Produce high-quality cement and minimise production stoppage
Service to avoid silo blockages and improve cement quality
Are you experiencing lumps and blockages in your cement silo, or a decrease in cement strength? These issues can be caused by less than optimal grinding and storage conditions. Our SiloSafe Cement service helps you prevent or remove the conditions that cause these issues, so you can stay focused on delivering high-quality product and running a successful business, achieving consistent revenues. The cause of cement lumps and blockages is often prehydration, which is the premature reaction of cement with water. Water is always present during cement production either through injection during grinding, as a vapour from gases, or from the feed materials. Therefore, it is vital to avoid the conditions that cause prehydration in your mill system and cement silos.
The cause of cement lumps and blockages is often prehydration, which is the premature reaction of cement with water. Water is always present during cement production either through injection during grinding, as a vapour from gases, or from the feed materials. Therefore, it is vital to avoid the conditions that cause prehydration in your mill system and cement silos.
Our SiloSafe Cement service is based on more than 135 years of cement grinding experience and intensive in-house research. Whether you already struggle with issues in your existing mill or have just installed a new mill and want to avoid problems, this service will support you. To help prevent silo lumps and produce high-quality cement, we gather information about all relevant aspects of your specific cement process, including operating data, physical and chemical properties of materials, and the condition of your equipment. Based on this, we suggest the appropriate laboratory tests and collect samples of feeding materials and cement. We analyse these in an FLSmidth laboratory, using advanced techniques that we have uniquely developed, and we identify the root causes of problems. We then make specific, tailored recommendations for the best grinding temperature and water injection. These parameters can vary depending on several factors. Our specialist recommendations, conveniently provided in a report, are always specific to your particular plant process and based on accurate analysis. In addition, you can combine our SiloSafe Cement service with onsite services, for example, to collect samples; to optimise your mill operation based on the specialist recommendations; to train operators; or to do additional inspections and adjustments in the grinding system.
