Issue 10/2018

Prior to informing you in this issue about the latest industrial research findings, we would like to present you with an overview article on digitization (p. 26 pp). As Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h. c. Wilhelm Bauer sees it ...

LafargeHolcim has acquired Metro Mix, LLC, a leading provider of ready-mix concrete in the Denver metropolitan area in Colorado. With Metro Mix, LafargeHolcim further strengthens its position in the...

After more than 30 years of responsible activities in the Refratechnik Group, of which more than 20 years were in company management, Dr. Bernd Scheubel went into well-earned retirement.Following his...

The National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM) announced the appointment of Mahendra Singhi, Group CEO of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd., as its new Chairman. Mahendra Singhi has been a...

Lafarge Africa Plc, group member of LafargeHolcim, is erecting a new coal grinding plant in its Nigerian factory, Ewekoro, and has once again chosen a Loesche mill.Until now, this cement plant in...

In 2018, Votorantim will complete 100 years. In Brazil, Votorantim has significantly contributed to the growth of cities and the development of the country. Votorantim’s trajectory is rooted in the...

Pakistani Kohat Cement Company Ltd. has recently ordered as many as four vertical roller mills (VRM) from Loesche in order to expand their cement plant in Kohat, 160 km west of the capital city of ...

Sika is developing its operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the opening of a new factory in Dubai. An existing production facility for concrete admixtures has been relocated to the new ...

With the VEZ 3200 (Vecoplan refuse-derived fuel shredder), the environmental technology company has developed a powerful single-shaft pre-shredder with high throughput capacity. It is ideally suited ...

For the Beumer Group, Customer Support is much more than just a service. Approximately 1000 employees worldwide now work for this business segment. They take care of the customer, starting with the ...

This year’s annual Eurosac Congress “Paper sacks – the natural commitment” was held in Malta from 24.05.-25.05.2018. It provided a forum to discuss the circular economy approach of the European paper...

An innovative cement manufacturer in the Midwestern U.S. has implemented a unique power solution at a remote conveyor location that lacked convenient electrical access. The patent-pending design uses...

For people operating industrial production facilities in the bulk solids industry, steadily escalating product-characteristic requirements and rising quality standards make it challenging to handle...

The aim of the original research was to examine and discuss the effects of mineralogical substitution raw material mixing ratios on some mechanical properties of concrete. In this study, fine-particle...

A 5 vol.% addition of fumed silica is seen to reduce the thermal conductivity of a CS IV plinth render by nearly 29 %, from λ10, dry = 0.45 to 0.32 W/(m·K). At the same time, the compressive strength...

Thermal power plants have a significant role in energy production. Within the combustion process, a by-product called fly ash is obtained and can be utilized by the cement industry as an additive for...

(22) 23.09.2016(43) 01.08.2018(57) Summary of the corresponding patent WO2017051377 (A1): A cement grinding media sorter and its operating method, wherein the grinding media are alloy steel balls. The...

(22) 28.07.2014(43) 31.07.2018(57) Summary of the corresponding patent EP2980036 (A1): Method of grinding cement clinkers comprising at least two kinds of clinker phases with differing grindability,...

(22) 18.03.2014(43) 31.07.2018(57) Summary of the corresponding patent EP3219688 (A1): A method for manufacturing clinker comprising sintering raw meal in a kiln to clinker, preheating the raw meal in...

(22) 20.12.2017(43) 21.06.2018(57) The present invention relates to a novel cementitious product produced from steelworks slag additivation to obtain material having properties suitable for use in the...

(22) 05.03.2018(43) 12.07.2018(57) A process and device separate off a volatile component from the off-gases in cement clinker production. Raw materials for cement clinker production are passed...

(22) 19.01.2018(43) 26.07.2018(57) The invention relates to a plant for generating negative emissions of CO2. The plant 100 comprises a gasifier 110, a lime kiln 130, a separator 150, and a CO2...