ABB in cement industry

ABB’s new permanent magnet (PM) motors for medium-power gearless conveyor drives (GCDs) reduce production costs and increase competitiveness. A PM motor, combined with gearless technology, also fulfills eco-design requirements, saves energy, reduces failure rates and lowers maintenance overheads.

ABB’s Advanced Process Control and Analytics Suite comprises tools, online and offline, to deploy advanced controllers and analytic models; this gives process and power industries monitoring, predictive analytics and closed-loop control abilities at the device, edge and cloud and ensures real-time operation efficiency gains.

A leading U.S. cement company’s immediate response to general maintenance is to perform it in-house rather than turn to a service provider. However, the North American supplier of aggregates and building materials did not yet know the analyzers in its Texas, USA plant were becoming obsolete. 

ABB delivered a complete integrated ABB AbilityTM System 800xA centralized Distributed Control System (DCS) to upgrade the existing ABB Infi90 system

Bulent Kolanci, ABB, describes the upgrade of Cement Knowledge Manager and LIMS at The Monarch Cement Company

GCDs have been available for over 30 years, but are now receiving a new impetus. Len Eros explains how, with a medium power solution that uses low voltage permanent magnet motors.

Innovative solution fulfills eco design requirements, improves reliability, saves energy costs and reduces overall maintenance costs for mining and cement operators.