Iron Ore Pelletizing Plants, Revamps, Modernizations, Audits, Studies, and Test Work

Primetals Technologies offers a comprehensive set of tools and capabilities tailored to meet the unique needs of steel producers regarding the agglomeration and pelletization of iron ore. A cornerstone of pelletizing plants from Primetals Technologies is a combination of in-depth, practical investigations, including on-site plant audits, pot grate tests, theoretical analysis, process calculations, and plant simulations. This forms the basis of every iron ore pelletizing plant from Primetals Technologies. Tailor-made to meet customers' needs, pelletizing plants from Primetals Technologies cater to the unique requirements of different raw materials and desired finished products. Moreover, these same principles are applied to existing pelletizing plants to identify and improve them with solutions such as grain size control, process automation, and emissions reduction technologies.

Straight Grate Pellet Plant

Covering a range of 1.5 to 9.0 million tons of iron ore pellets per year, our straight-grate pellet plants provide an efficient way to produce a wide range of pellets with excellent operational flexibility.

Circular Pelletizing Plant

The plant footprint of the induration furnace of the circular pelletizing plant is significantly smaller compared with the straight grate process, which means that the world’s most compact iron ore pelletizing plant, with its low building profile, short process air ducts, and standardized equipment, allows the cost of iron ore pellet production to be slashed.

Revamp of Pelletizing Plants

Take existing pelletizing plant operations to the next level with highly effective and cost-efficient revamping solutions, leveraging extensive operational knowledge from Primetals Technologies. This includes an in-depth analysis of the pelletizing process and the operations of the pellet plant.

Modernization Packages

For producers looking for a significant impact with small-scale investments, overall iron ore pellet plant performance can be optimized, including the following technologies:

• High-efficiency burner meeting the highest environmental standards and capable of reducing fuel consumption.
• Iron pellet online size control for more uniform pellets, which increases the efficiency of the process gas flow during induration
• Pallet car widening by up to 10% for increased production
• Diagnostic pallet car delivering process data directly from the pellet bed during operation for analysis and improvement of process parameters
• Pellet pot grate tests and analysis from Primetals Technologies for raw material analysis. A modern in-house pot test facility enables our specialists to analyze raw materials of all types, evaluate the optimum raw mix for pellets, and develop optimized process parameters for the induration process.

Pelletizing Plant Configuration/Simulation Model

Primetals Technologies has developed a superior process simulation model for the indurating process that accounts for specific plant configurations, physical parameters, chemical reactions, and thermodynamic processes that influence it. This allows our specialists to determine the optimum pellet plant design for new and existing plants.

Iron Ore Pellet Plant Optimization Audits and Studies

External plant assessment and analysis are often the first steps involved in developing a project or setting improvement targets for a customer. Primetals Technologies employs experienced engineers in all disciplines who possess the skills and expertise to conduct plant optimization audits and studies.