Smart storage of solid alternative fuels

The loading and unloading conveyor systems already installed in many cement plants by Vecoplan FuelTrack have, in the course of time, undergone continuous further development and improvement. The company currently supplies no less than five of the latest generation of these systems to its customers – two for a cement plant in Romania, two for a cement plant in Slovakia, and one as part of the expansion of the existing storage facilities at a cement plant in Ireland.

Cement producers are exposed to unceasing economic and ecological pressure to both reduce fuel costs and cut CO2 emissions...

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