The latest laboratory automation generation at Holcim’s Lägerdorf plant

Automatic sampling equipment and pneumatic tube system

The mobile robot

POLAB^® ART capsule receiver 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

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 2nd modernization phase

POLAB^® APM automatic sample preparation module

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...

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