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Fives Boosts Profitability in Low-Clinker Cement and SCM Applications
Fives delivers tailored, high-efficiency solutions to help producers maintain quality and boost profitability in low-clinker cement and SCM applications.
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Fives North American Construction Services, Alabama
As the cement industry moves toward sustainability, reducing clinker content and maximizing the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) has become a necessity. However, switching to low clinker cement and increasing the processing and use of SCMs involves real challenges.
Fives FCB is addressing these challenges by delivering customized solution based on its core technologies, from single machine to full EPC projects, including:
As the cement industry moves toward sustainability, reducing clinker content and maximizing the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) has become a necessity. However, switching to low clinker cement and increasing the processing and use of SCMs involves real challenges.
Fives FCB is addressing these challenges by delivering customized solution based on its core technologies, from single machine to full EPC projects, including:
- Advanced classifiers (THF, UHF)
- Grinding solutions: traditional Ball Mills, and innovative FCB Horomill® and FCB Rhodax®
- Adapted drying solutions
FCB TSV™ Classifier
The FCB TSV™ Classifier offers flexible design that is perfectly adapted to separating fine product and coarse material in a large range of industrial applications.
FCB TSV™ Classifier
Key technical features:
The FCB TSV™ Classifier offers flexible design that is perfectly adapted to separating fine product and coarse material in a large range of industrial applications.
FCB TSV™ Classifier
Key technical features:
- Circular damper with swiveling counter blades that can be adjusted while the equipment is in operation
- Turbine with patented rotor blades and anti-vortex plates
- Drive system with speed variation
- Smart sealing system for top cut size steadiness
- Wear-resistant protection adapted to any material and arrangement
- Available from 800 mm (31 in) to 8 m (26 ft) diameter (up to 500 metric t/h finished product)
- Can be fitted with an axial or tangential air inlet for dusty or non-dusty air, and be top or bottom feeding (or both)
Efficient Drying Solutions
Fives has extensive experience in supplying flash drying technologies for customers worldwide. Fives’ flash dryers are suitable for a wide range of applications and are especially adapted to fly ash, slag, pozzolana, industrial minerals and limestone. The solutions can handle any type of material, whether soft or abrasive, and typically have a moisture feed of 2-25%.
Depending on the product and project environment, Fives designs customized solutions integrating one of its 3 proprietary flash dryers:
Fives has extensive experience in supplying flash drying technologies for customers worldwide. Fives’ flash dryers are suitable for a wide range of applications and are especially adapted to fly ash, slag, pozzolana, industrial minerals and limestone. The solutions can handle any type of material, whether soft or abrasive, and typically have a moisture feed of 2-25%.
Depending on the product and project environment, Fives designs customized solutions integrating one of its 3 proprietary flash dryers:
- FCB Flash dryer
- Ball mill by-pass duct
- FCB Aerodecantor
FCB flash dryers are smaller in size and represent a lower investment compared to a classic rotary dryer. They also have a host of other customer benefits, including:
- Lower thermal consumption and possible air transport with induced draft (ID) fans, especially when there is no need to dry the coarser fraction
- Low maintenance, due to the absence of mechanical components
- Prior drying of product reduces milling circuit wear and maintenance
- Lower footprint compared to a rotary dryer (can be installed in narrow spaces in existing plants)
- Reduced classifier fan power
Grinding Solutions
Fives is widely recognized in the Cement & Minerals markets for its pioneering grinding systems. It has developed proprietary grindability models and lab tests, and have a large database to support our expertise in measuring the scope of new projects.
From project definition to plant commissioning, we deliver tailor-made solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. The most appropriate solution can be chosen among the FCB range of proprietary technologies, such as:
Fives is widely recognized in the Cement & Minerals markets for its pioneering grinding systems. It has developed proprietary grindability models and lab tests, and have a large database to support our expertise in measuring the scope of new projects.
