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India: A 25-year-old man died after becoming trapped in a belt conveyor at a cement plant in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna District. The Free Press Journal newspaper has reported that the man had been working alone in the plant’s packing plant at the time of the disaster.

Multiple producers, including Birla Corporation, Century Cement, Jaypee Cements and Prism Cement, operate integrated cement plants in Satna.

US: A 43-year old worker died after sustaining severe injuries at Giant Cement’s Harleyville, South Carolina, cement plant on 21 July 2022. Local press has reported that the cause of the tragedy involved a conveyor belt at the plant.

World: US-based Martin Engineering has announced the launch of its N2 remote monitoring system on European, Middle Eastern, African and South Asian markets. The system's position indicator works with any belt cleaner with a polythene blade, delivering continuous, real time feedback to the user.

Martin Engineering’s Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMEAI) regional vice president Robert Whetstone said “With this smart yet simple upgrade, the technology does the legwork, providing real-time data on each belt cleaner blade to give an early indication of when servicing is needed. In the meantime, plant managers can be confident that material carryback, spillage and build-up is being controlled by the belt cleaner so they can keep the plant running to maximise productivity.”

Pakistan: Three DG Khan Cement workers have been kidnapped by the local Ladi gang from the company’s Dera Ghazi Khan cement plant. The Dawn newspaper has reported that the employees has been inspecting the plant’s raw materials belt when the kidnap occurred.

Sri Lanka: Lanwa Sanstha Cement says that it will commission its 2.8Mt/yr Hambantota grinding plant in Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone in early March 2022. The project had previously been scheduled for delivery in January 2022. Lanka Business Online News has reported that China Merchant Ports subsidiary Hambantota International Port Group agreed to supply a 2.4km conveyor belt and two ship unloaders in November 2021. After commissioning the grinding plant, Lanwa Sanstha Cement will proceed with Phase 2 of its work to increase the facility’s capacity to 4Mt/yr.

US: Conveyor Components Company has announced its launch of Model DB, a conveyor belt rip detector. The equipment relies on a cable pull concept to trip the belt drive. Different microswitch options allow customers to choose from four circuit designs. Thus, instead of shutdown, an alarm response is possible. The supplier says that the technology offers similar performance to embedded coil devices.

Japan: Rigaku Corporation has launched its new MiniFlex XpC high-throughput rapid x-ray diffractometer (XRD) for analysis of cement samples. The supplier says that the product is able to quickly identify variations in cement’s composition. It uses an EasyX interface and can be automated using a sample-loading robot or conveyor belt.

President and chief executive officer Toshiyuki Ikeda said “The MiniFlex XpC is a manufacturing-optimised powder diffractometer for fast and accurate quality control measurements. Using the latest developments and lessons learned from class-leading products like the Rigaku SmartLab, this compact XRD offers unrivalled performance and ease-of-use.”

Germany: Flexco Europe has launched the T-Type secondary belt cleaner. The supplier says that the cleaner is able to remove moist, sticky, dry or abrasive residues from belts, even without a precleaner. It is equipped with tungsten carbide blades which rotate by up to 15°, to provide ‘perfect’ adaptation to the belt surface. Cleaning blades with C-Tips are provided for mechanical connectors. Segmented polyurethane (PUR) vibration dampers ensure even wear, while thin carbide blades achieve very good performance in combination with the robust tensioning system. The blades also have an offset for streak-free cleaning. The new secondary cleaner is available for belt widths of 400mm - 1600 mm and for belt speed of op to 4m/s. Little space is required for installation, so it can fit neatly into almost all conveyor belt structures.

US: A new Martin Engineering conveyor belt cleaner will remove the need for customers to stock multiple blades for different belt widths, according to the manufacturer. Sliding blade holders lock on a guide rail, making blade length fully adjustable. Adjustments can be performed by a single worker in minutes. Martin Engineering conveyor products manager Dave Mueller said that this will deliver ‘the cleanest belt and the longest blade life – at the lowest cost.’

Russia: Vostokcement subsidiary Spasskcement received a ninth belt to serve as a back-up for conveying materials into one of its two kilns at its Spasskcement plant. The belt is 7.65m wide and was manufactured in Louyang, China.