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Argentina: Welding Alloys Argentina has manufactured and delivered a key set of wear parts for the classifier section of an FLSmidth OK 36.4 type vertical roller mill installed at an unnamed cement plant. The parts were manufactured at a workshop in San Nicolás near Buenos Aires.

They included a new 5000mm diameter by 2760mm high fine separator section complete with full set of vanes. The section was manufactured in two halves for later assembly on the customer’s site with vanes made from 13 sheets of 6+4 Hardplate 100 and flanges from 16mm 450HB through hardened plate. Also included were the lower cone section manufactured from eight sheets of 8+6 Hardplate 100, the upper cone section from 11 sheets of 10+4 Hardplate 100 and the discharge tube manufactured from 8+5 Hardplate 100, all flanged with 450HB through hardened plate.

Austria: Germany-based Loesche has received an order to supply a new raw materials grinding plant to LafargeHolcim subsidiary Lafarge Zement’s Mannersdorf cement plant. The plant will consist of a type LM 45.4 mill, a LSKS type classifier, a rotary feeder, a magnetic separator, a conveyor, a pair of Hurriclons, a mill fan and the ‘Digital Ready 4.0!’ digital package. Loseche’s subsidiaries Kingsblue and AixProcess are responsible for the digital products and A-Tec for the Hurriclons. Commissioning is scheduled by the end of February 2022.

Cement and ore head of sales Stefan Baaken said, "Many cement plants in Europe are facing similar challenges to our customer in Mannersdorf. For us as an original equipment manufacturer and also for the customer, the new grinding plant is an important signpost towards more energy-efficient and sustainable cement production.”

India: France-based Fives says that Ramco Cements has ordered a second FCB TSV 5500 BF type classifier for raw material mixing at a plant in Tamil Nadu. The order follows the commissioning of a similar classifier from Fives at the same site. The upgrade is part of an overhaul of the unit’s grinding equipment. No price for the order or commissioning date has been disclosed.

Kuwait: Spain-based Cemengal says that it has received a second order from ACICO Cement for a 1Mt/yr ball mill with a XP4i-130 type Magotteaux classifier for a new grinding plant. The company said that the project, which it expects to commission in the first quarter of 2021, encompasses “full engineering and complete supply of mechanical, process, electrical and automation equipment, as well as steel manufacturing from the raw materials handling areas up to the silos cement discharge. In addition to the delivery of technology, the site supervision, training and commissioning activities.”

The supplier said that the new mill “will help our Kuwaiti client to satisfy the growing demand for high quality cements for major infrastructure developments” in the country.