Dnyan Deshmukh

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Cement

It is made up of limestone by crushing it into powder and modifying its some properties.
Strength of the cement mainly depends on the quality of lime stone quarry. Blackish limestones have better properties than whitish limestone. It does not mean a faint color cement lack in strength properties but darker color always performs well on strength properties.
Clay or shale so called, are generally “Bentonite” and “Laterite” mix with Limestone to form a clinkers.
There % in mix is around 3 to 4% and rest is lime, % varies base on the quality of material and desired property.

Materials come from quarries like this.
Quary.jpg

Lime stone crusher situated in quarry to make a small size aggregates and then transported to stacking location by conveyor.
Crusher.jpg

Lime stone stacked in piles

Stack pile.jpg

Close Look at Limestone’s it looks like normal aggregates
Colse view lime stone.jpg

Clays are too stacked you can see on further side of conveyor

Clay.jpg

Stack reclaimer which does gradation and send lime stones to crusher.

reclaimer.jpg

Material then feed to silo by screening.

Bentonite feeder.jpg
Laterite feeder.jpg

Screen for removing unwanted materials

feeder screen.jpg

Crushing Area

Crusher feeder.jpg

After adding % ingredient mix and calcinations process it is sent into rotary kiln

rotary kiln.jpg

Here it goes though the high temperatures of 1400 to 1600 degree centigrade’s and then it’s cool down below 100 degree till the end of kiln and at cooling unit

Klinker process.jpg

Temperature plays important role in forming the compound of cements, Clay helps to liquidation of limestone’s and forming clinker of size 1mm to 25mm through rolling effect of kiln.

Temperature control unit

Cooling unit.jpg

After formation of clinkers they are store in silo or directly sent to the production unit by conveyor

Temporary stocking silo.jpg

At production unit there is a ball mill which grinds all ingredients into finer material

cement ballmill.jpg

Flyash: being poured into silo for production

Fly ash feeding at ball mill.jpg

IS Codes permitting the Performance improver additive up to 5 %, in the production of Ordinary Portland Cement.
Performance improver additives are;
FlyAsh
Granulated slag
Silica fume
Limestone
Rice husk ash
Metakaolin

So while doing mix designing consider this and stick to one brand of cement or do trials with brands you intended to use in your project.

In production of cement the gypsum is added either solid or liquid with clinker in ball mill. % of gypsum added depends on the properties of cement which are required.


Gypsum feed for production

Gypsum feeder.jpg

Clinkers feed for production

Clinker feeder.jpg

After grinding it to the required fineness then cement is stored in the silo. This cement then sent to us either in bags or through cement bulkers.

The clinkers, which lake into the desired properties are use to produce a 33 Grade cement.

Production of the 43 and 53 grade cement is same; the difference is the fineness of the grinded powder.

The Total Production system is controlled automatically, for the quality of the product at each stage and adjusts the proportions base on the desired properties.

The whole process is controlled in the control unit which displays all processes

Control Room.jpg

Quality of the product from clinkers to cement is tested automatically at fixed intervals using robotics automation, conveyors, capsules for collecting samples etc.

Robotics collecting sample received from conveyor

fl-smith-lab-automation.jpg

After making the test plate it serves to x ray machine for analyzing the composition of it

robolab_1.jpg

In case when, a transport conveyor from the control room do not place sample in testing machine or have some problem with x ray machine automation, we can collect the sample and test it on machine manually

QC Xray.jpg

The cement we receive is tested for all its properties from starting to end of the processes.
QC X rays make life easier, no need to wait for a day, 3 days, 7 days or 28 days. Within fraction of seconds we get the all details of the material which are tested.

This is my photo with cube of clinker produced, tested for its strength parameter and I am standing at the quarry from where the limestone’s goes inside of it

Myself.jpg

Hope you like my article and understood the cement manufacturing process.

