln plants
Klingenhofstrasse 72 • 90411 Nürnberg • Germany
Telephone: +49 911 52 18-0 • Telefax: +49 911 52 18-231
e-mail: mail@riedhammer.de • www.riedhammer.de