Vincent Grosskopf has more than 45 years of experience in bulk material handling, particularly regarding the safety of coal grinding systems. As the founder of Coal Mill Safety, he acts as a consultant to those seeking to design and build safe greenfield coal grinding systems or improve existing installations. However, since such systems are often an ‘afterthought’ within the cement sector, there’s a lot of work to be done...
Global Cement Magazine recently visited the Fushë Krujë Cement Factory (FKCF) in Albania - a ‘hybrid’ plant with aspects of both the old and the new - to understand the unique challenges that the plant faces and the strenuous efforts that it is taking to overcome them.
Identifying potential faults in cement plants is crucial to enable smooth and stable operation. Condition monitoring is a powerful approach that can also lead to reduced downtime and increased production rates...
Fans are the unruly teenagers of the cement plant. They often do what they shouldn’t and don’t do what they should. If we can understand why they behave as they do, they can be helped to fit better into their surroundings and maximise their output.
Menzel Elektromotoren GmbH has manufactured and supplied electric motors for a range of industrial applications for over 90 years. Now a third-generation family-owned business of more than 150 people, the firm supplies cement sector clients with squirrel cage motors, slip ring motors and direct current motors all around the world...
