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LOESCHE involved in new construction project
with three vertical roller mills for large cement
plant in Egypt
Sohag – LOESCHE is involved in the new over 6 MW of power by LOESCHE together produced. e Chinese Chengdu Design &
construction of a large cement plant in Egypt with the Renk company. Six or eight water- Research Institute (CDI) functions as the
with three vertical roller mills. e end cooled cage rotor induction engines drive the general contractor for the project and belongs
customer is the Egyptian Cement for Cement grinding table of the mill through a planetary to the renowned Sinoma Group, which is
Projects Management S.A.E. e planned new gear. e motor pinion can be engaged or specialized in the planning and construction of
plant is located nearly 500km south of Cairo in disengaged. cement plants. CDI has not only successfully
e motors are also individually replaceable, on many occasions worldwide, such as for the
which makes the COPE drive very cement producer El Arish, the lines 3 & 4 as well
Sohag.
worked together with LOESCHE in Egypt, but
e LOESCHE scope of delivery includes a raw
material mill with a capacity of 540 t/h of maintenance-friendly. Moreover the mills can as the Beni Suef Cement Plant, where before the
cement raw meal, a cement mill with an output be further operated in case of a breakdown of end of 2017, six new production lines for
of 350 t/h of clinker as well as a coal mill with an one or several motors until the operation of a cement clinker will be formed, each with a daily
output of replacement is permissible. is results in a capacity of 6,000 tons, for which LOESCHE will
45 t/h. higher plant availability. soon provide 18 new vertical roller mills.
e cement mill for this order is equipped with Last but not least, the energy efficiency
the COPE drive (COmpact Planetary Electric convinced the general contractor as well as the
Drive). e COPE drive concept was developed end customer, that with the LOESCHE mills,
especially for powerful vertical roller mills with cement of the highest quality could be
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