The cement grinding station does the last process of finished cement production, separated out from cement line. In this process, the manufactured cement clinker is added in moderate amount of mixed materials. Then, the mixed material is grinded into cement.
Production process of cement could be regard as three processes that they are preparation of raw materials, calcination for cement clinker and complete manufacturing cement.
Portland cement is typical that could represent the cement product. Limestone and clay, as its original raw material, are crushed, added in ingredients and grinded into raw material. Then, the raw material is calcinated to be cement clinker in the cement rotary kiln. After added in moderate amount of gypsum and other additive ingredients, the cement clinker mixture are grinded into cement product.
The cement plant layout is that, the cement clinker product line is founded as ore district and the cement grind station could be located nearby the market. The reason is that each 1.6 ton raw material produces 1 ton cement clinker, which means that if the calcinations process is located nearby cities, the transportation cost would be increase 60%.
If located the whole cement product line at mining district, because most additives are city waste and the go and back transportation would increase the freight. So, it would be better that the cement clicker product line is located at mining district and the cement grinding is station located nearby market. In summary, cement grinding station is an industry with green benefits.