Issue introduction

A lot of time has been spent discussing the recent financial crisis and its impact on the cement sector. The pre-crisis strategic drivers and behaviour of the sector have changed significantly in the post-crisis era. How can cement businesses proceed from here...?

In April 2015 a 1.1km pneumatic cement conveying line from Claudius Peters Projects GmbH was commissioned at the LafargeHolcim cement plant in Tuban, East Java, Indonesia.

Märker Cement decided to install a kiln inlet probe system. For this purpose, several manufacturers of kiln inlet probe systems were compared and, additionally, kiln inlet probe systems in use in other cement plants were considered. Based on the experiences at the other cement plants, the decision was made to install a CEMTEC probe system from Germany’s ENOTEC GmbH.

All types of vertical roller mills (VRM) rely heavily on the wear components to produce the highest throughput at the lowest possible cost. Welding Alloys Group has been actively involved in the cement industry for more than 30 years. By working closely with original equipment manufacturers and cement plant operators, it has become familiar with the challenges of this industry and has built up an extensive knowledge on vertical mill performance. Here it describes its Smart Welding Concept for VRMs.