Cement News tagged under: Burners
FCT Combustion appoints new Asia-Pacific CEO27 April 2021, Published under Cement NewsAndy Bailes has been announced as the new CEO of FCT Combustion (Asia-Pacific). Andy joins FCT after almost 30 years at Metso in Australia, having spent 10 years as General Manager – Engineered Product Services where he was responsible for managing a large team covering proposals, sales, technical, commercial and contractual obligation of the EP Products (grinding, pyro, process & BMH) Group within ANZ region. "I am excited to welcome Andy to the FCT team," said Con Manias, executive chai... |
FCT Combustion reports recent global orders02 April 2020, Published under Cement NewsFCT Combustion has won several burner orders throughout Europe and in Brazil for the cement sector, which are currently under commissioning or have recently been installed. An FCT Combustion Turbu-Flex™ burner has been commissioned at Votorantim Cimentos' Cuiaba plant in Brazil to enable firing with petcoke and fuel oil, as well as coprocessing alternative fuels such as rice husks and wood shavings. A Turbu-Flex™ burner was commissioned for a clinker kiln in February 2020 at Finnsementti... |
FCT Combustion wins Titan Cement burner order13 March 2020, Published under Cement NewsFCT Combustion has been awarded an EPC contract to convert Titan Cement's existing 5000stpd kiln system at its Pennsuco plant in Florida, USA, for 100 per cent natural gas firing. The scope comprises a new Gyro-Therm™ Mk3 burner with dual fuel capability as well as a spare Gyro-Therm™ Mk3 burner with 100 per cent natural gas firing capability. Accessories, field instruments, BMS and valve train will also be supplied for the safe and optimised operation of the system according to NFPA 86. A... |
Unitherm-Cemcon supplies MAS burners to South Korean plant17 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsUnitherm-Cemcon has commissioned a MAS burner for a South Korean cement producer in May 2019. The start-up took just four days. The Austrian burner company won a contract to supply three MAS kiln burners at a South Korean plant in late 2018. The first burner was delivered in February 2019 and the remaining two in March 2019. The scope of supply included two MAS/4/KO.SO burners for coal and heavy oil with 43MW and one MAS/7/KO.SO.X rotary burner for coal, heavy oil and solid fuels with 87... |
FCT Combustion wins Ash Grove burner project and other cement orders20 March 2019, Published under Cement NewsFCT Combustion has won a contract to convert both kilns at Ash Grove Cement's Louisville plant, NE, USA to natural gas firing. The supply will include Gyro-Therm™ MKII burners, natural valve trains for both kilns and NFPA 86 BMS for both kilns. FCT Combustion has also announced a list of its recently completed and ongoing orders for the cement industry. These include: • Nova Cimangola – a project to convert its 5000tpd kiln to oil firing. This project will see the supply of a main multi... |
Unitherm-Cemcon delivers MAS burner to Argentinian plant20 February 2019, Published under Cement NewsUnitherm-Cemcon has delivered firing equipment to a cement plant in Argentina, following completion of the factory acceptance test (FAT) and successful inspection of the goods by an inspection company. The burners and accessories are part of a preheater upgrade to increase kiln capacity and solid secondary firing. The scope of supply included: • one rotary kiln burner MAS/7/KO EG X (fuels: coal, natural gas, solid secondary fuel) with a nominal capacity of 114MW • flame monitoring device ... |
Unitherm-Cemcon commissions rotary burner order19 February 2019, Published under Cement NewsUnitherm Cemcon successfully commissioned the firing system for a new 6000tpd plant in Nigeria (Edo State) in December 2018. The greenfield plant of BUA Cement group was supplied by CBMI Construction Co Ltd. Unitherm's scope of supply included: • one rotary kiln burner MAS/6/KO.EG.SO (fuels: coal, natural gas, heavy fuel oil) with a nominal capacity of 113MW including accessories like burner trolley, ignition burner and flame monitoring • four UNICAL-KO-EG-SO-4000 calciner burners (fuels:... |
FCT Combustion announce new burner and recent orders21 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsFCT Combustion has announced a series of on-going and recently completed orders for the cement industry and expects to launch its new Turbo-Flex™ burner in April this year. The burner orders for the company include: • Cemento Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador – clay drying plant, including petcoke fluidised bed, hot gas generator and triple shell rotary dryer, including fuel feeding and exhaust system. • Lafarge Canada (LafargeHolcim group), Exshaw, Alberta, Canada – Gyro-Therm MKII precess... |
FCT awarded new contract in Turkey10 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsBaticim Bati Anadolu CImento Sanayii has placed an order with FCT Combustion for a burning system firing petcoke, fuel oil and alternative solid fuels at the Turkish cement producers plant in Izmir. FCT's presence in Turkey dates back to 1999 with the local manufacturing of its burners by a certified manufacturing partner in Istanbul. |
Fives to supply Pillard burners to Siam Cement16 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsFives has recently been awarded a new contract by Siam Cement Group (SCG) to supply two Pillard NovaFlam® burners to equip the cement kilns at the Taluang plant in Thailand. This is the first time SCG has selected the Pillard NovaFlam® technology. The decision was based on Fives' expertise in Thailand, the equipment supplier highlighted. Fives added: "A multi-channel burner for rotary kilns for cement plants, Pillard NovaFlam® is easy to adjust and user friendly, with a high impulse effic... |