Dal Group has reported the signing of a number of new orders in the cement sector in Colombia, Russia, Egypt and Qatar.
Dal Machinery & Design (Dal Engineering Group) has been awarded the contract for delivering two surface feeders with a capacity of 2x200tph to Cementos Argos' Rio Claro cement plant in Colombia. According to the planned schedule, the installation of two surface feeders was executed in December 2018 and they are now fully operating. Dal Machinery & Design's surface feeders are part of Argos' calcined clays project in the municipality of Rio Claro, Antioquia. The same equipment was installed in the cement plant Studen Agrana in Bosnia-Herzegovina where a Dal Machinery & Design surface feeder had been operating for 10 years, designed for long-term use and without any maintenance.
Meanwhile, Dal Teknik Makina (Dal Engineering Group) began converting a grey cement line to white cement production at the Zhigulyovsk Building Materials plant in Russia in November 2018. Dal Teknik Makina supplied engineering and procurement of certain equipment, including an upgrade to the kiln unit at the Zhigulyovsk Cement plant. Together with the unique raw material base of the plant, the converted cement works will meet the highest requirements for strength, quality and aesthetic characteristics of the white cement produced, claims Dal Teknik Makina.
Furthermore, Heidelberg-owned Helwan Cement plant in Egypt approached Dal Teknik Makina in February 2019 to improve its process performance on clinker production Line No1. Dal Teknik Makina (DAL Engineering Group) has taken all required data to evaluate the existing situation during a three-day technical audit, carried out discussions with the plant staff and evaluated an audit report to optimise the Line 1 pyro-processing system. Dal Teknik Makina also offered solutions with particular focus on reducing specific heat consumption, increasing the plant's alternative fuel substitution rate, lowering energy consumption and raising kiln throughput.
In addition, Dal Teknik Makina has been awarded a project to install a pilot-scale plant for calcium sulphoaluminate clinker production line in Qatar. Following a request from doctorate researchers from Gulf Organisation for Research & Development, Dal Teknik Makina engineers will evaluate the concept, identify potential operations issues and supply the complete engineering/instrumentation for the whole project.
