Laboratory Automation in Maryland, USA and Gemany

In co-operation with a software company specialising in industrial PC usage, we established the software and commissioning a fully automatic sample-taking and material analysis of the new production line of a cement plant in Maryland as well as in two cement plants in Germany, by means of a manufacturer-independent laboratory system. Sampletaking stations set-up in the raw material preparation, raw mill, kiln feeding, clinker-cooler and cement mills enabled the establishment of an almost completely fully-automatic material analysis, which guarantees on-time quality control. Based on the de termined chemical and physical characteristics of the analysed material, the actual process parameters like additives and classifier-speed can now be adjusted by means of individually defined guide lines.