CONTENTS
WORLD CEMENT REGULARS
05
Foreward
71
BMHR news
80
Cement and Bulk Materials Infographic
WEIGHING AND BATCHING
08
Dual-Process Dosing with Rotor Weighfeeders
Hassan Jradi, FLSmidth Pfister, Germany.
13
Black Magic
Matt Morrissey, Siemens AG, Canada.
21
Building a Framework for Bulk Material Dosing
Dr. Dominik Aufderheide and Dr. Luigi Di Matteo, Di Matteo Group,
Germany.
LEVEL MEASUREMENT
29
World Cement Interview: SICK
World Cement talks to Siegfried Andreass, Strategic Industry Manager
Cement, SICK AG.
33
Preventing Disasters in Bulk Storage Silos
Mark Stevenson, Hycontrol, UK.
39
Level Measurement in Hard Applications
Jürgen Skowaisa, Vega, Germany.
BUCKET ELEVATORS
43
Continuing Advancements
Carlos Ivan Équi, Metso, Brazil
49
The True Cost
Rey Hensley, Renold Jeffrey, USA.
LOADING/UNLOADING
54
Using Faster Algorithms
Thomas Bergmans and Dirk Schlemper, INFORM GmbH, Germany.
59
Logistics and Process Control Integration
Matthew Furry, Process Solutions Canada Limited, Canada.
DOMES/SILOS
63
The Most Stoutly Constructed Cement Storage Domes in the
World
Benjamin Davis, Domtec International, USA.
BAGGING AND PACKING
67
New
PACPAL Palletiser for Bolivia
Bernd Luebbert, Claudius Peters Projects, Germany.
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