India’s booming activity in the building industry increases the demand in cement. In order to meet it, more and larger cement plants have been erected. Bucket elevators are used to transport raw meal to the heat exchanger. Both the application of advanced technologies and the experience of the BEUMER group are convincing: The BEUMER group has been supplying high-capacity belt bucket elevators to Indian cement manufacturers as ACC Ltd. which is part of the Holcim Group for years.
The main growth drivers in India are the development of the infrastructure and the private housing construction. Approx. 500 billion USD are supposed to flow into the modernization and expansion of traffic routes, airports and seaports as well as into the energy and water supply up to 2012. According to information of the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA), the expenses for cement constitute, depending on the project, between 8 and 30 per cent of the total cost. In order to meet the increased demand for this treasured material, the Holcim Group – the second biggest cement manufacturer in the world – has erected together with its subsidiary Ambuja Cement a large plant with a daily output of 8,500 tons in Bhatapara, India. Thanks to the highly advanced level of technology and comprising experience, a high-capacity belt bucket elevator of the BEUMER intralogistics specialist will be used.
The BEUMER high-capacity belt bucket elevators are used for transporting in optimal way fine-grain to powdery products in mass flows. The grain size determines the type of bucket mounting to be used: Segment fastenings are used up to a grain size of 25 millimetres and BEUMER rubber-metal fastenings for grain sizes between 25 and 60 millimetres. A belt clamping connection for steel wire belts as traction element developed specifically by BEUMER offers a long lasting service life of the belt. In case of large centre distances, the high-capacity belt bucket elevators are provided with monitoring switches. This way, the fit of the belt clamping connection is continuously monitored. Owing to the safety system developed by BEUMER, this monitoring is contactless, wear-free and reliable.
The BEUMER belt bucket elevator used in the cement plant in Bhatapara (India) is characterized especially by its huge height of 158 metres and by its considerable width of 1.25 metres. The conveying capacity amounts to approx. 650 tons per hour. The high-capacity belt bucket elevator used in Karnataka (South-India) is even higher. Within the context of the increased kiln performance, the company ACC Ltd., which belongs to the Holcim Group, is actually building up a large cement plant with a daily output of 13,000 tons in the Wadi plant. Here, a high-capacity belt bucket elevator with a centre distance of 175.3 metres and a conveying capacity of 600 tons per hour will come into operation.