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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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