At the moment, all eyes in the cement industry are directed at the emerging countries, because these are practically the only markets showing a growth in cement consumption. Here forecasts for the period up to 2030 will be presented. Additionally two examples are given,...
Data on production of aggregates in European countries are offered. In 2011 the total production of aggregates in the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was about 3 billion tonnes or 5.8 tonnes per capita.
In the 1st nine months of 2013 7,498.6 kt of cement and 4,702.7 kt of clinker were produced, which is,respectively, 3.5 and 2.8 % less than in the 1st nine months of 2012. Per capita cement production in the 1st nine months of 2013 amounted to 164.9 kg.Railways in t...
The experience of the Zlatoust Metaplast foundry (ZLZ Metaplast) in upgrading the steel liner plate design in ball mills is described. A new liner profile improves the performance of the mill by 7-10% on an average, allows using harder and more durable mater...
The progress of commissioning a new dry process production line at Verkhnebakansky cement plant under the supervision of professionals from the Danish FLSmidth, the supplier of basic process equipment for this line is described. Commissioning was successfully completed ...
Fluidization systems used for unloading bins and transporting bulk materials developed by Finnish Lahti Precision are described. The system of controlled fluidization provides for a uniform outflow of material from the hopper without sticking to the walls. SCIROCCO II h...
Replacement of the cooler drives of rotary kilns at Akhangaran-Cement, with the installation of induction motors from German company KEB using frequency control is described. Constant-torque motors with frequency converters by the same company are installed in the rotar...
This article describes the latest development of Bruker AXS - S8 TIGER ECO Cement spectrometer, designed to determine the elemental composition of materials in cement production by successive wavelength dispersive XRF analysis. The device meets the requirements of ASTM ...
The operating principle of MAYA laser optical emission elemental analyzer developed by the Israeli company Laser Distance Spectrometry is described. Examples of using it for sorting mineral raw materials and stabilization of mixes in the manufacture of various materials...
comparative study was made of sulfate resistance of cement stone samples with basic sulfates addition (composed of Al(OH)1.78(SO4)0.61) and amorphous aluminum hydroxide. After 3 months the samples with addition of Al(OH)3 stored in a sol...
