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newly built facility by adding an additional
loading alley to its existing infrastructure. This
new loading point equipped with self-serving
ability will improve the overall customer
experience by reducing queue time in peak
periods. The project was completed ahead of
schedule.
Mitchell Plant, Lehigh Hanson
Lehigh Hanson’s new state-of-the-art plant,
which will expand the existing plant’s operations,
will allow for an increase in production
capabilities while significantly reducing energy
usage, fuel consumption and emissions per ton
of cement produced through modern equipment
and the latest in cement production technology.
For the new plant, Lehigh will install a single
KHD kiln that will replace its current three
kilns. The new plant also includes raw material
storage, grinding, clinker storage, grinding and
cement transport and loading.
FCT Combustion also supplied
Lehigh Cement’s Mitchell plant with a
Gyro-Therm burner for a 7000 tpd kiln, capable
of firing 100% natural gas. Additionally, the
company also supplied two natural gas fired
hot gas generators, calciner burners, a burner
management system, valve trains and other
accessories.
Mojave cement plant, CalPortland Cement
Company
A Material Transfer Basket designed with
4535 kg (10 000 lb) capacity, allowing for
two pallets of brick, tools, equipment and
more, was supplied to Mojave cement plant
by Bricking Solutions. The Material Basket is
a strong, lightweight aluminium-frame that will
keep contents stable, secure, and contained
and can be used for carrying tools, machines,
rubble, or up to two pallets of brick. It can be
lifted or carried with crane or forklift.
National Cement of Alabama, National Cement
Company
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG supplied
a new 5000 tato clinker line including a new
DRC 1200 x 1200 clay crusher and storage
complete with a RS 19.3 belt stacker and a
PR19 single boom portal reclaimer. The new
line shows off the company’s new 51/25/440
QMR2 roller mill, a 13 000 mt, 16 m dia.
homogenising silo, and a five stage preheater
with new 600 series cyclones, along with a
three-station, 4.6/5.0 m dia X 70 m L rotary
kiln, and a Polytrack 8T-2.5-2.5-3R clinker
cooler. The project also demanded extensive
emissions abatement technology including a
state of the art DeSO
x
system for SO
x
removal.
Nelson plant, Lhoist North America
Bricking Solutions supplied a Ez Flexx50
Bricking Machine with a 4.3 m (14 ft)
4000 kg (8800 lb) work platform, designed for
a 15 –17 ft range with 220 mm brick, to the
Nelson plant.
Newberry plant, Argos USA Corporation
Further to the successful operation of Pillard
NOVAFLAM burners in Roberta and Harleyville
plants, Fives will supply a new Pillard
NOVAFLAM burner to the Newberry plant.
Moreover, to increase the effective primary
air momentum, Argos Newberry decided to
modify the existing Unitherm M.A.S. burner to
the latest M.A.S. disc technology design.The
flexible hoses of the existing M.A.S. burner will
be replaced by a set of metal discs to form the
primary air nozzles.
Oro Grande cement facility, CalPortland
MDAQMD, the air pollution control
authority for the High Desert portion
of San Bernardino County and the
Palo Verde Valley, Riverside County, US,
awarded a US$175 000 grant to help
CalPortland’s Oro Grande plant replace a 1999
TEREX Bore/Drill rig with a 2019 Caterpillar
MD2650 Drill. With the new drill, the company
expects to see a 76% reduction on average in
nitrogen oxides (NO
x
), reactive organic gases
(ROG) and particulate matter (PM) combined.
Pennsuco plant, Titan Cement
FCT Combustion has been awarded an EPC
contract to completely convert the existing
5000 tpd kiln system at Titan Cement’s
Pennsuco plant in Florida for 100% natural gas
firing.
The scope includes a new Gyro-Therm Mk3
burner with dual fuel capability and a spare
single fuel Gyro-Therm Mk3 burner with
100% natural gas firing capability. Accessories,
field instruments, burner management system
and valve train will also be delivered for the
safe and optimised operation of the system
according to NFPA 86.
Additionally, FCT Combustion will be
responsible for all civil, structural and
mechanical erection, including the new gas
pipeline and full electrical and automation
installation.
Providence, RI, Marine Terminal, McInnis Cement
McInnis Cement successfully completed
the expansion programme for its
Providence Terminal by adding 40 000 t of
storage to its existing infrastructures. The
terminal will now be able to store a total
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