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Forget failure

Bearing failures can be costly, disruptive and, in some cases, dangerous. Chris Ager, Bowman International, considers three of the main reasons for bearing failure in high-load environments and explains how these issues can be prevented.

 

Weighing up your options

Dr. Dominik Aufderheide and Dr. Luigi Di Matteo, DI MATTEO Group, provide an overview of state-of-the-art conveying concepts for the continuous feeding of bulk materials.

 

Musings on MENA

Ahmad Al-Rousan, Secretary General of the Arab Union for Cement and Building Materials (AUCBM), provides an overview of the challenges facing the cement industry in the MENA region.

 

Bring on the boom

Jonas Fack, Bruks Siwertell AB, discusses the influx of orders for cement handling systems, backing-up industry predictions for a substantial rise in global infrastructure demand.

 

Advancing cement with AI

Othon Manis and Panagiotis Margaris, TITAN Group, explain how cement plants could improve their operational efficiency, product quality, and environmental performance by leveraging AI solutions.

 

A chain reaction

KettenWulf describes the development of efficient, sustainable and resource-saving central bucket elevator chains for the cement industry.

 
 

A dream come true in Colombia

Jorge Sarmiento, Cementos Argos, provides details on a port expansion project in Cartagena, Colombia.

 

Quality Control: At the Foundation of Sustainability

Sudeep Sar, FLSmidth, explains how the use of supplementary cementitious materials and alternative fuels has made modern quality control and automated sampling & analysis systems a prerequisite for ensuring both process consistency and a lower environmental footprint.

 

Decarbonising the cement industry

The right combination of cement additives can help producers achieve their sustainability goals. Read this article to find out more about GCP Applied Technologies' digital and chemical solutions to enable CO2 reduction.

 
 
 

Automatic Efficiency

Laurent Delade, IBITEK, explains how an end-to-end automated truck and dispatch flow management solution has helped optimise and increase the efficiency of the Aliénor Ciments grinding plant.