I am not expert in the field of Cement Manufacturing; I wrote what I understood during my visit to plant.
If you find something written by me is not correct please reply here, so that I can correct it and this article will help others to understand what cement is and how it’s made.

Images are compress to small size so that it can load faster and everyone able to understand it, If you want images for putting into your presentation, I can provide it.
Some photos of FLSmidth equipments are taken from web, give credit to them for those images (They are the leader in making automation).

You can appreciate me either by liking this post or replying to this thread. ;)
 
Cement

It is made up of limestone by crushing it into powder and modifying its some properties.
Strength of the cement mainly depends on the quality of lime stone quarry. Blackish limestones have better properties than whitish limestone. It does not mean a faint color cement lack in strength properties but darker color always performs well on strength properties.
Clay or shale so called, are generally “Bentonite” and “Laterite” mix with Limestone to form a clinkers.
There % in mix is around 3 to 4% and rest is lime, % varies base on the quality of material and desired property.

Materials come from quarries like this.
View attachment 126

Lime stone crusher situated in quarry to make a small size aggregates and then transported to stacking location by conveyor.
View attachment 127

Lime stone stacked in piles


Close Look at Limestone’s it looks like normal aggregates
View attachment 129

Clays are too stacked you can see on further side of conveyor


Stack reclaimer which does gradation and send lime stones to crusher.


Material then feed to silo by screening.


Screen for removing unwanted materials


Crushing Area


After adding % ingredient mix and calcinations process it is sent into rotary kiln


Here it goes though the high temperatures of 1400 to 1600 degree centigrade’s and then it’s cool down below 100 degree till the end of kiln and at cooling unit


Temperature plays important role in forming the compound of cements, Clay helps to liquidation of limestone’s and forming clinker of size 1mm to 25mm through rolling effect of kiln.

Temperature control unit


After formation of clinkers they are store in silo or directly sent to the production unit by conveyor


At production unit there is a ball mill which grinds all ingredients into finer material


Flyash: being poured into silo for production


IS Codes permitting the Performance improver additive up to 5 %, in the production of Ordinary Portland Cement.
Performance improver additives are;
FlyAsh
Granulated slag
Silica fume
Limestone
Rice husk ash
Metakaolin


So while doing mix designing consider this and stick to one brand of cement or do trials with brands you intended to use in your project.
In production of cement the gypsum is added either solid or liquid with clinker in ball mill. % of gypsum added depends on the properties of cement which are required.


Gypsum feed for production


Clinkers feed for production


After grinding it to the required fineness then cement is stored in the silo. This cement then sent to us either in bags or through cement bulkers.

The clinkers, which lake into the desired properties are use to produce a 33 Grade cement.

Production of the 43 and 53 grade cement is same; the difference is the fineness of the grinded powder.

The Total Production system is controlled automatically, for the quality of the product at each stage and adjusts the proportions base on the desired properties.

The whole process is controlled in the control unit which displays all processes


Quality of the product from clinkers to cement is tested automatically at fixed intervals using robotics automation, conveyors, capsules for collecting samples etc.

Robotics collecting sample received from conveyor


After making the test plate it serves to x ray machine for analyzing the composition of it


In case when, a transport conveyor from the control room do not place sample in testing machine or have some problem with x ray machine automation, we can collect the sample and test it on machine manually


The cement we receive is tested for all its properties from starting to end of the processes.
QC X rays make life easier, no need to wait for a day, 3 days, 7 days or 28 days. Within fraction of seconds we get the all details of the material which are tested.

This is my photo with cube of clinker produced, tested for its strength parameter and I am standing at the quarry from where the limestone’s goes inside of it


Hope you like my article and understood the cement manufacturing process.

I am not expert in the field of Cement Manufacturing; I wrote what I understood during my visit to plant.
If you find something written by me is not correct please reply here, so that I can correct it and this article will help others to understand what cement is and how it’s made.

