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Using Level Sensors For Inventory Control

Level measurement is one of the most common parameters measured in process industries. Level sensors use various technologies to measure the level of solids in a silo or bins. The amount of material on hand is calculated using data such as the size of the storage vessel, the distance to the mat…read more

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Conveyor Belts and tight Bends – How to transport a difficult to handle Product through your Factory

In-plant conveying quite often is extremely challenging, due to limited building space and given footprint of existing equipment as well as the inability of most conveying systems to follow a random conveying path. The following story presents an exception to the rule. read more

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Case Study

Doubling a Conveyor's Capacity – New Drives and improved Control allow twice the Conveying Capacity

A South Korean cement facturer needed to increase the capacity of their plant. Therefore, the conveying capacity of the conveyor connecting the open pit and the cement plant needed to be doubled. This was achieved by doubling the conveyor speed, as described below. read more

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Case Study

Whipped into Shape – Concrete Mixing Plant Relieves Pressures with Silo Cleaning Service

When their silo walls bulged due to increased internal stresses, which resulted from material build-up within the silo, a North American Ready Mix Concrete plant looked for a possibility to empty the silos without the need to enter them. read more

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Improve your Size Reduction: Expect More from your Horizontal Shaft Impactor

Horizontal Shaft Impactors (HSI) were first implemented in the midst of the last century. Since then they have taken over the size reduction process in many industries. Here’s why, and how. read more

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Case Study

A Clean Affair: Sewage Sludge Transport with the Tube Chain Conveyor

The ever increasing amount of sewage sludge from waste management companies poses a major challenge for mechanical materials handling. The hermetically sealed tube chain conveyor system provides for the safe, gas-tight, and odorless transport of sewage sludge. read more

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Technical Article

Bag House Operation Problems: Failure Patterns, Problem Identification and Solutions

More stringent air-pollution laws are drawing more attention to the off gas cleaning facilities of industrial and power plants. Nowadays, bag filters are gaining more and more attention also in medium and high temperature applications. Typical problems arising from physical function and chemical imp…read more

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Reliable Energy Supply: Efficient Conveying, Storage and Dosing of alternative Fuels for Cement and Lime Plants

Cement manufacturing is particularly energy-intensive. In order to reduce the use of expensive primary fuels like coal and oil, cement plant operators focus increasingly on Alternative Fuels and Raw materials (AFR). read more

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Unproper Belt Scale Results? 10 Reasons, why your perfect Belt Scale might under-perform

Belt weighing is common practice in lots of bulk solid handling operations. Although it’s a long established technology, there are still bits and pieces regarding installation and maintenance which might lead to erroneous results. Following you can find the reasons why. read more

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Technical Article

The Proper Flow Rate – Material Feed Rate Control for Pneumatic Conveying Systems

he material feeding device is particularly critical to the successful operation of any pneumatic conveying system. Many of the feeders available have no moving parts and it is not always obvious how material flow rate can be reliably achieved. read more

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Research Paper

Parameters affecting Power Consumption in Pneumatic Conveying of Fine Particles

Pneumatic conveying of certain bulk materials is widely used in industries due to certain advantages over other modes of conveying. As compared to dilute phase, dense phase conveying is a preferred method of conveying due to its low power consumption, low erosive wear and low attrition of particles.…read more

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Technical Article

Tackling the Wall – The Skip Way System, a new Approach to Steep-Angle Conveying in Quarries and smaller Open-Pit Mines

Quarries and open-pit mines for ores, minerals or building materials are often characterized by steep terraced slopes formed by blasting and material removal. A new, energy-balanced steep-angle conveying concept is aimed to optimize operating costs and energy efficiency. read more

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Technical Article

How to Handle the Fire’s Feed – Effective Utilization of Alternative Fuels

During the most recent decades the utilization of (otherwise) waste materials and biomass as alternative fuels in the cement industry and power plants showed great growth figures. This article shows, how these materials can be handled. read more

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Case Study

Safeguarding Your Silos – Hycontrol ensures essential Silo Safety for Sika

When global sealant and adhesive specialists Sika suspected its over-pressurization control system fell short of existing regulations, they asked a global supplier of such systems to investigate and recommend a suitable new system. read more

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Screw-type Technology for Economical Ship Unloading

Peter Göransson, sales manager for Siwertell AB explains how it is possible to achieve significant long-term savings through the use of high-capacity unloaders. read more

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Sufficient Stock at Lower Cost: Reducing the Cost of Carrying Safety Stocks

Following, please find how accurate level measurement can improve inventory reporting and reduce safety stocks of bulk solids, helping companies meet financial targets, reduce costs and increase sales. read more

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Case Study

Reduce Conveyor Servicing Costs: Mexican Cement Manufacturer Addresses Conveyor Carryback

Spillage from a belt conveyor isn’t just a dirty mess, it’s also a source of safety and cost problems. Following find a solution deliverd to Mexican cement manufacturer. read more

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Holding the World together: Cement – Systems for a more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly Production

Cement is the most commonly used building material worldwide. Its manufacture is challenging due to ever stricter environmental regulations and cost pressures because of large overcapacities. Cement manufacturers need support with systems and machines which, adapted to the market, increase the effic…read more

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Technical Article

Stresses in Silos Part 2: Stresses in Hoppers – Disturbances to the Stress Distribution

The first part of te paper on stresses in silos [10] focused on te bulk solid properties wit respect to stresses, and te stresses in te vertical part of a silo. e present second part explains te stresses acting in oppers for filling and emptying conditions. In die ideal case stress distributions are…read more

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How to achieve a clean Conveyor Path: Innovative Belt Cleaning Technology eliminates Carryback at Cement Plant

After installing an innovative primary cleaner designed for punishing applications a Detroit cement producer could stop excessive carryback and equipment fouling. With a significant reduction in carryback, spillage, and labor for cleanup, the plant was able to improve workplace safety, lower the c…read more

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Online Moisture Measurement: Non-Contact NIR Moisture Sensors in Powder and Bulk Solids

Moisture content varies widely in raw materials, and at different points in production processes, so non-contact moisture measurement is essential for final product quality. Near-Infrared technology offers a perfect solution to this Task. read more

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FGD Gypsum Dewatering: A Filter Belt Generation used all over the World

Although the market share of renewable energies has risen exponentially, coal is still the base for more than 40% of the world’s electricity production. In recently built plants, flue gas desulphurisation is a standard. For further processing of the herewith produced gypsum sludge effective dewate…read more

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Dust-free Ship-Unloading: Loading Chutes for clean and safe Transfer of Cement

Cement is a bulk material handled in charges of tens of thousand tons down to bags of a few kilogram. The bulk transport in ships needs a high-performance transfer system, which, if need be, can change between various unloading points. read more

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Case Study

Limestone in a Silo: OK – but out? Resolving Material Accumulation in Cement Plant Limestone Silo

Cement production involves a good deal of bulk material handling. As the base materials, and especially their handling behaviour, are prone to humidity, special action must be taken to keep these materials moving in the course of the production process. read more

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Case Study

BHS-Sonthofen: Bypass Dust in Cement Manufacturing – Reduce Energy Costs by utilizing Bypass Dust

A new method allows the use of up to 100 percent alternative fuels for clinker manufacturing and the recovery of the resulting bypass dust as a recyclable material. read more

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