Research data impact on assessment heating sinter mix on sintering strand before ignition on the performance of the sintermachine in 4 modes: 2 basic ones with different composition of fluxes and 2 experimental onesis presented in the article. The gas supply to the burners of the ignition furnace was canceled or reduced in the test mode. The studies found that heating the charge on the tape before ignition, realized by reducing the sintering area of sinter, contributed to the intensification of the combustion of solid fuels in the layer. Sintering rate increasedat the same time, consumption of solid and gaseous fuels and the fines content in the agglomeratedecreased.