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Schade installs Cantilever reclaimer in Gorazdze

29 June 2023, Published under Cement News

An old reclaimer at Gorazdze in Poland has been replaced by a SCHADE cantilever reclaimer with the conveying capacity doubled to 400tph, and an associated belt conveyor. SCHADE was responsible for the engineering, design, fabrication and supply. With the support of AUMUND Group Field Service the installation was supervised and the machines were commissioned within an extremely tight timeframe.     The order presented a challenge on several levels. The equipment had to be integrated into t...

Bedeschi wins reclaimer order for Polish plant

12 April 2021, Published under Cement News

Bedeschi has been awarded a new contract by Nanjing Kisen International Engineering ()CNBM), for a LafargeHolcim cement plant in Poland. The new order will include the refurbishment of an existing storage with the installation of two new semi-portal reclaimers Pal SP 130/18 for limestone at a capacity of 340tph each and a new crushing system featuring two RI 450/1500 double roller crushers to reduce gypsum, correctives and other cement additives. This order follows the project just com...

How do blending beds stack up?

27 September 2016, Published under Cement News

Dr Clark tackles the science behind longitudinal blending beds for crushed raw materials. He discusses the part played by blending time, bed dimensions, volume, layering and stacker speed in the effectiveness of the blending bed. Blending beds smooth the variation in raw materials before they are ground in the raw mill to produce the kiln feed The vast majority of modern cement plants have some sort of blending bed for smoothing the variation in the raw materials before they are...

At the edge of the desert

15 September 2016, Published under Cement News

Exposed to the Sahara desert climate, a new cement plant has been taking shape some 40km north of Biskra, Algeria. In the hot arid summer with temperatures reaching 49.4˚C and an annual rainfall of less than 100mm, the construction of the Algeria Spa CILAS cement works presented its own challenges, but a flexible approach by main contractor CBMI contributed to the successful completion of the project. By Jinjun Gu and Yingying Zhang, CBMI Construction Co Ltd, China. The new cement wor...

Caribbean Cement orders reclaimer

30 August 2016, Published under Cement News

Caribbean Cement has ordered a new 700tph full-portal reclaimer for limestone with a railspan of 42m for its Rockfort plant in Jamaica. The order follows a long-standing project, which was initially considering the conversion of existing equipment. However, the purchase of a new machine proved to be more economical than carrying out several modifications to the existing equipment.