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WE ARE PROUD TO REPRESENT THE FUTURE

OF A TRADITION THAT HAS GONE THROUGH
THREE CENTURIES OF THE LIME HISTORY
1840-1880

1936

In Finale Ligure, a small village on italian coast, Angelo

Ghigliazza, using kilns manually fed with wood, started the lime
production that was exported in wooden barrels loaded on
boats.

Two kilns were supplied and installed in Ethiopia. This was the
first foreign project carried out by the company.

1880-1900
Giacomo and Angelo Ghigliazza transfer the lime production in the
nearby limestone quarry where they constructed two Mix fire kilns.
The quarry is destined to become for more than a half century the
main production centre for the company.

1945
At the end of the second world war, Arturo Ghigliazza, supported
by his nephew, Franco Accinelli, in plant project and construction
activities for the lime industry, activities that have now become a
successful industry. The family business is transformed into a
limited company under the name of Brothers Ghigliazza SpA,
meanwhile, the activities are developed in three production units
(Finale Ligure, Genoa, Lucca).

1900-1920

1948

The children of Giacomo and Angelo, using the first experiences

made in neighbouring France, developed the first and second
kiln with coal combustion. The kilns are made of concrete and
have a round section and a production of 20 T/D

The first kiln with fuel oil is constructed in Merano, Italy.

1920-1930
Under the supervision of Arturo Ghigliazza appointed the first
team for the research and development of new technologies to
be applied to lime production and quarrying.

1933
They applied for the first time the vacuum system with Venturi
pipe called Tyfoon to the existing kilns with coal combustion,
this increased the kilns production up to 30 T/D. They also created the first hydrator with casing made entirely of concrete. This
innovations success is such that other lime producers request
that they apply these technologies in their factories.

1935
Arturo Ghigliazza moved to Milan, a large industrial centre in northern Italy, to better follow the new technologies development
and further their technical assistance work for the family company, he started project activities and lime plants construction for
other producers.

1954-1955
Natural gas arrives in Italy. The first kilns are converted from coal
to natural gas. These are the first steps that will lead to the birth
of CBK kilns.

1964
The first kiln of 200 T/D. Is constructed under license of the
American company Union Carbide (UCC) with fuel oil combustion,
under the supervision of Franco Accinelli at the Brothers
Ghigliazza SpA, a kiln of considerable size for that time.

1980
Following the oil crisis, new technologies for the combustion and
the heat distribution in the lime kilns are developed that will lead
to the acquisition of three industrial patents.

1981
Using the experiences made in the management for over 15 years
with the UCC kiln and applying the patents relating to pulverized
fuel combustion, they develope the HPK kilns that allow the use of
low-value fuels reduce energy consumption by more than 20%.

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1982

1997

Paolo Accinelli, after several years apprenticeship at the

different production group units, was appointed vice president of Brothers Ghigliazza SpA and began to work at
Societ Impianti Calce Ltd in the project and testing
department.

Societ Impianti Calce LTD first, in the project field of

lime equipment, obtained ISO 9001 certification.

1984
To complete the range of well-established single-shaft
kiln technology SIC began the collaboration with a wellknown international partner for developement of double
shaft kilns.

1998
The mills type "S" technology development led to the
creation of the air separators type "HPS".
This completes a revolution that leads to a new way to
project the hydration plants.

2002

SIC supplied the first PCC plant in Mexico.

For the first time in Europe on behalf of Ciment Franais/

Italcementi, a complete line with modern equipment was
created for the production of hydraulic lime for bio-building.

1991

2004

Completed the study and testing phase, it began the production of the micronizer type S mills.

A new technical sales office was opened in Donetsk,

Ukraine to enter a market in the Russian speaking countries.

1990

1995
On behalf of the national petrochemical Company ENI,
one of the largest production plants for milk of lime for
chemical use with a slaking capacity of 30 tons of CaO/h.
was developed.

2007
A new office headquarters is constructed in Milan.

2009
From the joint venture with foreign partner the subsidiary
company, STEELWORKS Ltd. is born responsible to carry
out the fabrication and assembly of steel components.
This new initiative will help to offer to the customers turnkey projects at a reduced cost for steel components, it
offers the advantage to the customer a quality guarantee
and one responsibility for the entire project.