From project definition to plant commissioning, we deliver tailor-made solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. The most appropriate solution can be chosen among the FCB range of proprietary technologies, such as:
- FCB Horomill®
- FCB B-mill
- FCB Rhodax®
FCB Horomill®
The FCB Horomill® is our ground-breaking innovation in sustainable grinding. Its bed-compression grinding solution enables cement producers to vastly improve their grinding plant operation and product quality, while reaching sustainability targets.
At its Texas facility, Buzzi Unicem has adopted a FCB Horomill® 3800 combined with a FCB TSV™ 4500 Classifier for the production of Oil Well Cement Class C (4100 Blaine).
FCB Horomill®
This advanced setup enables:
The FCB Horomill® is our ground-breaking innovation in sustainable grinding. Its bed-compression grinding solution enables cement producers to vastly improve their grinding plant operation and product quality, while reaching sustainability targets.
At its Texas facility, Buzzi Unicem has adopted a FCB Horomill® 3800 combined with a FCB TSV™ 4500 Classifier for the production of Oil Well Cement Class C (4100 Blaine).
FCB Horomill®
This advanced setup enables:
- Continuous automatic operation across a wide range of products using a single mill
- Exceptionally low electrical consumption at just 28 kWh/t
- Zero water injection, preserving cement quality and enabling higher concrete strength, even with lower fineness or reduced clinker content
FCB Rhodax®
The FCB Rhodax® 4D is well adapted for concrete recycling to transform waste into new aggregates, sand and cement. The tool thereby contributes to significant reductions in CO2 emissions for cement industry.
At its Gorardze site in Poland, Heidelberg Materials has identified the FCB Rhodax® as the most effective solution for concrete recycling.
“After several pilot plant testing with the FCB Rhodax®, we see it as the best-suited system to recover recycled cement paste from deconstruction concrete and get high-quality recycled aggregates and recycled sand,” says Wolfgang Dienemann, Director Global Research & Development, Heidelberg Materials.
FCB B-Mill
Fives' FCB B-mill goes beyond the traditional ball mill, which is used for grinding raw materials, cement, solid fuels and minerals. The FCB B-mill can grind products at high fineness and can adapt to very abrasive and moist products.
Fives’ innovative FCB B-mill solution is compatible with a wide range of mills with trunnion or shoe bearings. When used with shoe bearings, the mill is supported by tires that are integrated into the mill shell, which slides on the bearings.
Tailored solutions for your unique plant
Fives FCB combines technical excellence with a deep understanding of the industry's evolving needs. Through its broad portfolio of technologies and a commitment to tailored engineering, Fives empowers cement producers to confidently navigate the transition to low-clinker cement, enhancing profitability while meeting sustainability goals. With proven solutions already in operation worldwide, Fives continues to be a trusted partner for the cement industry's low-carbon future.
The FCB Rhodax® 4D is well adapted for concrete recycling to transform waste into new aggregates, sand and cement. The tool thereby contributes to significant reductions in CO2 emissions for cement industry.
At its Gorardze site in Poland, Heidelberg Materials has identified the FCB Rhodax® as the most effective solution for concrete recycling.
“After several pilot plant testing with the FCB Rhodax®, we see it as the best-suited system to recover recycled cement paste from deconstruction concrete and get high-quality recycled aggregates and recycled sand,” says Wolfgang Dienemann, Director Global Research & Development, Heidelberg Materials.
FCB B-Mill
Fives' FCB B-mill goes beyond the traditional ball mill, which is used for grinding raw materials, cement, solid fuels and minerals. The FCB B-mill can grind products at high fineness and can adapt to very abrasive and moist products.
Fives’ innovative FCB B-mill solution is compatible with a wide range of mills with trunnion or shoe bearings. When used with shoe bearings, the mill is supported by tires that are integrated into the mill shell, which slides on the bearings.
Tailored solutions for your unique plant
Fives FCB combines technical excellence with a deep understanding of the industry's evolving needs. Through its broad portfolio of technologies and a commitment to tailored engineering, Fives empowers cement producers to confidently navigate the transition to low-clinker cement, enhancing profitability while meeting sustainability goals. With proven solutions already in operation worldwide, Fives continues to be a trusted partner for the cement industry's low-carbon future.
