The noise about fans Premium
Fans are widely used to move air in a range of industries, including the cement industry. However, if not suitably insulated they can give rise to noise issues and impact the we...
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Connected manufacturing Premium
The abundant and growing quantity of operational data and events collected in real time opens the door for improvements across the cement manufacturing process instead of only i...
Sustainable lubrication Premium
Open-gear drives of kilns and ball mills are often exposed to harsh operating conditions. While considerable advances have been made in terms of the design and manufacture of dr...
Boosting AF rates with flame thermography Premium
Over the past 30 years the cement industry has witnessed an increasing use of alternative fuels (AF), but the amount that can be fired in the main burner is limited by different...
China steps into the lime light Premium
As the urbanisation rate in China increases and the government legislates for a more sustainable society, the use of lime is set to expand. This is expected to lead to the moder...
Novel no-cement refractories Premium
For the areas in cement plants impacted by high wear or corrosion, refractory specialists have developed new no-cement refractory materials based on electrochemical bonding. A 2...
Efficient grinding meets reduced CO2 emissions Premium
While cement plants have made sound progress in terms of reducing CO 2 emissions from fuel consumption, progress relating to such emissions from electricity consumption has been...
External circulation technology for VRM raw meal grinding Premium
The pressure differential of a traditional vertical roller mill (VRM) system for raw meal grinding is high, with the fan accounting for about 45 per cent of power consumption. S...
Countdown for Bardon Premium
As part of LafargeHolcim’s Capital Markets Day in 2018, guests enjoyed a site visit to Europe’s largest aggregates quarry at Bardon Hill, east of Coalville, Leicestershire, UK. ...
The digital quarry Premium
Quarries often give the impression that they have been forgotten in capital investment projects, having bypassed technological changes for several years. However, the quarry is ...