ONLY A CONTINUOUS
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
AND OUR WAY OF DOING BUSINESS
CAN ENSURE A SUCCESS FOR SO LONG

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MISSION
We consider the customer our
greatest fortune and our most
important source of new experiences and ideas and our greater
incentive to improve.
We want our name is always synonymous with professionalism and in
the lime world it represents the
reference point.
The timely and effective resolution
to minor problems of our clients
must find from all of us the same
commitment we put in the execution of a major project.
Our commitment to our customers
should not be concluded with the
performance tests signing, but this
must be only the first milestone of a
project and should represent the
relationship beginning of a mutual
growth.

We believe that designing a good

plant it means exhaustively,
creating a plant that
respects the environment and it is safe for
the health of those who
must operate.
The company property
direct involvement in its
management represents the guarantee
for an immediate
answer and to find a
known and motivated
partner to search the
solution for the customer satisfaction.

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is now a world leader in lime and its derivatives to project and construct plants and supply equipment and thanks to its wide
experience, it is considered by its customers the lime problem solving or information source about the lime world.
The new headquarters built in 2007, from initial project, is born functional to the activity that SIC develops and especially to the "philosophy"
by which this activity can be achieved.
The SIC home is located outside the city of Milan, one of the main
technological and economic centres in Europe, the localization arises
from the need to have access to all facilities that only a great international centre like Milan can offer.
In the area of over 1000 m2 there are the offices, the technical & commercial department , the planning office, the research center, the laboratory for chemical and physical tests, the checking, machines testing
and specialty materials area.
The possibility to realise all the critical activities at "home", under the careful supervision of our qualified technical staff, may seem more expensive, but we want that all the functions considered strategic are concentred in our offices with a very short control chain and responsibility.
We believe that the quality and the control bring together a great economic benefit in the project realisation to our customers and to SIC in
terms of image return.
The continuous similar technologies development, even if different for
some their peculiarities, we want to ensure our customers that our
proposal is always the result of a technological choice and not purely
commercial.

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COUNTER CURRENT SINGLE SHAFT KILNS

In the single shaft kilns the heat exchange between
the mineral and the heat source is counter current.
These kilns main use, thanks to their low investment
cost and their operation and maintenance simplicity,
is in the small/medium lime production, when it is
required a medium or low reactivity lime and when it
is required a high CO2 content at the stack.

HPK

High Performance Kiln

Production (tons/d)
Size (mm)
Fuel

Energy consumption (Kcal/Kg CaO )

(Kwh/Tonn CaO)
Lime reactivity
(T60)
Key criteria

CBK

Central Burner Kiln

Production (tons/d)
Size (mm)
Fuel
Energy consumption

Lime reactivity
Key criteria

MX

15 to 250
30 to 120
Oil, saw dust, pet coke, natural gas,
lean gas
< 950
10,0 to 12,5
< 2 to <5
- Use of pulverized fuel
- Use of different fuels together

(Kcal/Kg CaO)
(Kwh/Tonn CaO)
(T60)

30 to 120
30 to 120
natural gas, gpl, lean gas
< 950
< 10,5
< 2 to < 10
- Low investment costs
- Wide range of reactivity values,
- Possibility of use without surveillance
- Hydraulic lime production

Mix Fire Kiln

Production (tons/d)
Size (mm)
Fuel
Energy consumption

Lime reactivity
Key criteria

(Kcal/Kg CaO)
(Kwh/Tonn CaO)
(T60)

15 to 300
60 to 180
Coal, pet-coke
< 1.000-1.050
9,0 to 10,0
< 2 to < 10
- Use of solid fuel in size
- CO2 very high concentration at the stack
- Possibility of use without surveillance

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DOUBLE SHAFT KILNS IN EQUICURRENT

These kilns are equipped with two connected shafts
where the heat exchange between the fuel and the
mineral arrives in equicurrent with alternating combustion phases from one to the other shaft.
The main field use of these kilns is that of medium and
large lime production or when it is required lime with
high or very high reactivity.
Especially recommended for their production stability.

