Thorwesten Vent, active in the field of constructional explosion protection, has received a contract for the design and assembly of a large capacity silo for the storage of pulverised lignite at the...
Siemens is expanding the applications of wireless data transmission in cabinets and in equipment at the field level with two new product lines for industrial wireless LAN (WLAN). With the especially...
Since the first oil crisis in the early 1970s, cement producers, along with other resources-intensive industries (RIIs), have been looking for ways to cut costs using alternative fuels, and have...
The sixth warm summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and the world is still turning, despite what mankind is doing to its planet‘s surface and atmosphere. Which makes this a fitting topic for our...
The Belgian cement manufacturer CBR, a subsidiary of the HeidelbergCement Group, has automated the raw material store that it operates at its Lixhe location. The performance of the facility has been...
The first tool from the Stockholm/Sweden based international company, with the drilling equipment being developed in Tampere/Finland, is a groundbreaking practical software tool for surface drilling process management, the Sandvik Driller’s Office. The advanced tool is a friend to anyone who works with surface drilling management, in particular in quarrying applications, as it helps simplify the whole process, as well as managing it efficiently. ...
At the invitation of the Chinese Gypsum Association, a delegation of the Bundesverband der Gipsindustrie e.V. (Association of the German Gypsum Industry) visited China on 13.01.2014. The main...
1 Introduction
The cement industry continues to develop the cement making process in order to produce cement in a “better” way. “Better” covers a wide range of parameters from production cost,...
Condition Monitoring increases availability of vertical mills
Condition Monitoring Systems:
rather integrating than retrofitting
The use of Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS) is state of the art in modern industrial plants. However, they are still retrofitted in...
The European gypsum industry wishes to promote an increase in the culture of recycling and close the loop for gypsum products and systems within the gypsum industry as well as with the relevant stakeholders in the construction chain. Protecting the natural resources and avoiding an overall negative impact on the environment are key elements of such a culture – well-being, quality and sufficiency for all – within a global economy. ...
