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Pug mill is used for

A. Preparation of clay

B. Moulding of clay

C. Drying of bricks

D. Burning of bricks

Answer: Option A


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  1. Tyson Pet
    Tyson Pet:
    1 year ago

    Pug mill is used for
    1)Tempering brick earth: Pug mills are used to prepare clay for brick-making by mixing clay with water and other ingredients, a process known as tempering.
    2)Mixing clay: Pug mills are used in pottery, bricks, cement, and some parts of the concrete and asphalt mixing processes to mix clay or other materials in a plastic state.
    3)Industrial applications: Pug mills are used in various industries, including pottery, bricks, cement, and some parts of the concrete and asphalt mixing processes.
    4)Road base production: Pugmills are used to produce mineral mixtures for road base, Roller Compacted Concrete, landfill bentonite liners, and for drying sludges with reagents.
    5)Waste stabilization: Pugmills are used to remediate waste streams by forcing the mixing of the wastes with remediation agents.
    6)Roller-compacted concrete: Pugmills are used to produce Roller-Compacted Concrete (RCC) or rolled concrete, a special blend of concrete with different ingredient ratios.
    7)Kaolin mining industry: Pugmills are used to mix certain grades of kaolin clay with water in the kaolin mining industry.
    8)Ceramics production: Pug mills, or “pugs”, are used to extrude clay bodies prior to shaping processes in ceramics production.
    9)Steel mill byproducts processing: Pugmills are used to process steel mill byproducts for recovery.
    Copper concentrate blending: Pugmills are used to blend copper concentrates.

  2. Chandru M
    Chandru M:
    6 years ago

    Pls explain any one

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