FLSmidth receives cement plant order in Bolivia
FLSmidth has received an order from Fábrica Nacional de Cemento SA (Fancesa) for the supply of equipment to facilitate a complete cement production line with a capacity of 2100 t/d including plant design, procurement, and civil engineering services. The order has a size of more than US$ 75 million. The plant will be located in Sucre, the constitutional capital of Bolivia.
The scope of the order is a complete state-of-the-art cement production line with the latest environmental pollution control systems and technology for the highest levels of maintainability – all backed by FLSmidth’s proprietary auto-mation systems for increased productivity and optimised energy consumption.
The order includes a complete range of equipment from crushing to packing and loadout. FLSmidth’s supply also includes equipment from FLSmidth product companies, such as planetary gear units from FLSmidth MAAG Gear, fabric filters from FLSmidth Airtech, packing plant from FLSmidth Ventomatic, control system and plant automation from FLSmidth Automation, and weighing and metering systems from FLSmidth Pfister.
The equipment includes an Atox 35.0 vertical mill for raw grinding, a Rotax-2 rotary kiln with low NOx ILC calciner, a FLSmidth Cross-Bar 8x38 cooler, and an OK 30 vertical mill for cement grinding.
“The project underlines FLSmidth’s strength as the leading supplier of the most productive and energy-efficient equipment and technology for the cement industry,” says Group Executive Vice President, Cement Division, Per Mejnert Kristensen.
The order will be fully executed by Q1 2018.
