Special reports

What does your maintenance team want you to know about reliability, but is afraid to tell you? Jose Gil, FLSmidth, explains.

Driven by a desire to leverage proven technology for the benefit of their clients, Wingfield has continued to add products and services to their portfolio of solutions. WingScan is a volumetric load scanner utilising advanced LiDAR technology for measuring in-motion bulk material moving by conveyor belt, open-top truck, and rail.

Jeff Shelton, BD Heat and Dracyon, demonstrates why preventing buildup is vital for allowing SCR systems to tackle the cement industry’s NOx emissions.

Tahir Abbas and Michalis Akritopoulos, Cinar Ltd, and Syed Suhail Akhtar, Holcim, provide an assessment of oxy-combustion as a potential CO2 mitigation technology that could become the leading CO2 enrichment path for CCUS in the future.

Nathan Schindler, Evonik Corporation, describes how implementing a high-performance fibre material can help cement plants avoid air pollution and meet EPA standards.

Felix Bartknecht and Sriparthan Sriraman, SICK, illustrate the cutting-edge process gas analysis (PGA) systems that were used to help a French cement producer optimise their combustion efficiency while keeping emissions low.

Steven A. Jaasund, LDX Solutions, Inc., outlines the process of upstream gas conditioning for carbon capture scrubbers with wet electrostatic precipitation technology.

Rudraksh Kulkarni and Divyendu Tripathy, Calderys, consider how precast, prefired castables offer cement plants bespoke solutions for all their refractory needs.

Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions provides insight into the modern options a cement plant has to simplify maintenance by making it predictable and plannable.

Pankaj Gupta, HASLE Refractories, discusses buildup and coating formation in feed pipes, and showcases how these issues can be addressed by refractory linings having a smooth surface.

T. Rothardt and C. Rüttling, SEW-Eurodrive, discuss the replacement of the girth gears in two ball mills at a Czech cement plant.

Olaf Michelswirth, Intercem, explains how upgrading to high efficiency separators can improve grinding performance and product quality.

Rodion Rodionov, Klüber Lubrication, gives operators advice on how to clean open gear drives during operation.

TÜRKÇIMENTO (the Turkish cement manufacturers’ association) provides an update on the state of the Turkish cement sector.

Michael Metson, Komatsu, walks through five top tips that operators can implement to reduce the costs of crushing aggregates.