Images are compress to small size so that it can load faster and everyone able to understand it, If you want images for putting into your presentation, I can provide it.
Some photos of FLSmidth equipments are taken from web, give credit to them for those images (They are the leader in making automation).

You can appreciate me either by liking this post or replying to this thread. ;)
Great post expaining the process with detailed photographs. Keep the good work. This will definitely be informational for all the people working in Construction, and also for others looking to understand the process.
 
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Cement

It is made up of limestone by crushing it into powder and modifying its some properties.
Strength of the cement mainly depends on the quality of lime stone quarry. Blackish limestones have better properties than whitish limestone. It does not mean a faint color cement lack in strength properties but darker color always performs well on strength properties.
Clay or shale so called, are generally “Bentonite” and “Laterite” mix with Limestone to form a clinkers.
There % in mix is around 3 to 4% and rest is lime, % varies base on the quality of material and desired property.

Materials come from quarries like this.
View attachment 126

Lime stone crusher situated in quarry to make a small size aggregates and then transported to stacking location by conveyor.
View attachment 127

Lime stone stacked in piles


Close Look at Limestone’s it looks like normal aggregates
View attachment 129

Clays are too stacked you can see on further side of conveyor


Stack reclaimer which does gradation and send lime stones to crusher.


Material then feed to silo by screening.


Screen for removing unwanted materials


Crushing Area


After adding % ingredient mix and calcinations process it is sent into rotary kiln


Here it goes though the high temperatures of 1400 to 1600 degree centigrade’s and then it’s cool down below 100 degree till the end of kiln and at cooling unit


Temperature plays important role in forming the compound of cements, Clay helps to liquidation of limestone’s and forming clinker of size 1mm to 25mm through rolling effect of kiln.

Temperature control unit


After formation of clinkers they are store in silo or directly sent to the production unit by conveyor


At production unit there is a ball mill which grinds all ingredients into finer material


Flyash: being poured into silo for production


IS Codes permitting the Performance improver additive up to 5 %, in the production of Ordinary Portland Cement.
Performance improver additives are;
FlyAsh
Granulated slag
Silica fume
Limestone
Rice husk ash
Metakaolin

So while doing mix designing consider this and stick to one brand of cement or do trials with brands you intended to use in your project.

In production of cement the gypsum is added either solid or liquid with clinker in ball mill. % of gypsum added depends on the properties of cement which are required.


Gypsum feed for production


Clinkers feed for production


After grinding it to the required fineness then cement is stored in the silo. This cement then sent to us either in bags or through cement bulkers.

The clinkers, which lake into the desired properties are use to produce a 33 Grade cement.

Production of the 43 and 53 grade cement is same; the difference is the fineness of the grinded powder.

The Total Production system is controlled automatically, for the quality of the product at each stage and adjusts the proportions base on the desired properties.

The whole process is controlled in the control unit which displays all processes


Quality of the product from clinkers to cement is tested automatically at fixed intervals using robotics automation, conveyors, capsules for collecting samples etc.

Robotics collecting sample received from conveyor


After making the test plate it serves to x ray machine for analyzing the composition of it


In case when, a transport conveyor from the control room do not place sample in testing machine or have some problem with x ray machine automation, we can collect the sample and test it on machine manually


The cement we receive is tested for all its properties from starting to end of the processes.
QC X rays make life easier, no need to wait for a day, 3 days, 7 days or 28 days. Within fraction of seconds we get the all details of the material which are tested.

This is my photo with cube of clinker produced, tested for its strength parameter and I am standing at the quarry from where the limestone’s goes inside of it


Hope you like my article and understood the cement manufacturing process.

I am not expert in the field of Cement Manufacturing; I wrote what I understood during my visit to plant.
If you find something written by me is not correct please reply here, so that I can correct it and this article will help others to understand what cement is and how it’s made.

