World Cement - July 2020

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CONTENTS
03 Comment
05 News
MAINTENANCE & LUBRICATION
10 Coming Full Circle
Nicolas Costa, NOVEXA, Christoph Muschaweck,
DALOG, and Nicolas David and Dr Eva-Maria Mautner,
Klüber Lubrication, provide an innovative approach
to maximising the lifetime of gears in the cement
plant, using circular maintenance management.
PYROPROCESSING
19 Fuelling The Future
Skourides I. and Petrou S., Vassiliko Cement, and
Akritopoulos M. P. and Abbas T., Cinar, discuss
an innovative project at the Vasilliko cement plant,
using MI-CFD analysis to reduce NOx emissions
generated in the calciner.
27 Optimising Cooler Operation
Valentina Bordei, thyssenkrupp, discusses
the optimisation of clinker coolers to meet
industry demands for energy efficiency and low
maintenance.
CONVEYOR TECHNOLOGY
31 Playing It Safe
Todd Swinderman, Martin Engineering, discusses
the methods that can be used in the planning,
design and installation stages of a conveyor
system to alleviate workplace hazards and extend
the life of the conveyor itself.
STORAGE & MATERIALS HANDLING
39 Upping The Reclaim Game
John Koorn, Laidig Systems, Inc., reveals how
St Marys Cement was able to improve the
efficiency of its cement handling process by using
a new fluidised screw reclaiming system.
DIGITALISATION
43 Trusting In Technology
Jenny Nielson Christensen MBA, BinMaster,
outlines five growing trends in the North American
cement industry that aim to help plants manage
their inventories using new technology.
WORLD REVIEW 2020
48 World Review Introduction
David Bizley, Editor of World Cement, introduces
this year’s World Review.
50 Africa & The Middle East
62 Asia Pacific
78 Europe & CIS
90 North America
98 South & Central America
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