Cement Plant:

The Manufacturing Process

4 The kiln feed is blasted in a

cement kiln at a temperature
5 The clinker is mixed
with additives, such
of 1450oC, causing clinkering as gypsum, and then

2 The limestone is
fed into a crusher
and then stored
to occur (small balls of up to
25mm diameter)
ground in a cement
mill, which creates
cement
until needed

Coal Storage Additives

Silos

Coal mill
Cement mill Cement
Crusher storage silos
Rotary Kiln

Limestone storage Pre-heated tower

and pre-blending unit Packing
warehouse
Raw material silos

1 Raw mill

6
Limestone (CaCO3) is
taken from a quarry The cement is then
packed and distributed
to consumers
3 The crushed limestone and aggregates such
as sand, clay and ironstone are blended
together in a raw mill to a particle size of 90
micrometres, producing “kiln feed”

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