Gerald Lynskey, SSI Consulting, described factors to be considered regarding inspections and repairs, such as access requirements, when “Outage planning for silo inspection and repairs”. John Kline, Kline Consulting, presented the topic “Lubrication best practices” that can improve the equipment’s reliability and productivity while reducing costs. This was followed by two contributions of the Maintenance & Safety Working Group. One of the most important impacts will have a strong decrease of the clinker factor. To his opinion it is now an exciting time to be in the cement industry at the edge of the most fundamental change in cement’s history on its way to net CO 2 neutrality. Starting from the problem that CO 2 emission costs are increasing solutions have to be found to reduce these emissions such as zero-CO 2 alternative fuels, retro-fitting existing plants with CO 2 reduction and capture or increased use of fillers. Robert McCaffrey, Editorial Director of Global Cement Magazine, gave the next presentation on asking “Have we arrived at peak cement”. He presented “The cement industry’s roadmap to carbon neutrality” regarding the critical role cement and concrete have in sustainability and addressing climate change. Sustainable strength through innovationĪfter the Conference Opening by Chris Macey, Resco Products, Inc., CIC Chair, Mark Mueller, 2021 Local Chair and Nate Murphy, FLSmidth, CIC Vice Chair, the first keynote was held by Rick Bohan, Portland Cement Association’s Vice President of Sustainability. Thus, five plant tours could be shown, among others a tour of the Yamama Cement Plant in Saudi Arabia, the Lehigh Hanson Cement Plant in Redding, California/USA and the Argos Plant in Martinsburg, West Virginia/USA. The virtual orientation of this year‘s conference, however, had the advantage that several plant tours could be “visited” during the event. On a beach stage live music was performed as evening program.Ī plant tour is traditionally part of the conference program. The Aggregate Platform also offered various “recreational facilities”, including a soccer field, a beach with the possibility of boating and viewing terraces. Companies could display their logos, websites, power points, and videos on the screens located within their booth, creating a unique interaction with each attendee that stopped by. The Aggregate platform and its buildings and facilities also provided private meeting spaces as well as communal areas allowing multiple attendees to join into a group conversation as if they were standing there in person together.Ībout 300 attendees joined the virtual conference that offered as usual a comprehensive program of advanced training and papers including presentations of the latest technology covering a variety of topics important to the industry.At the accompanying exhibition, over 100 exhibitors informed the participants about the latest trends in product and service offerings. The avatars could interact via voice chat, text chat, or playful animations. When joining the Aggregate 3D platform for the first time, the future attendee was asked to be creative form the start: You could create your own avatar, representing yourself in the platform like in a game.
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