DSS

Double Shaft Square

Production (tons/d)
Size (mm)
Fuel

Energy consumption

Lime reactivity
Key criteria

DSR

Double Shaft Round

Production (tons/d)
Size (mm)
Fuel

Energy consumption

Lime reactivity
Key criteria

DSF

(Kcal/Kg CaO)
(Kwh/Tonn CaO)
(T60)

150 to 350
30 to 180
Oil, saw dust, pet-coke,
natural gas, lean gas
< 850
30 to 35
< 1 to < 2,5
- Middle/big limestone size
- Middle/big daily production

(Kcal/Kg CaO)
(Kwh/Tonn CaO)
(T60)

250 to 700
20 to 150
Oil, saw dust, pet-coke,
natural gas, lean gas
< 850
30 to 35
< 1 to < 2,5
- Small limestone size
- Big daily production

Double Shaft Fine

Production (tons/d)
Size (mm)
Fuel

Energy consumption

Lime reactivity
Key criteria

(Kcal/Kg CaO)
(Kwh/Tonn CaO)
(T60)

150 to 400
15 to 40
Oil, saw dust, pet-coke,
natural gas, lean gas
< 850
35 to 40
< 1 to < 2
- Small limestone sizes

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HYDRATION PLANTS
The continuing evolution of new possible field for the hydrated lime industrial use, required the development of increasingly sophisticated production systems that enable the achievement of quality parameters of
the final product meeting the market needs.
The experience developed over the years by our company activity and
continued investments in research, allows us to design and build machines and components, specifically designed and engineered for the production of hydrated lime, that combine with big production reliability factors, the possibility to produce in a controlled and constant way throughout the products range required by the market.

Production from 3 to 35 Tons. Ca(OH)2/H

Humidity continuous IR control
Top cut from 10 to 150 microns
Specific surface from 10,000 to 45,000 m2/g.
Magnesic lime hydration
Whiteness grade control

LIME PUTTY, WET MORTAR,

STUCCO AND LIME BASED PAINTS PLANTS
Plants for the production of lime putty, wet mortar, stucco and lime based
paints for the traditional construction, green building and restoration.
These plants construction represent a mix of the Italian tradition "knowhow" of the lime production and its by-products for the construction and
the scientific knowledge of a material and its production technology.

Someone tells us that, these plants design is

one "love" form for an old product but still irreplaceable for its ability to meet the modern buildings quality requirements in which we live.

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PCC PLANTS
All the experience made by our company in the lime
world can be summarized in the ability to create plants
for the PCC production (Precipitated Calcium
Carbonate) of heavy, fine and extra fine and coated
with stearic acid type.
The collaboration with consultants with specific experience in the calcium carbonate crystal formation
technology, the collaborations with leading Italian universities and our company experience as regards the
decarbonation, the slaking and the lime milk depuration allow us to address the realization of this type of
equipments.

Top cut (microns)

Crystals average size (microns)
Specific surface (m2/g.)
Fine, extrafine, covered types

0,5 to 20
0,07 to 5,0
3,0 to 43,0

DRY MORTAR PLANTS

Starting from the needs and habits of each building
specific geographic area and based on the raw
materials available from our customer, we work in
collaboration with leading global additives manufacturers.
We develop plants for the dry mortars production
using formulations designed specifically so as to satisfy the needs of the market where the plant will be
built and at the same time maximizing the technically
and economically aspect tied to the use of available
raw materials.

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LIME MILK PLANTS

The deep knowledge of the lime chemistry and physics, allows us to study and to realise plants for the
lime milk and lime water production tailored to the
special needs of all chemical and industrial processes to which they are intended.
The lime milk possible characteristics great variety
obtained with our manufacturing processes, require
prior to these equipments typology implementation a
careful study by our technicians, in collaboration
with the customer technologists, the production process to which the milk of lime is intended, to allow to
accurately determine the necessary characteristics
to its use.
The theoretical assumptions of employment defined
by the first analysis phase of the project, before
moving to the stage of industrial design must then be
verified by chemical and physical tests at a specialized laboratory.
For this reason we created our own laboratory dedicated exclusively to the study of "the lime world and
that with the acquired experiences is an important
facility available to our customers.

Slaking capacity for each line

from 0.5 to 10 tons CaO/H
Density automatic control
Temperature automatic control
Impurities content control
Plasticity and water retention Control
Specific surface control

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SPECIAL MACHINES
The deep knowledge of the problems
concerning the lime world has led us to
develop the machines design suitable to
this field exigencies and in particular
material milling and selection which are
among the more sophisticated and reliable actually available on the market.

HPS
The air separator of the last generation HPS are able to make the
material selection till a top cut of 10 microns.

S
The Selectors micronizers mills for lime, limestone, pet coke and
sodium bicarbonate milling, that are able to make over than the milling
work also the selection and the transport of the final material.

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SOCIET IMPIANTI CALCE srl

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Phone: +39.0257604767 - Fax: +39.0257601749
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