| Review 14 - Gaining a competitive edge through |
Modern cement manufacture is a power-intensive process. For many years, the cost of electrical energy was not of great importance in terms of plant economics. However, as a result of the increasing cost of electricity in recent years and of new environmental issues, energy management has become a ke...
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| Review 15 - Gaining a competitive edge through |
Modern cement manufacture is a power-intensive process. For many years, the cost of electrical energy was not of great importance in terms of plant economics. However, as a result of the increasing cost of electricity in recent years and of new environmental issues, energy management has become a ke...
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| Review 33 - Current trends in Laboratory |
By the end of a decade there is a good tradition for taking stock, summarizing the main events of the past 10 years and making predictions for the next decade. This paper is an example of such an analysis in the field of laboratory automation and on-line analysis in the cement industry. The informat...
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| Review 35 - Raw Mix Control using |
In 1999 FLS Automation was searching for a beta test location for the new Windows NT version of the popular QCX system. At the same time, Cementos Molins Industrial, Barcelona, Spain (Molins) was searching for a replacement for its ageing in-house developed blending control system. A mutually benefi...
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| Review 36 - Large-scale lab automation with |
A decade and some 50 project installations after the launch of the QCX RoboLab system FLS Automation (FLSA) received in the late 1990'es orders for a couple of very large lab automation projects in Taiwan and Mexico. Both of these large automation projects are based on integrated double robot cells ...
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| Review 37 - Märker Zement invests in advanced |
In the year 2000 Märker Zementwerk GmbH (Märker), located in Harburg, Germany (125 km North-West of Munich) placed two orders with companies in the F.L. Smidth Engineering Group. F.L. Smidth & Co received an order for a circular, homogenizing stockpile (90 m diameter, approx capacity 60.000 t), whi...
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| Review 38 - Training with Simulators |
The training of operation staff has always been a part of the career plan in all business areas (industry, transport, service etc). However, the degree of attention and consequently the form, contents and frequency of training varies very much from one business area to another. In the air transport ...
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| Review 39 - On Time - Replacing of Control |
Two Lafarge cement plants in Malaysia, Rawang and Langkawi, shared a common problem. Both had aging control systems that were becoming unreliable and difficult to maintain. To eliminate this problem, both plants developed plans to upgrade their control systems and in the process, replace some of the...
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| Review 40 - Advanced Gas analysis |
FLS Airloq in Denmark, have introduced a new revolutionary kiln inlet gas analysis system, and have successfully tested it in a Danish plant....
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| Review 41 - New development in stockpile quality |
Historically FLSmidth Automation's QCX/BlendExpert software has been based on periodical analysis of representative samples of the controlled material stream ...
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| Review 42 - New life to old kiln shell scanning |
The lining in a rotary kiln represents a major investment and the lifetime of the bricks is limited. Damages to the lining can occur unexpectedly, and if not discovered in time continued operation can lead to severe damages not only to the lining but ....
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| Review 43 - How to upgrade your cement plant in |
As the Indian cement industry focuses to improve its operating efficiency, some of its members are handicapped due to an aged control system. A control system that is more than 15 years old can be classified as an “Aged Control System”. . .
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| Review 44 - Green Machines |
Cementerie Aldo Barbetti has been managed by the Barbetti family since 1926, and is today managed by President Antonella Barbetti.In 2000 Barbetti decided to upgrade the plant in accordance with BAT ...
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| Review 45 - QCX/BlendDesigner: The quality |
F.L.Smidth Automation has marketed applications for computerized quality control of stockpile, raw mill and cement mill production for more than 30 years. Over the years close to 400 QCX/BlendExpert ...
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| Review 47 - On-line Particle Sizing and CONTROL |
This paper addresses the use of on-line particle size analysers, and argues the need for adequate high-level control systems to optimize the use of the analyser. ECS/ProcessExpert is illustrated as an example of these systems.
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| Review 48 - Success at a High Level |
This article details the reported installations performed by FLSmidth Automation in India. The case studies in the paper are sub-divided into process units to identify the number of the particular installations, concrete achievements, and operational benefits. All reported achievements are verified by the customers.
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| Review 49 - New QCX/BlendExpert developments and |
During 2004 and 1st half of 2005 FLSmidth Automation (FLSA) has added substantial new functionality to its QCX/BlendExpert product range. The development has in particular focused on adding new functionality to the growing number of on-line analysis applications for both stockpile and mill quality control.
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| Review 50 - Rebuild or Replace Motor Control |
The need to upgrade and modernize plant control systems has been fairly widely accepted in the cement industry. A modernization project may range from a simple upgrade of HMI computers to a complete replacement of all hardware and software . . .
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| Review 51 - A Question of Quality |
Hassan Yazdi and Gert Slot, FLSmidth Automation, Denmark, note that all kiln scanners are not made equal and examine some of the key aspects that determine the quality of their measurements.
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In the mid 1970s FLSmidth Automation introduced computer-based klin shell scanning systems in the cement industry. Since then, more than 650 of these systems have been installed in more than 60 countries ...
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First QCX system "down under" delivers superior raw material chemistry control to Australia's leading cement manufacturer.
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Just 10 years ago the most common reason to upgrade a control system was in connection with new plant machinery, as the existing control system had to be expanded anyway. This is no longer the case, as one of the advantages with the modern flexible PLC/PC-based
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The automation of complex control systems such as those used in pyro processes is becoming increasingly important to ensure the optimisation of resources in a competitive environment. A new generation of high level control has been developed by FLSmidth Automation, promising even greater results.
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At the end of march 2005, the new 1.2 million tpa Giant Cement production line was commissioned at Harleyville in South Carolina.
Flsmidth Automation, working with FLSmidth Airloq, supplied process and emission gas analysis and reporting equipment.
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Cement plants all over the world are facing a growing number of rules and demands by various authorities on how to report on emissions ...
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FLSmidth Automation is now offering Remote Services for troubleshooting, engineering, maintenance and optimisation via a secure internet connection.
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