HGH offer new features to their customers in the cement market, for their Pyroscan28 pyrometric camera. This system measures temperatures in many areas within the video image. Now, the software...
The Munich-based chemical Group WACKER has finished the expansion of its Suwon TechnicalCenter in South Korea. Thus, the Korean center will be able to develop and test not only dispersions but also...
1 Introduction
Laboratory automation systems incorporating X-ray diffractometers and spectrometers, permitting high-speed monitoring of all production stages, are nowadays routinely used for quality...
1 Introduction
Cellulose ethers are well defined by their molecular weight, by the type and the degree of substitution. The effect of cellulose ethers on specific performance aspects of cement mortars...
1 Introduction
In 1940, for the first time Stanton determined that deterioration of concrete in the form of map cracking, pop-outs and gel exudation is the result of a reaction between the alkalis of...
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Worldwide, there are around 600 separate grinding plants in the cement industry. These receive their feed materials, such as clinker, slag, fly ash and other pozzolanas and...
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1.1 Definitions
Minerally bound mortars have been in use for over 2500 years. In the course of time, builders, architects and construction workers have...
The environmental situation in Romania is characterized by contrasts. On the one hand are the sparsely populated landscapes and original mountain ranges, on the other hand, the air, water and soil...
During the global economic crisis, HeidelbergCement demonstrated operational strength and uncompromising cost and cash management. Thanks to a carefully balanced package of measures, the Group‘s...
It is not quite easy to measure the level in a closed, non-transparent container, such as a silo. Only those who really know their stock are able to order supplies in time and to avoid bottlenecks in...