Floating the kiln

 
 
At the pelletising plant and i'm having a problem on the
Kiln, especially when the load is increased. My question is
what is the required speed if the tonnages are increased,
this happen in a weeks time that caused the kiln to drift.
The were damages incurred on the seal of the kiln and this
created a down time on our production.
 
Axial travel of the kiln is caused by roller skew. Usually, for
a fixed positive skew of the rollers, the kiln has a tendency
to travel uphill with an increase of either or both kiln
loading and speed of rotation. The roller skewing should be
set to float the kiln at maximum speed and feed rate.
Floating means moving gently between the thrust rollers.
This is usually a very temporary, transient condition. As far
as the speed and loading relationship is concerned I cannot
be specific about that since I am not familiar with your
process. One common practice, as in cement kilns for
example, is to tie speed and feed rates together; as the
feed is increased so is the speed. This results in a constant
bed depth no matter what feed rate prevails. Other
processes follow other conventions and so end up with
different bed depths as the feed and or speed is changed.