Method and apparatus for the manufacture of compacts

摘要

A method for the manufacture of compacts from comminuted material ( 12 ) such as lignocellulose material and/or other combustible material for burning in hearths, wherein the material ( 12 ) is placed into openings ( 11 ) of a mold ( 4 ) and then compressed to form compacts. The filling of a mold ( 4 ) with the material ( 12 ) and the compaction of the material ( 10 ) to form compacts ( 10 ) is performed in the pressing chamber ( 18 ) of a multi-platen press ( 1 ) with plungers ( 7 ) plunging into many openings ( 11 ) of a mold ( 4 ), and after compaction the mold (4) with the ram ( 3 ) is raised and additionally urged against the ram, while the finished compacts are driven out of the mold and then are pushed out of the press chamber ( 18 ) into a container ( 16 ) by an ejecting device. Moreover, an installation for the practice of the method includes a hopper ( 9 ) and a multi-platen press ( 1 ) with a mold raising-and-lowering device ( 14 ).