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Lafarge Perlmooser upgrades transport system (Austria)
Cement and environmental protection sounds like an unlikely combination, but it is a perfect partnership at Lafarge Perlmooser, where used tyres are used as an alternative energy source for cement production. Controlled by straton and zenon, the completely renewed tyre transport system supplies the rotary furnace with about 25 % of the fuel required per hour.
Cement plants have a great potential for substituting normal fuel with waste materials. Using alternative fuel for cement production saves natural resources and reduces CO2 emissions. Lafarge Perlmooser protects the environment and saves resources in many ways, one of which is by using used tyres as fuel. MGX Automation was been commissioned to renew and upgrade several parts of the plant. The objective was to reduce operating costs and increase production output. An important subproject was renewing the tyre transport system.
Wolfgang Luger, head of the project department in the plant at Retznei: “We replaced about 25 % of the fuel required for our rotary furnace with used tyres. In the autumn of 2007, we decided to completely renew the electrical equipment and automation of the used tyre system. Above all, we wanted to enable our operators to solve transport problems with as little travel as possible. Until now, solving such problems was a labor intensive task as it involved travelling long distances.”
