Issue 09/2009

The second European Minerals Day took place on May 1 5 –17, 2009. Despite the economic crisis, this year’s event was even more successful than the...

“One has to demand the impossible in order to achieve the possible” – this quotation from Helmut von Moltke served as the keynote for the 6^th Potsdam...

“This year’s conference is the best opportunity for training that the cement industry has …” stated Phil Gaynor in the preconference interview for...

Mondi’s revolutionary Airstream^® Bag ( Fig. ) received this year’s Emballissimo Award for its outstanding and unique combination of fast filling...

The editorial team of ZKG INTERNATIONAL met Dr ­Detlev Rose, Chairman of the Board of Polysius AG, on the ­occasion of the company’s 150^th...

The investment by the LEUBE cement works ( Fig. 1 ) in a 30 million € upgrade to its clinker production plant will ensure that jobs at the...

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Due to the great interest, the seminar “Understand processes – optimize processes” organized by the company 3e consult in cooperation with the...

European legislation has reduced allowable noise levels by 5  dB and requires machine and system manufacturers to provide information about noise...

As part of their expansion project P.T. SEMEN GRESIK/ Indonesia are building two new product lines in Tuban IV and Tonasa V which will produce a...

“SlideControl” enables continuous flow measurement of all materials conveyed in air slides, e.  g. limestone meal, cement, alumina, phosphates. In...

Fast and reliable supply of spare parts plays a critical role in any production environment. AUMUND recognises this with the establishment of its new...

2009 is a special year for Polysius – 150 years ago the company is founded by Andreas Ernst Gottfried Polysius ( Fig. 1 ). Born the son of a duke’s...

Holcim (US) announced on 17.08.2009 the opening of a new state of the art cement plant in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri/USA ( Fig.1 ). President...

The cement production process requires large quantities of ­energy. For this reason, the use of secondary fuels was studied intensively at an early...

The 48^th General Meeting of the BVK (Bundesverband Kraft­werks­nebenprodukte – Federal German Association of ­Power Station By-Products) took place...

The development of PowerCore^® fulfils the requirements for an easy and  service-friendly maintenance of dust collectors, which has been a demand of...

For decades now, customers have trusted in the competence and innovative force of PFAFF for filter production. The new PFAFF Industriesysteme und...

With Vacubelt ^® 2015 ( Fig. 1 ) the business unit WEAVEinMotion of GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG proudly presents a new generation of filter media for...

1 Electrostatic precipitators (ESP) For decades the electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) have been identified as the traditional solution for particle...

Summary: Process filtration in the cement industry has shown a dynamic development in recent years. It is to be expected that dust emission limits...

Summary: In 2007, the worldwide production output of cement rose to approx. 2.7 billion t and will continue to grow. Thus, the market often demands...

Summary: On 25 April 2003 Scheuch GmbH, Aurolzmünster/Austria, was granted Austrian patent No. AT 410403 for its EMC-filter bag cleaning system (EMC:...

Summary: Energy consumption is increasingly becoming a critical factor for competition and, from a business point of view, the pressure to test the...