Automation to Improve Quality Control

Author

Velasquez, Luis ; D´Souza, Felix

Author_Institution

Cementos Progreso, El Progreso

fYear

2008

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

154

Abstract

The Cementos Progreso plant, located in San Miguel, Guatemala gradually grew from a single line installation to the complex 3 line plant it is today. With the plant growth, the quality control and quality assurance demands also grew in both number and complexity. Currently, the plant is operating the three lines, fueled 100% by high sulphur petcoke (up to 6.5%) in its kilns. Clinker production is enhanced by mineralization, the addition of fluorine to change the clinkering dynamics. The plant produces a low clinker factor GU cement (60%) a puzzolanic type P cement among others. A lime (CaO) plant is also sharing resources for its quality control, and use of alternative fuels also demands a high degree of product uniformity.

Keywords

cement industry; cements (building materials); factory automation; industrial plants; industrial robots; kilns; quality assurance; quality control; Cementos Progreso plant; GU cement; Guatemala; San Miguel; advanced chemical control; clinker production; kilns; lime plant; plant growth; product uniformity; puzzolanic type P cement; quality assurance; quality control; robotic laboratory cell; sulphur petcoke; Automatic control; Cities and towns; Fuels; Kilns; Laboratories; Milling machines; Production; Quality control; Robotics and automation; Sampling methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cement Industry Technical Conference Record, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

ISSN

1079-9931

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2080-3

Electronic_ISBN

1079-9931

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CITCON.2008.18

Filename

4539613