The January 2019 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains a wealth of technical features to kick off the New Year, including tips for 2019, interviews on process optimisation and condition monitoring and an in-depth investigation into a motor failure at a cement plant in the United States. Our regional focus moves to South America and there is a plant visit report from the Fushë Krujë Cement Factory in Albania. The issue also has articles on fans, chains, safety solutions and a look at the forthcoming Global CemFuels Conference in Amsterdam, plus the winners from the Global Cement Photography Competition 2019.
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The task of identifying and resolving issues with rotating equipment such as a ball mill can be a significant challenge. This article provides an example of the duration and magnitude of the effort that can be necessary to resolve them, using a case-study from a cement plant in the United States. A key take-away is that one must sometimes go back-to-basics to identify and resolve the problem in many cases...
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Global Cement recently visited the Oelde headquarters of the renowned German industrial fan manufacturer Ventilatorenfabrik Oelde GmbH. Here the company shows off some recent projects for clients in the global cement industry...
Forged chains were developed by AUMUND over 40 years ago as the central chain for bucket elevators. Until that point, the chains for bucket elevators had been adapted from crawler tracks such as used in construction machinery, which proved less than suitable for handling the high dynamic loads, large conveying capacities and high reliability that is required by bucket elevators. By the 1980s, the new forged links with running surfaces and loose angular bucket brackets patented by AUMUND were coming into use. Since then these chains have continuously been developed and successfully installed in over 3000 bucket elevators, as Dipl.-Ing. Christian Kirschniok explains...
Occupational safety is a strategic priority for CRH. As part of continual investment in its safety systems, CRH Structural Concrete Belgium (CRH Belgium) opted to equip its 11 locations with safety solutions from the Schmersal Group.
Global Cement Magazine recently visited the Fushë Krujë Cement Factory (FKCF) in Albania - a ‘hybrid’ plant with aspects of both the old and the new - to understand the unique challenges that the plant faces and the strenuous efforts that it is taking to overcome them.
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