Images are compress to small size so that it can load faster and everyone able to understand it, If you want images for putting into your presentation, I can provide it.
Some photos of FLSmidth equipments are taken from web, give credit to them for those images (They are the leader in making automation).

You can appreciate me either by liking this post or replying to this thread. ;)
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Cement

It is made up of limestone by crushing it into powder and modifying its some properties.
Strength of the cement mainly depends on the quality of lime stone quarry. Blackish limestones have better properties than whitish limestone. It does not mean a faint color cement lack in strength properties but darker color always performs well on strength properties.
Clay or shale so called, are generally “Bentonite” and “Laterite” mix with Limestone to form a clinkers.
There % in mix is around 3 to 4% and rest is lime, % varies base on the quality of material and desired property.

Materials come from quarries like this.
View attachment 126

Lime stone crusher situated in quarry to make a small size aggregates and then transported to stacking location by conveyor.
View attachment 127

Lime stone stacked in piles


Close Look at Limestone’s it looks like normal aggregates
View attachment 129

Clays are too stacked you can see on further side of conveyor


Stack reclaimer which does gradation and send lime stones to crusher.


Material then feed to silo by screening.


Screen for removing unwanted materials


Crushing Area


After adding % ingredient mix and calcinations process it is sent into rotary kiln


Here it goes though the high temperatures of 1400 to 1600 degree centigrade’s and then it’s cool down below 100 degree till the end of kiln and at cooling unit


Temperature plays important role in forming the compound of cements, Clay helps to liquidation of limestone’s and forming clinker of size 1mm to 25mm through rolling effect of kiln.

Temperature control unit


After formation of clinkers they are store in silo or directly sent to the production unit by conveyor


At production unit there is a ball mill which grinds all ingredients into finer material


Flyash: being poured into silo for production


IS Codes permitting the Performance improver additive up to 5 %, in the production of Ordinary Portland Cement.
Performance improver additives are;
FlyAsh
Granulated slag
Silica fume
Limestone
Rice husk ash
Metakaolin


So while doing mix designing consider this and stick to one brand of cement or do trials with brands you intended to use in your project.
In production of cement the gypsum is added either solid or liquid with clinker in ball mill. % of gypsum added depends on the properties of cement which are required.


Gypsum feed for production


Clinkers feed for production


After grinding it to the required fineness then cement is stored in the silo. This cement then sent to us either in bags or through cement bulkers.

The clinkers, which lake into the desired properties are use to produce a 33 Grade cement.

Production of the 43 and 53 grade cement is same; the difference is the fineness of the grinded powder.

The Total Production system is controlled automatically, for the quality of the product at each stage and adjusts the proportions base on the desired properties.

The whole process is controlled in the control unit which displays all processes


Quality of the product from clinkers to cement is tested automatically at fixed intervals using robotics automation, conveyors, capsules for collecting samples etc.

Robotics collecting sample received from conveyor


After making the test plate it serves to x ray machine for analyzing the composition of it


In case when, a transport conveyor from the control room do not place sample in testing machine or have some problem with x ray machine automation, we can collect the sample and test it on machine manually


The cement we receive is tested for all its properties from starting to end of the processes.
QC X rays make life easier, no need to wait for a day, 3 days, 7 days or 28 days. Within fraction of seconds we get the all details of the material which are tested.

This is my photo with cube of clinker produced, tested for its strength parameter and I am standing at the quarry from where the limestone’s goes inside of it


Hope you like my article and understood the cement manufacturing process.

I am not expert in the field of Cement Manufacturing; I wrote what I understood during my visit to plant.
If you find something written by me is not correct please reply here, so that I can correct it and this article will help others to understand what cement is and how it’s made.

Images are compress to small size so that it can load faster and everyone able to understand it, If you want images for putting into your presentation, I can provide it.
Some photos of FLSmidth equipments are taken from web, give credit to them for those images (They are the leader in making automation).

You can appreciate me either by liking this post or replying to this thread. ;)
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