Brazil: Fives completes Horomill grinding tests

Following the start-up of kiln No 2 in the Barroso plant and the inauguration of the new line installed for Holcim Brasil SA, Fives has satisfactorily carried out performance tests on FCB Horomill^® 4400 grinding plant, implemented to produce 420tph of raw mix, according to the company's website.

These 20-hour performance tests enabled LafargeHolcim to produce 438tph of raw mix with a product fineness of 11 per cent rejects at 90µm. Electrical power consumption remained limited to 10.8kWh/t for the entire grinding plant. This FCB Horomill^® grinding unit allows for reaching product moisture of 0.05 per cent.

Fives expects to carry out performance tests on the kiln line soon.