BEUMER successful with high-capacity belt bucket elevators in India India's booming activity in the building industry increases the demand incement. 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.
Also the kiln lines of the Grasim plants in Tadipatri, Karnataka and Aditya II in Rajastahn are fed respectively by two high-capacity belt bucket elevators of BEUMER. The kiln lines have a daily output of 10,000 tons. The belt bucket elevators used have a conveying capacity of 550 tons per hour and a height that exceeds 145 metres.
Also the ABG-Group is currently building up a cement plant with a daily output of 10,000 tons in Kutch, Gujarat. Here, three high-capacity belt bucket elevators of BEUMER, with a height exceeding 164 metres, will be used for the raw meal transport. The conveying capacity amounts to 500 tons per hour.
The bucket elevators have been supplied in cooperation with the Indian subsidiary BEUMER Technology India Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai. The BEUMER subsidiary in Mumbai, with approx. 30 employees, offers a trouble-free installation and an After-Sales-Service close to the customer, with own spare parts, providing also projection, range of products and project
management carried out by qualified employees.
The BEUMER Group
The BEUMER Group is a leading international manufacturer of
intralogistic systems specializing in conveying and loading, palletizing and packaging
technology as well as in sortation and distribution systems. Having
approx. 2.000 employees and a turnover of around EUR 350 million, BEUMER
has, with subsidiaries and representations, a worldwide presence for
various industries.