Do more with digital in Cement

Do more with digital in Cement

Like use it to future proof your cement operations.

Doing more with digital in cement means finally being able to integrate data from operational, control, optimization and business systems, streamlining your whole operation. It means reducing energy consumption and promoting higher usage of alternative and renewable energy sources. It means seeing and optimizing asset performance in real-time. Cement is only as strong as the processes behind it. ABB can help strengthen those processes by leveraging our deep domain expertise and decades of digital innovation to help you do more with digital.


 What’s on your mind: Challenges


 What's on ours: Doing more with digital

Energy-related emissions:
Need to reduce carbon emissions regarding Paris agreement and maximize usage of alternative fuels as well as new technologies such as kiln electrification.

ABB's Expert Optimizer helps cement plants minimize energy costs and maximize the use of alternative fuels, while still maintaining and improving the quality of the product.

Process optimization:
Since most of the investments are for brownfield, may have issues integrating data from operational, control, optimization and business systems.

ABB Ability™ Knowledge Manager provides a single platform that integrates data from operational, control, optimization and business systems.

 

Digital value pillars and proof points

Operational excellence

Pillar: Operational Excellence

Product: ABB Ability™ Knowledge Manager
Promise: ~5% increase in productivity
Proof: Global cement producer – Group-wide information management solution (19 integrated plants, one clinkerization plant, 25 grinding units, 7 bulk terminals), seamless integration with Quality (LIMS) and Business (ERP) system interface
Process performance

Pillar: Process Performance

Product: ABB Ability™ Expert Optimizer
Promise: 4% overall productivity increase
Proof: Complete Cement Line, Brazil – Significant reduction in process variability and yield increase across raw, coal, cement milling and pyro

See how we’re doing more with digital

Case studies

Process Performance for Decarbonization at PT. Cemindo Gemilang, Tbk
ABB Ability™ Expert Optimizer improved SO2 emission control at a CEMEX plant in Germany
Improved decision making with digitalization at Vigier Ciment in Switzerland
Global cement producer digitalizes production scheduling to save energy costs
Optimizing cement mill using APC techniques at Votorantim Cimentos in Brazil
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Expert insights

Blog by Marie O’Grady-Hills
Agile manufacturing in cement: How to respond to changes as a flock of birds
Blog by Sara Vidal
"GPS" for CPS - cement production planning and scheduling
Operation management
3 reasons to upgrade your current ABB Ability™ Knowledge Manager

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