Cement Testing Furnaces

The compliance of cement with standards such as EN 197 / ASTM C 150 is a quality requirement. Quality assurance of the raw materials used in calcination and also during the clinker production is necessary.

CARBOLITE GERO’s AAF 1100°C Ashing Furnaces and CWF 1200°C and 1300°C General Purpose Furnaces are ideally suited for loss on ignition tests. Their use ensures that the production process meets quality standards and provides ash samples for additional analysis.

In addition, the burnability or free lime content of the clinker may be tested at intervals using our higher temperature RHF 16/8 (1600 °C) Furnace. This is particularly important in situations where there is variability in the raw materials.

Pilot Plant / Laboratory Manufacturing

For Cement producers who wish to reproduce the Cement manufacturing process in a laboratory / pilot plant there is a requirement to mimic the standard manufacturing process shown below:

Carbolite Gero’s RHZS Rotating Horizontal Tube Furnace has a 5L vibrating feeder for raw materials. The furnace itself enables the user to simultaneously heat and mix raw materials mimicking real-world rotary kiln. With a maximum 1150 °C operating temperature the work tube - which can be up to 75 mm in diameter - rotates and is suitable for continuous material processing even in an inert atmosphere if required. Time in the heated zone(s) depends on the pitch angle of the tube (horizontal to 10 °), the rotation speed (1.5-10 rpm), the length of tube used (600 mm, 900 mm or 1000 mm) and the flow properties of the raw materials as they are heated and mixed. The final heated and mixed clinker is delivered to a hopper where it can be cooled.