Grinding technology – not just for the Russian market
Summary: The attractiveness of the cement business, gaps in the market, high cement prices and the overall tremendous industrial growth that has taken place within Russia are all factors which have, over recent years, led several investors to express a desire to build new cement plants. At the beginning of 2009, Loesche GmbH had already supplied and commissioned more than 450 raw meal mills, including some in the CIS states. Loesche mills can be used to grind almost every cement raw material with a moisture content of up to 25 %. The rated power levels of a cement raw material mill can reach up to 1000 t/h, a rate which ensures a constant supply of raw meal for modern kiln lines with only one mill.
1 Introduction
For more than 100 years, the Loesche GmbH has been developing and manufacturing vertical roller mills for grinding cement raw material, coal, clinker, granulated blast furnace slag and other materials (Figs. 1–3). Thanks to its patented expertise gathered over the course of several years in the fields of process technology and mechanical engineering, the Loesche GmbH has had great success in carving out its position at the top of the world’s rankings for mill technology suppliers. The company’s core strengths lie in the planning and project engineering stages of grinding plants,...
