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3/9/2017 Cementmanufacturingcomponentsofacementplant

Summaryofproductionprocess
Cementistypicallymadefromlimestoneandclayorshale.Theserawmaterialsareextractedfromthequarrycrushedtoavery
finepowderandthenblendedinthecorrectproportions.

Thisblendedrawmaterialiscalledthe'rawfeed'or'kilnfeed'andisheatedinarotarykilnwhereitreachesatemperatureof
about1400Cto1500C.Initssimplestform,therotarykilnisatubeupto200metreslongandperhaps6metresindiameter,
withalongflameatoneend.Therawfeedentersthekilnatthecoolendandgraduallypassesdowntothehotend,thenfalls
outofthekilnandcoolsdown.

Thematerialformedinthekilnisdescribedas'clinker'andistypicallycomposedofroundednodulesbetween1mmand25mm
across.

Aftercooling,theclinkermaybestoredtemporarilyinaclinkerstore,oritmaypassdirectlytothecementmill.

Thecementmillgrindstheclinkertoafinepowder.Asmallamountofgypsumaformofcalciumsulfateisnormallygroundup
withtheclinker.Thegypsumcontrolsthesettingpropertiesofthecementwhenwaterisadded.

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