International Cement Review articles tagged under : Manufacturing Technology
Increasing the momentum
A TEC GRECO details the technology behind its low-NOx FLEXIFLAME burners and future developments
Free lime reduction
Arthur Harrisson reveals how to reduce free lime during clinker manufacturing.
Elevating service life
Lafarge’s Wössingen plant has installed an 800tph Beumer bucket elevator to increase the feed rate to its raw mill.
High-efficiency cement grinding
ThyssenKrupp Polysius details the strengths of its POLYCOM high-pressure roller mill and its SEPOL separator.
Continuous flue gas monitoring
Spenner Zement looks to limit its kiln gas emissions with Enotec’s Continuous Emissions Monitoring technology.
Bulk handling the Van Aalst way
ICR charts the development of shipunloading and bulk handling specialist Van Aalst and its UK projects.
Zlatna's alternative
Titan’s Zlatna Panega plant in Bulgaria has been reaping the rewards of its advanced alternative fuels programme.
High accuracy fuel dosing
Di Matteo has recently launched its WeighTUBE® product to compete against gravimetric dosing systems.
Breaking ground on new plants
ICR provides an update on the latest contracts to be awarded for new cement plants and grinding stations across the world and highlights the locations of the biggest projects to be completed both this year and next.
A victim of success
This year’s winning paper from the IEEE-IAS/PCA Technical Conference focuses on the cement industry’s attempts to reduce CO2 emissions and improvements in energy efficiency.
Like clockwork
Ad Ligthart reveals the challenges of chartering a self-discharging cement carrier and then sets sail for Panama’s coast and a hydroelectric dam project.
A is for alite
Arthur Harrisson takes a microscopic look at the mineral types found in clinker with a special focus on alite.
LM-Master for VRMs
Loesche announces the launch of its LM-Master for advanced vertical roller mill control.
'Mach 2" for vertical mills
Siemens releases two gear drives for vertical roller mills – the Flender MutipleDrive and the EMPP drive unit.
MACT compliance: back to basics
Ducon Technologies describes how US cement plants can best ensure that they are MACT compliant.
XMPP revisited
MaCT reports on XMPP, designed for smart transducers, enabling real-time wireless communication for plants.