1 Avoiding mechanical stoppages
Every maintenance engineer knows the situation well – everything is ready for the long overdue holiday, just a call from the mixer foreman and then that’s the lot....
1 Introduction
The cement industry in Egypt started in the twentieth century. In 1927, the Tourah Portland Cement Company was established, followed by the Helwan Cement Company south of Cairo; then,...
European Conference “Environmental Characteristics of Mineral Mortars“, Holzkirchen/Germany (23.06.2009)1
The Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Holzkirchen/Germany, the EMO (European Mortar Organisation) and the Industrieverband WerkMörtel e. V. (German Association of Mineral Mortar...
Nanocem Fifth Open Meeting, Leeds/United Kingdom (28.04.2009)
Every year, the current status and future perspectives of the Nanocem industrial-academic research network on cement and concrete are presented in an open meeting. This year, Ian Richardson,...
The meeting of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Kalkindustrie (Federal German Association of the Lime Industry, German abbreviation: BVK) held in Weimar on 19.06.2009 unanimously elected Michael...
As a student you learn something in lectures about the theoretical connections of large-scale processes. For example, you know how a ball mill works and you are able to calculate retention times in...
Aerzener Maschinenfabrik GmbH has manufactured Roots blowers since 1868 and is one of the oldest and largest manufacturers worldwide and has a leading market position in Europe. Especially in the...
1 The present situation in the lime industry
The lime industry in China (Figs. 1–3) consists of three sectors. The first sector comprises the metallurgy industry (steel and iron industry). They...
The Quarries Trade Association (StBG) awards prizes to particularly innovative manufacturers, which, for example, clearly increase the safety during blasting or decisively improve the course of work....
ContiTech Round Table at Hanover Fair 2009, Hanover/Germany (21.04.2009)
Belt conveyor systems save energy and protect the climate in material handling. Compared to traditional means of conveyance, they consume only a fraction of the energy and emit clearly less CO2. In...
