May 2021

May 2021

The May 2021 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains an AI and optimisation focus, with contributions from Carbon Re, Seebo, KIMA Process and Schneider Electric, as well as the first in a series of articles on 'Better and Cheaper Cement' by Intec Services' Neil Taylor. Enotec looks at gas emission monitoring and thyssenkrupp introduces the polysius pure oxyfuel process in the environmental section, while Refratechnik, RHI Magnesita and SKG Refractories provide extensive refractories coverage.

There's also Global Cement's take on the US, Mexican and Canadian markets, plus all of the latest global cement industry news.

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Dear readers
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Issue introduction

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Better and cheaper cement: An overview
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Neil Taylor of Intec Services presents the first in a series of articles that aims to help cement producers deliver competitive product quality without sacrificing process performance or profitability.

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High-level control in cement production
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Attaining ‘Industry 4.0’ has been seen as an essential task of the cement industry for many years, with terms such as ‘big data’ and artificial Intelligence (AI) heavily used. It is hoped that AI, combined with big data, will provide solutions to long-standing problems. It might therefore be surprising to learn that fully autonomous mill operation (including the use of AI) has been taking place since 2009. This article will briefly summarise how the methods of High-Level Control (HLC) were used in the cement industry already in the early 2000s and how they manage to control ever more complex closed-loop-controlled processes in situations where standard controllers fail.

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Continuous kiln stabilisation: What’s holding you back?
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Most cement manufacturers face regular production losses due to unknown inefficiencies in their process. Seebo can help identify and optimise them.

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In discussion: Philippe Reveilhac, Schneider Electric
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Global Cement speaks with Philippe Reveilhac, Cement Strategic Accounts Executive at Schneider Electric, about the company’s capabilities for the cement sector.

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