:: Comminution in the Cement Industry

A series of articles in the September 2007 issue of World Cement describes various aspects of comminution used in the cement industry.

Didier Bourbon, of FCB Cement, France describes a recent project in Vietnam that benefited from a twin Horomill in its grinding circuit.

Marshal Gralnick of Tecman Booms, USA and Darrell Bendall of Tecman Booms, France, give details of pedestal boom rock breaker systems and how they can improve production, profitability and safety.

Dave Schellberg of McLanahan Corp., USA, explains how roll crushers, sizers and feeder breakers are used to reduce capital and operational costs.

Stefan Koch of Hazemag & EPR GmbH, Germany offers a comparison between the Hazemag AP-VM impact crusher and similar crushing systems with regard to the production of high quality mechanical sand.

Lars Bastue of FLSmidth, Denmark, discusses the use of coal mills in cement plants.