Cement, Energy and Environment

particular specialist acting as a gateway to F. L. Smidth and ensuring that swift action is taken in case of specific operational problems. All plants can be optimised, and the plant operating staff often need a sparing partner to see things from a different angle. The process is something different, because it reflects so many parameters and there are often just as many opinions on what should be done to improve performance. "The fact that the plant is running does not mean that production could not be increased or energy consumption could not be reduced by doing things differently. These issues are much more difficult to tackle, but this is where our expertise comes in." Addressing these issues requires expertise and a professional approach. Process Maintenance Technology is now a well-established service concept that is proving its worth. It is obviously in the interest of plant managers to adopt a service concept that ensures maximum availability of the production facility so that the planned production targets are maintained. Process maintenance helps to prevent costly downtime and production losses, although these savings are difficult to measure because one cannot quantify an expense that has not been paid for. Courtesy: Highlights Apr. 2002, P15 Fax: +45 3630 1820 Email: info@flsmidth .com Web: www. flsmidth.com INTRODUCING ONLINE MAINTENANCE OF CEMENT PLANTS Tomorrow's cement plant projects will focus not only on the tangible machinery supplies, but also to an increasing extent on value-adding services such as operation and maintenance management systems. Cement manufacturers are naturally demanding solutions that give them the highest return on their production activities, and.an integrated cement plant project is the answer to their needs. An integrated cement plant project includes the rapidly growing use of the internet and web– based systems. F. L. Srnidth has developed a framework concept of onlinemaintenance calied Enterprise Asset Maintenance (EAM). F. L. Smidth EAM is based on standard system, MAXIMO, which is developed by MRO and is well-known throughout the cement Indus try. The framework concept has been tes ted over a ten month period at Aalborg RCI White Cement in Malaysia. The F. L. Smidth EAM concept offers the added advantage of giving users access to troubleshooting support and assistance in connection with maintenance and IT questions. Three MRO support centres in Australia, UK, and USA provide 24-hour online support with the MAXIMO system. Courtesy: Highlights April 2002, F L. Smidth Pp20- 21, Fax: +453630 1820 E-mail: info@flsmidth.com Web: www. flsmidth. com FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES Battelles Website, Mar 2001 Some of the most economical and impactful energy innovations, as predicted by Battelle, a world renowned technology organisation based in Columbus, Ohio, by the year 2010 are: 1. Distributed Power Generation Some experts are of the view that the current national power grid may not be able to meet skyrocketing demand. Power grids of this scale are on the way out. Major blackouts due to ..