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Cambridge engineers invent world’s first zero emissions cement

Three Cambridge engineers, Dr Cyrille Dunant, Dr Pippa Horton and Professor Julian Allwood, have filed a patent and been awarded new research funding for their invention of the world’s first emissions-free route to recycle Portland cement.

 
 
 
 

Enhancing HPGR

Dr.-Ing Thomas Hanstein, Dr.-Ing Jörg Oligmüller and Mr. Kaushik Ghosh, Köppern, discuss the benefits of upgrading cement plant HPGRs, resulting in higher lifetime of machine components and reduced wear and maintenance

 

EMC VS. ESP

Georg Lechner and Andreas Renetzeder, Scheuch Group, describe the process of converting electrostatic precipitators at Siam Cement Group’s Kaeng Khoi site to bag filters with emc technology.

 
 
 

Collaboration in California

CalPortland and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (tkIS) discuss their collaboration to upgrade the wear protection of the high pressure grinding rolls at the Oro Grande cement plant, Southern California.

 
 
 
 
 

A helping hand with HMI

Chris Stearns, Rockwell Automation, outlines five ways in which modern HMI design can help make cement producers more productive.

 

The best of both worlds

Liran Akavia, Seebo, explains how adopting an AI-driven sustainability model could allow cement producers to both reduce their carbon footprint and increase their profits.