Special reports

Greg Bierie, Benetech, explains how a quarry operation in the state of Washington was worked to improve its workplace safety, achieve air quality compliance and perform maintenance with ease.

Tang Yong and Li Qiang, Southwest Cement Group, and Adam Feng, W. L. Gore & Associates, share how a dust collection system upgrade helped improve environmental results, reduce operating costs and increase productivity for the Lisen Cement Plant in Deyang, China.

Frank Goris, Arodo, considers the advantages of plastic over paper cement packaging and explains how the material could contribute towards CO2 emissions reduction in the industry.

EnviroTech 2022 is an interactive virtual conference, brought to you by World Cement, focusing on the latest technologies and best practices for reducing the cement industry’s environmental footprint.

Graham Rawlings, Concetti, details the installation of a fully automatic bag filling system as part of a planned switch to greener, more environmentally friendly packaging materials.

WAMGROUP considers the most effective technologies for controlling dust emissions produced during the loading, unloading and storing of cement.

World Cement invited industry leaders to share their thoughts on a range of grinding and milling-related topics. Contributions come from: FIVES FCB, Gebr. Pfeiffer, and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions.

BEUMER describes how a cement plant was assisted in the modernisation of its bucket elevators.

Reinhard Ringdorfer, Unitherm Cemcon, explains how the development of new satellite burner systems has allowed cement plants to push the limits of AF utilisation.

Brad Pronschinske, Martin Engineering, explains how air cannon technologies can effectively prevent material build up in the preheater, whilst maintaining workplace safety and minimising unscheduled downtime.

Austin Anderson, Vortex Global, discusses the importance of choosing a carefully designed dry bulk handling system in order to prevent wear, extend service life and limit maintenance and downtime.

Sigrid Eder-Ince, Starlinger, describes the economical and ecological advantages of woven polypropylene cement sacks and discusses the shift towards this type of packaging in Côte d’Ivoire.

Matthew Furry, PSCL, explains how self-contained monitoring and control systems can solve the logistical challenges posed by the need to source materials, such as fly-ash, from reclamation projects.

Jeff Shelton, Integrated Global Services, explains how the ‘three Cs’ approach helped eliminate material flow issues at Panam Cement’s limestone silo.

With shredded waste rapidly becoming more of a commodity, Dr Matthew Goodwin, Waste Knot Energy, considers what the future holds for the fuels of the cement industry.