BEUMER GROUP GMBH & CO. KG

Calucem relies on complete packaging line

1 The cement industry normally uses turbine filling machines. However, Calucem opted for a Beumer fillpac air filling machine, because their cement compositions can vary greatly and are often finer than that of traditional cement
2 Minimal dust is generated when using the Beumer fillpac for filling
3 Stefan Bonenkamp from Beumer: “The products are filled gently and precisely into bags, without mechanical stress and at minimal air consumption”
4 The Beumer robotpac palletises the bags. This robotic palletiser is very compact and energy-efficient
5 The new Beumer stretch hood A packaging system has a high packaging capacity at a lower energy consumption rate
6 For an ergonomic operation of the system, the intralogistics specialist has introduced the Beumer Group ­Human Machine Interface (HMI), a newly-­developed operator panel with an optimised user interface and graphical navigation
7 The palletised bags are packaged with a flexible film hood. This protects the ­products reliably from the ­environment
The cement plant in Pula is located directly next to the sea. The company produces calcium aluminate cements that are used in varying compositions, mainly in the refractory industry All Beumer Group GmbH & Co. KG

Calucem d.o.o., a member of Calucem Group and based in Pula/Croatia, is a manufacturer of calcium aluminate cements that are predominantly used in the refractory industry. The company is now replacing its previous packaging line with Beumer filling, palletizing and packaging systems. This solution will help simplify the process of moving material into the packaged units and is a more energy-efficient option. Beumer provided an entire line from one single source. Instead of a turbine filling machine, which is typically used in the cement industry, a pneumatic filling system was used to allow...

This article appeared in

ZKG 4/2016

This article appeared in

ZKG 4/2016

Ressort:  Plant report
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