Articles on the cement industry from Global Cement

The 55th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference was held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA on 14 - 18 April 2013. The event attracted a total of 916 delegates from across the US and further afield who heard a total of 45 high-quality presentations and were able to visit 165 different exhibitors.

Donaldson, a leader in filtration technology, has released a new dust collector range with innovative PowerCore® technology. The PowerCore VH series for abrasive dust applications complements the existing PowerCore CP series, which is especially well suited to fluffy and fibrous dust applications. The PowerCore dust collectors handle high airflow, heavy dust loading and challenging particulates and can be fitted into the smallest places. The filter changeout is easy, quick and astonishingly clean compared to traditional filter bags and cartridges. This enables easy and safe maintenance.

With 43 years of history, CTP Team Srl (CPT), part of Italy's Bedeschi Group, is an engineering and manufacturing company that is highly specialised and well-referenced in gas filtration technologies. It is mainly involved in cement industry applications. In 2012 CTP commissioned several filtration plants in Turkish cement plants. Some projects were conversions of existing electrostatic precipitators into bag filters, while others involve new equipment in existing plants or installations in new cement production lines. All the bag filters supplied were equipped with Sonic Wave Acceleration Pulse (SWAP) technology for enhanced efficiency, increased bag lifetime and reduced energy consumption, thanks to a new generation of high performance components.

The Büyükçekmece cement plant is located at the southern end of the Büyükçekmece lake on the Marmara Sea, 50km to the west of Istanbul, Turkey. The 5900t/day facility dates back to 1967 and is operated by Akçansa, which itself is owned by Germany's HeidelbergCement and the Turkish Sabançi Group. Global Cement Magazine recently visited the plant and spoke to Okay Kilinç, the Büyükçekmece plant manager. The interview covers his background in the cement industry, the history, current production process and alternative fuel regime of the plant and how he sees the Turkish market developing in the future.

Turkey is a large country in the Mediterranean. It is unique in that it is partly in Asia and partly in Europe both geographically and culturally, with borders to countries as diverse as Greece and Iran. The country has a large and rapidly-growing construction industry and has one of the largest cement industries in the world. Turkey produced 67.8Mt of cement in 2011, more than any country in Europe.¹ Its industry ranks fourth globally, behind China, India and the USA.