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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1974
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DT;
Abstract
In the production of annealed products such as inorganic pigments wherein pigment-forming starting materials are mixed, optionally with the addition of auxiliary substances, thereafter annealed, optionally ground, washed and then dried, the improvement which comprises adding water to the mixture of pigment-forming materials to form an aqueous suspension containing at least about 10% by weight of H.sub.2 O, and applying said suspension to the surface of a hearth which has been heated to at least about 500.degree.C, thereby to heat said materials and to effect annealing. Advantageously the hearth is a horizontal, flat ring rotating about its center and in the course of one rotation of the ring the applied material is heated to the temperature of formation of the desired annealed product, calcined and removed from the surface of the ring before the one rotation has been completed.