SamsonTM receiving units for Tilbury
About two years ago, Cemex in the UK presented their plans
to erect a new cement grinding works in the Port of Tilbury.
The 1.2 million t/a plant is the only cement plant in the South East of England and will increase Cemex UK’s cement capacity by 20 %. For the transport of different bulk materials, B&W Mechanical Handling Ltd, a company of the AUMUND Group, delivered two SamsonTM receiving units (Fig. 1) to the new cement works in Tilbury. The first machine of the type SamsonTM 800 is ten metres long (holding capacity 47 t, discharge at 95–300 t/h) and used for the clink-
er transport. A...
