Replacement of VENTI OELDE smoke exhauster
Objective
In order to increase the pellet yield, the customer needed to enhance the performance of kiln's smoke exhausters by 10-15%. At the same time, in order to minimize the kiln’s downtime, the equipment had to be replaced within the shortest possible period and without involving any foundation work.
Solution
The product to be replaced was a smoke exhauster of VENTI-OELDE brand, which had been previously installed as a replacement of the D–15000, while leaving the electric motor, foundation and flues untouched.
We developed a smoke exhauster for the existing installation site, taking into account the surrounding space and the locations of hoisting equipment necessary to perform the replacement quickly.
Special technical solutions were implemented in the rotor's design aimed at minimizing the equipment's wear in order to enable it to handle a highly-abrasive gas mixture.
Result
The equipment was designed, manufactured and delivered within the required period of scheduled shutdown of the kiln. The turnkey replacement was completed in 12 days. The rotor was balanced on KMZ's bench-testing rig, so no balancing at the customer's site was necessary.