UK: Claudius Peters has released information about an upgrade project at Breedon Group’s Hope Cement plant in Derbyshire. The work included upgrading and replacing the existing kiln feed equipment built with the plant in the 1970s, and increasing the accuracy and capacity of the system to 200t/hr of raw meal for Kiln 1, Kiln 2, and a standby unit. The contact was signed in October 2014 and completed in May 2017. It is one the largest capital expenditure projects undertaken at the site in recent years.
A key challenge on this project was installing new equipment while the plant remained in operation. Claudius Peters supplied and commissioned: three 300 screw pumps complete with pump inlet hoppers with de-dusting filters and modified pipelines; modifications to existing compressors; and three cyclone filters with collection hoppers transport and material transport to pre-heater inlet via rotary feeders.