International Cement Review articles tagged under : Manufacturing Technology
Chinese co-processing
Sintef and its partners have been working on a pilot project to introduce a standard co-processing procedure to the Chinese cement industry.
Lowering NOx and SO2
FLSmidth offers its solutions for dealing with NOx and SOx emissions at cement plants as it looks for cost-effective options that consider flexibility when it comes to raw materials, fuels and operating conditions.
Reliable performer
Siemens Drives introduces a new asynchronous drive unit for a vertical roller mill at Lafarge Pécs in Hungary. The new drive units enable squirrel-cage motors to be used to power vertical roller mills, reducing mainte...
MPS: more than meets the eye
Gebr Pfeiffer demonstrates the high performance of its coal grinding range of vertical roller mills.
Increasing the momentum
A TEC GRECO details the technology behind its low-NOx FLEXIFLAME burners and future developments
Free lime reduction
Arthur Harrisson reveals how to reduce free lime during clinker manufacturing.
Elevating service life
Lafarge’s Wössingen plant has installed an 800tph Beumer bucket elevator to increase the feed rate to its raw mill.
High-efficiency cement grinding
ThyssenKrupp Polysius details the strengths of its POLYCOM high-pressure roller mill and its SEPOL separator.
Continuous flue gas monitoring
Spenner Zement looks to limit its kiln gas emissions with Enotec’s Continuous Emissions Monitoring technology.
Bulk handling the Van Aalst way
ICR charts the development of shipunloading and bulk handling specialist Van Aalst and its UK projects.
Zlatna's alternative
Titan’s Zlatna Panega plant in Bulgaria has been reaping the rewards of its advanced alternative fuels programme.
High accuracy fuel dosing
Di Matteo has recently launched its WeighTUBE® product to compete against gravimetric dosing systems.
Breaking ground on new plants
ICR provides an update on the latest contracts to be awarded for new cement plants and grinding stations across the world and highlights the locations of the biggest projects to be completed both this year and next.
A victim of success
This year’s winning paper from the IEEE-IAS/PCA Technical Conference focuses on the cement industry’s attempts to reduce CO2 emissions and improvements in energy efficiency.
Like clockwork
Ad Ligthart reveals the challenges of chartering a self-discharging cement carrier and then sets sail for Panama’s coast and a hydroelectric dam project.
A is for alite
Arthur Harrisson takes a microscopic look at the mineral types found in clinker with a special focus on alite.