New Equipment Built For Your Facility Is The Key To Eliminating Downtime, Optimizing Material Flow And Meeting Increased Production Demands.By Andrew Parker
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How to Choose the Right Industrial Camera System
Let’s Take A Look At The Main Criteria You Need To Take Into Account Before You Choose An Industrial Camera System. Edited by Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreThe Cement Lab and Industry 4.0
The Cement Laboratory Is A Crucial Source Of Data. Collecting And Managing That Data Are Vital Tasks Supporting A Plant’s Industry 4.0 Journey, As Flsmidth Cement’s Jens Asbjørn Pedersen Explained To Cement Products.By Jonathan Rowland
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This Year Should Provide A Transition To Stronger Growth For Construction And Thus For Cement Production. By Mark S. Kuhar After a year in which the economy and starts slowed considerably, the coming year should provide a transition to stronger growth for construction, according to the Dodge Construction Network’s (DCN) Outlook 2024 economic report. But before we get to that,…
Read MoreHandling Challenges WithWaste-Derived Materials
What Are Some Of The Problems Experienced In The Cement Industry And How Can They Be Overcome? By Alan Highton Spiraling energy costs, pressures on extractive resources and the drive to reduce carbon emissions are prompting more and more heavy industry sectors to switch to waste-derived fuels and raw materials. Operators already using such alternatives know that handling them can…
Read MoreFinding Value in Carbon
A Calgary-Based Company Is Turning CO2 Emissions And Industrial Byproducts Into High-Quality Supplementary Cementitious Materials. by Jonathan Rowland Carbon capture is recognized as a key element in most pathways to a decarbonized cement industry. As the Portland Cement Association (PCA) noted in its 2021 Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) “directly avoids a significant portion of…
Read MoreSilo Cleaning: The Path to Cost Savings
This Routine Maintenance Can Be Done Quickly And Efficiently Without Creating Unsafe Conditions Or Contributing To Unplanned Downtime. By Dennis Blauser Concrete silos are used to store a variety of materials in aggregate, industrial, energy and agricultural industries. Concrete silo design offers numerous advantages over steel. Concrete silos provide better structural stability than steel or aluminum and better resistance to…
Read MoreCracking the Code
Anti-Aging Solutions For Cement Plants And Tackling New Challenges Due To Refuse Derived Fuel. Edited by Mark S. Kuhar Fulfilling a large order may mean that a cement plant needs to keep running at full capacity over extended periods. This creates risk as major cracks and wear can develop in equipment. Vladimir Filipov, key customer manager at repair specialist Remoterm,…
Read MoreThe Raw Truth
New Raw Mill Increases Productivity And Efficiency At CalPortland’s Mojave Plant. Edited by Mark S. Kuhar At CalPortland Co.’s Mojave plant, kiln production was being limited by the raw mill, which couldn’t cope with the increasing demand of a hot market. The company made the decision to invest in a new mill, and settled on an OK raw mill 48-4…
Read MoreTime for AI?
Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The World, And The Cement Industry Is No Exception. Should We Be Worried, Or Is It The Time To Embrace The Revolution? By Jonathan Rowland We need to talk about how good AI is getting. So read a headline from the New York Times in August 2022. Since then, public interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has…
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