Patent ID: 8105516

Claim:
A method for producing a coal cake for coking, where a bed ( 3 ) of coal is compacted in a mold ( 2 ) by repeated strikes of reciprocating hammers ( 19 ) that act on the bed ( 3 ) of coal and is solidified to form a block, wherein, in addition and simultaneously to the strikes by the hammers ( 19 ), a pressing pressure is exerted in a continuous manner during and between transmission of the hammer strikes onto the bed ( 3 ) of coal by a pressing element ( 4 ), wherein the hammers ( 19 ) reciprocate relative to the pressing element ( 4 ) and in so doing repeatedly move through empty space and strike with elastic impacts on the pressing element ( 4 ) so that each hammer strike is transmitted to the bed ( 3 ) by way of the pressing element ( 4 ) along with the pressing pressure.