Siemens has launched a new flanged, encapsulated antenna with a measuring range of up to 20 meters for the Sitrans LR250 radar level transmitter. Advantage of the new antenna for the user: minimal...
In times of increasing energy costs, it is of vital interest for any company to save energy. To cut the energy costs for clinker production, the German cement industry started substitution of primary fuels with Alternative Fuels (AF) such as used oil or tyres after the first oil crisis of 1973. Today, alternative fuels and raw materials (AFR) include a wide range of types of hazardous and non-hazardous waste...
Gebr. Pfeiffer was founded in 1864 as a small machine factory in Kaiserslautern/Germany. Today, it is a globally active company with subsidiaries in India, in the United States and China and about 500 employees worldwide. In the founding years steam engines, mills for food production and malting equipment were the main products of the company, but the focus very soon turned to machines and plants for the basic materials industry...
The production of oil-free compressed air with a maximum pressure of between 1.0 and 1.5 bar was previously a tricky subject because it was not possible to achieve such high pressures with blowers....
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Good documentation is essential in modern commercial-scale plants, both during the construction phase as well as during subsequent operation. In the process industry, in particular,...
1 Historical review
The main technological principles of high momentum kiln burners by A TEC Greco are based on calculations and studies undertaken by Prof. Clemente Greco (1937-2003), who lectured in...
Things are moving on the map of the global cement business. The managements of the industry’s two largest groups, Holcim and Lafarge, announced on Monday their plans for the merging of the two...
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According to preliminary statistics, China’s cement output will be more than 2.4 billion tons and account for over 60 % of the global cement in 2013. Such high output induces...
1 Introduction
Cement plants are operating continuously for 24 hours a day and when possible for about 330 days a year without interruption. The rest of the year the plants have their annual shutdown...
A reliable, trouble-free and highly precise dosing of bulk materials is a key factor in complex processes, such as cement production, in order to achieve a continuous and cost efficient production....
