Cement News tagged under: Manufacturing technology

Predict and avoid

The shutdown of mills due to breakdowns and maintenance results in major costs for cement produc...

Maintaining a smooth run

Maintenance plays an important part in keeping cement plant operations running smoothly but can ...

Loss on ignition

The loss on ignition of a raw material, cement or a clinker sample is the amount of weight lost ...

Keeping kilns cool

Kiln hotspots are one of the causes of mechanical stresses on cement kilns. However, this issue ...

Know your raw materials

Stackers and reclaimers play a large part in achieving the reliability that helps deliver a cons...

Fly ash and slag cements

While cements containing fly ash or GGBS have different strength properties to ordinary Portland...