Cement Manufacturing Process

Outline

• Types of Manufacturing Process
• Major equipment & machines involved manufacturing process
• Existing Problems in Cement Manufacturing
• Investigating existing digitization (check existing digitization on SCADA/PLC/DCS systems )

Types of Manufacturing process

1. Dry Process
2. Wet Process

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Dry Process

Wet Process

Major Equipments Used

1

Ball Mill & Raw Mill

Silos

Kiln

Cyclone Seperators

Washmills

Slurry Tanks

Preheater

Existing Problems in Cement Manufacturing

Major Equipment breakdowns and why do they happen. https://www.cementequipment.org/home/maintenance/cement-plant-maintenance/#Major_breakdowns

SCADA-PLC used in digitization of Kiln

PLC-SCADA flowchart

SCADA used in Kiln process control

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258790056_Developing_Al-Najaf_Cement_Plant_using_Wireless_SCADA_System

Questions?

References

• https://www.ashoka.cc/cement-plants.html
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258790056_Developing_Al-Najaf_Cement_Plant_using_Wireless_SCADA_System
• https://www.britannica.com/technology/cement-building-material/Extraction-and-processing
• https://www.cementequipment.org/home/maintenance/cement-plant-maintenance/#Major_breakdowns
• https://www.cementequipment.org/home/cement-production-line-machinery-and-equipment-daily-maintenance-and-repair-program/#:~:text=Maintenance%20and%20repair%20work%20of,third%20level%20maintenance%20of%20equipment.