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Wet preparation at Schaefer Kalk

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1 Coarse particles of approx. 0.1 to 5 mm are removed in the solids separator

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2 Leiblein lamella separator in use at Schaefer Kalk

3 The 5 to 9 cm thick filter cake in the vacuum belt filter

4 Section through the Leiblein lamella separator

Schaefer Kalk, with registered offices in Diez an der Lahn, is a family-managed lime industry company with a long tradition and plants located in Germany, Europe and around the globe. Ever since the company’s foundation in 1860, innovative thinking, high quality standards and diversification into lime products for numerous industries have made Schaefer Kalk a byword for burned and unburned lime products, precipitated calcium carbonates (PCC) and premixed dry mortars. Its range of products extends from limestones and calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide, up to and including ready-for-use milk of...

TEXT Klaus Bucher, Bucher Communications, Ratingen/Germany

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