Successful Silo Solutions
Kearsten Huffman, Mole•Master Services Corporation, highlights the importance of proactive cement silo cleanout and inspection to prevent costly downtime, improve storage capacity, and ensure operational safety.
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Gear Up For Success
Mohamed Rezk, MAAG Gear Middle East and Sub-Sahara Africa, highlights a gearbox replacement project in Iraq that increased production and reduced energy consumption.
Tailored Foundations
thyssenkrupp Polysius reveals why prioritising proven equipment and adaptive workflows is key to rapid plant ramp-up and sustained profitability.
A Once In A Decade Chance
Katie Grube, a writer for the refractory, cement, packing, and lime industry, explains how a custom-engineered suspended platform revolutionised furnace refractory reinstallation, improving safety and efficiency during a shutdown project.
Pushing Preheater Potential
Lars Andersen, HASLE Refractories, explores the critical role of dip tubes in preheater cyclones and highlights how the latest generation of vortex finders is delivering extended lifetimes and improved process stability.
Great Gains With Grinding Aids
Gopala Rao Dhoopadahalli and Sheo Pujan Pandey, UNISOL CHEMTECH LIMITED, examine the role of grinding aids in enhancing the productivity, efficiency, and sustainability of cement production.
Stronger Blends, Greener Ends
Mike Stanzel & Oliver Sohn, Chryso North America, present a multilayered approach to maximising blended cement performance for use in concrete.
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Can You Handle Alternatives?
Alan Highton, Martin Engineering, examines challenges and raises solutions for handling alternative feedstocks in cement plants.
The Costly Air Cannon Conundrum
Jeff Shelton, Dracyon, outlines a three-step strategy to tackle leaking air cannons and eliminate the 'million-dollar problem' of air leaks.
Industry 4.0 – are we there yet?
Anders Noe Dam, FLSmidth Cement, explores why the cement sector lags in embracing Industry 4.0 technologies and highlights key opportunities to accelerate the digital transformation of cement plants.
Consolidating Carbon Capture
Jeffrey Tyska, Honeywell, highlights how advanced carbon capture technologies can help cement producers significantly reduce CO2 emissions and achieve their decarbonisation goals.
The AI Advantage
Molly Pace, Imubit, explains how closed loop AI optimisation is reshaping cement manufacturing by boosting efficiency, reducing emissions, and enabling real-time process control.
The Blended Cement Boom
Mike Ireland, Portland Cement Association (PCA), examines the opportunities and challenges arising from the growing demand for blended cements in the US.
Ashes To Innovation In Concrete
Grant Quasha, Eco Materials Technologies, reveals how the innovative use of coal ash and other supplementary cementitious materials is helping the concrete industry reduce its carbon footprint and improve performance.
Crucial Clay Activation Conditions
Mylène Krebs, Jean-Michel Charmet, and Damien Chudeau, Fives FCB, discuss the key factors influencing the calcination process and present insights from a calcination test centre in Northern France.