The latest laboratory automation generation at Holcim’s Lägerdorf plant

Automatic sampling equipment and pneumatic tube system
Automatic sampling equipment and pneumatic tube system
The mobile robot
The mobile robot
POLAB® ART capsule receiver with automatic operation and manual operation sides
POLAB® ART capsule receiver with automatic operation and manual operation sides
POLAB® APM automatic sample preparation system with automatic operation and manual operation sides
POLAB® APM automatic sample preparation system with automatic operation and manual operation sides
Small laboratory ­automation system with POLAB® Shuttle
Small laboratory ­automation system with POLAB® Shuttle
Large laboratory ­automation system with POLAB® Shuttle
Large laboratory ­automation system with POLAB® Shuttle
Configuration of the POLAB® Shuttle system after the first modernization phase
Configuration of the POLAB® Shuttle system after the first modernization phase
Configuration of the POLAB® Shuttle system after the 2nd modernization phase
Configuration of the POLAB® Shuttle system after the 2nd modernization phase
POLAB® APM automatic sample preparation module
POLAB® APM automatic sample preparation module
Sample splitting module for manual samples
Sample splitting module for manual samples

The increasing use of substitute fuels and substitute raw materials in the cement manufacturing process makes it essential to achieve prompt quality data acquisition within the framework of process and production control. At Holcim’s Lägerdorf plant the laboratory automation system is an indispensable quality monitoring tool. The new POLAB® Shuttle generation is designed to assure extremely high availability. Sample conveyance by mobile robot opens up totally new degrees of freedom for the laboratory layout planning. The innovative safety concept makes the laboratory automation system a shared...

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ZKG 01/2012

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ZKG 01/2012

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Dr. Georg Bachmann, Jörg Anders, Holcim (Deutschland) AG, Lägerdorf cement works, Lägerdorf/Germany, Dr. Christian Frenck, ThyssenKrupp Polysius AG, Beckum/Germany

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