Cement News tagged under: maintenance
El Nahda Cement and ASEC extend technical management contract15 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe contract between El Nahda Industries ( El Nahda Cement) and The Swiss Arab Engineering Company (ASEC) has been renewed and the cooperation between the two companies will continue for another year until 31 March 2023. ASEC has been technically managing The Renaissance Cement factory since 2011. The renewal of the contract was signed by Ahmed Shrien Karim, CEO and managing director of El Nahda, and Ashraf Al-Kahwa, CEO and managing director of ASEC, and the signing was attended by a n... |
CBR's Antoing site undergoes successful maintenance upgrades21 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsMaintenance took place at CBR’s Antoing cement plant for a period of three weeks (between 17 January and 6 February 2022). All of CBR’s maintenance teams were mobilised to carry out a set of tasks. The main tasks included work to the cement mills and rotary kiln. The ball mill plates on the side of the tube walls were replaced during maintenance to ensure the efficiency of the equipment. All the refractory bricks in the 67mx3.9m kiln were inspected and assessed to define ... |
Smart conveying11 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsTo get the maximum out of maintenance, proactive and predictive approaches have proven to increase the overall efficiency of plant equipment. The PREMAS® 4.0 predictive maintenance solution, developed by AUMUND for conveying equipment, combines both these strategies. The data-based system enables a cement plant to plan, take timely action and prevent potential issues before operations are impacted. By Robert Henry Morris, AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH, Germany, and Wes Allen, AUMUND Corp, USA ... |
Arawak Cement to keep production going during maintenance work10 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsArawak Cement Co Ltd (TCL group) says there will be no pause in its cement production in Barbados as it carries out major maintenance work starting in early February. Following several meetings over the past week regarding dust from the St Lucy facility, the decision was taken to carry out several upgrades and maintenance of its kiln. Arawak Cement has sought to reassure customers that production will be unaffected by the work. "Arawak Cement Co Ltd clarifies misleading news reports th... |
AUMUND implements PREMAS® 4.0 at Jura-Cement14 October 2021, Published under Cement NewsSince the beginning of 2021 Jura-Cement-Fabriken AG Switzerland (CRH group) has been using the newly-launched P REMAS ® 4.0 predictive maintenance solution (PMS) on an Aumund belt bucket elevator at its cement plant in Wildegg. P REMAS ® 4.0 is an innovative digital monitoring system offered by Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH, Rheinberg, for predictive maintenance. At the beginning of 2020 Jura-Cement was the recipient of the first prototype of the P REMAS ® 4.0 System. Test runs were ... |
Tarmac's giant excavator receives an overhaul01 September 2021, Published under Cement NewsTarmac’s Dunbar Cement plant has given its Marubeni Komatsu PC2000’ backhaul excavator a seven-week overhaul. The largest excavator in Scotland, the giant 200t machine handles the rock that has been blasted from Tarmac’s quarry and moves it to dumper trucks that deliver it for crushing. At seven years old, the PC2000 needed a major refit, enabling it to give Tarmac at least another five years of service. Tarmac Dunbar Quarry manager, Mark Grieve, explains: "This was a major proj... |
Yanbu Cement prepares to shutdown Line No 4 for 60 days11 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsYanbu Cement announced that its production line No 4 will be shut down for 60 days from the 15 February 2021, in line with the implementation of its strategic plan of modernisation, according to a bourse filing. Cement sales will not be impacted by the suspension of the production line, given the sufficiency of its clinker strategic stocks, reports the company. Meanwhile, production line No 5, which represents 60 per cent of the company's total capacity, will continue at full capac... |
Riyadh Cement completes record kiln operation01 December 2020, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia-based Riyadh Cement Co has completed its longest kiln operation without interruption with 70 days of continuous operation (1676.67h) without any single minute interruption. The plant also operated the kiln at 103 per cent capacity, averaging 5145tpd of production from 5000tpd of designed plant capacity. The stoppage was preventively taken to inspect the clinker pan conveyor which took about 4-6h maintenance. This performance was only possible due to the high leve... |
Cemex Colombia extends O&M contract with Wärtsilä13 February 2020, Published under Cement NewsCemex Colombia has awarded Wärtsilä the four-year extension to the operation and maintenance (O&M), marking a 25-year continuous partnership by 2023. The 26MW Caracolito Cemex power plant operates on five Wärtsilä 18-cylinder 34SG engines in V-configuration running on natural gas. It provides a reliable electricity supply to power the cement facility’s day-to-day production requirements. In addition to reliability, Wärtsilä’s continued O&M services ensure, among other things, optimised and... |
Hail Cement shuts down for maintenance28 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsSaudi cement producer Hail Cement Co has announced its planned shutdown of its production line for maintenance. The company’s cement mill and packaging line will remain in operation and therefore, order fulfilment will not be affected by the shutdown. |