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Optimised fuel metering for Solnhofer Portland Zement

05 October 2021, Published under Cement News

As a result of the increased use of substitute fuels at Solnhofer Portland Zement’s plant in Germany, the existing pulverised coal dosing system was increasingly reaching its limits both in terms of range and dosing accuracy. Furthermore, it was foreseeable that the fly ash used for dusting the animal meal would no longer be available. Therefore, the cement producer decided to carry out a complex conversion of its fuel dosing system. By Intercem Engineering, Germany. Figure 1: coal du...

High accuracy fuel dosing

25 July 2012, Published under Cement News

Di Matteo has developed a tubular weigher specifically designed to dose difficult to handle secondary fuels with continuous flow rates. The WeighTUBE® has many benefits compared to gravimetric dosing systems as explained here by Dr Günther Marotz, Dr Luigi Di Matteo and Ulrich Strotkamp of Di Matteo Group Beckum, Germany. The new WeighTUBE RWS, designed by Di Matteo Particularly in the cement industry, recent years have seen the replacement of conventional fossil fuels with alte...