ABB boosts output at Holcim cement plant

ABB助力Holcim水泥廠提升產量

2006-03-07 - ABB increased production at a Holcim cement plant in Italy by an exceptional 8 percent and improved key quality indicators by between 25 and 40 percent – enabling Holcim to recoup its investment in only four months.

2006-03-07 –ABB 幫助意大利Holcim水泥廠提升了8%的生產率，同時對質量關鍵指標也提高了25%到40%，從而使得Holcim僅在四個月內就收回了投資成本。

The solution, based on ABB’s industry-leading Expert Optimizer™ process optimization system, was installed in the kiln and cooler sections of Holcim’s Ternate cement plant in northern Italy. The plant has a capacity of 2,600 tons of clinker a day.

基于ABB業界領先的Expert Optimizer™過程優化系統安裝在Holcim位于意大利北部Ternate水泥廠的干燥爐和冷卻器部件。該水泥廠的生產量為每天2600噸的渣塊。

The project goals were to increase production, achieve a more consistent product quality, and raise the plant’s consumption of alternative and subsidized fuels like chemical and animal waste products while simultaneously improving process stability.

該項目的目標旨在提高生產率，達到更一致的產品質量，增加工廠例如化學品和動物廢物等替代品和補充燃料的使用，同時，提高過程穩定性。

Measurements taken after the installation of Expert Optimizer reveal an increase in clinker output of 8 percent, and a reduction in the standard deviation of C3S (tricalcium silicate) and free lime of 40 and 25 percent respectively, indicating improved process stability and more consistent product quality.

安裝了Expert Optimizer 之后采用的測量法使得渣塊產量提高了8%，而三鈣硅酸鹽和游離石灰的標準偏差分別降低了40%和25%，改善了過程穩定性和產品質量一致性。

By increasing in process stability and consistent product quality, Expert Optimizer lowers the plant's operating costs for a payback time of just four months.

通過提高過程穩定性和產品質量一致性，Expert Optimizer降低了工廠的運作成本，而回收期僅用了四個月。

C3S and free lime are critical for the strength (C3S) and durability (free lime) of concrete. A significant reduction in the standard deviation of both substances is proof of process stability and consistent product quality, factors which lower the plant’s operating costs and enable Holcim to consistently meet customer demands for reliable quality.