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Special reports

 

Dry and Mighty

Yves Marc Schade, stela Laxhuber, explains the role of low-temperature belt dryers in facilitating the increased use of alternative fuels.

 

Building Resilience

Jeremy Woolf, Waites, explains how predictive maintenance and condition monitoring offer a proactive approach to equipment management.

 

Infrared Insights

Derek Stuart, AMETEK Land, explains how advanced infrared measurement systems can optimise clinker cooling.

 

The Calcined Clay Way

Dr S B Hegde explores the role of calcined clay and discusses mineralogy and chemistry, production technologies, and challenges in achieving optimal pozzolanic properties.

 

Advice about cement additives

Martyn Whitehead and Suhaila Thien, Fosroc, explore the best practices for cement additive quality control.

 

Success with siloxane

Dr. Dmitry Davydov, James D. Greene and Dr. Wei Cai, WACKER, explain how cementitious materials can be protected and improved using oligomeric siloxane based technology.

 

Water-reducing additives: cutting costs and emissions

Thaís Araujo Lemos da Silva, Potito D’Arcangelo and Fengjuan Liu, MAPEI, explain how water reducing additives can help to achieve sustainability and reduce the costs of cement and concrete production.

 

Constructing with chemistry

Dr. Davide Zampini, Cemex, explains the importance of chemical admixtures as a key enabler of sustainability in the construction materials industry.

 

Canada's carbon-cutting crusade

Cement Association of Canada explores an action plan designed to help decarbonise the cement industry.

 

Reliable blowers and compressors with maximum energy efficiency: Knowledge and experience realised in innovative technology

As a long-standing partner of the cement and lime industry, AERZEN is fully aware of the various challenges in this sector and supports users with reliable and high-performance blower and compressor solutions. AERZEN’s packages are extremely robust and provide maximal performance with maximum energy efficiency and reduced maintenance requirements, even in demanding production environments.

 
 
 

Cement 2024 – stagflation

Imran Akram, IA Cement, provides a summary of the Cement 2024 research report, which details expected trends, risks, and trade flows for the cement industry in 2024.

 

Mix It Up

Steve Fair, Haver & Boecker Niagara, gives tips for combining screen media to achieve maximum screening and sizing efficiency.