CASE STUDY - BURNER PIPE AT CUSTOMER IN INDIA

COMPANY OVERVIEW :

• The customer is a 50 years old well known Cement producer of South India.• 5 advanced production units(8 kilns)• Cement capacity of 12MTPA

CASE STUDY - BURNER PIPE AT CUSTOMER IN INDIA

Country: India

Plant group name: XX

Plant name: XX

Main equipment supplier: FLS

Production capacity: 3300 and 4300 TPD

Number of production lines: 2

Run factor: 0.93

Main fuel: Pet Coke in Kiln

HASLE ASSOCIATION & PERFORMANCE :

• The customer has been our customer for the last 15 years

• HASLE D52A has been standardized for use in Burner Pipe ,Tip Casting ,Bull Nose & Cooler Side Walls for all units.

• Supplied Castables and Precast solutions like Cooler Cam Lining & Vortex Finders

HASLE ASSOCIATION & PERFORMANCE : (Continue)

• Best Performances for areas like :

- Bull Nose : More than 6 years using D52A in place of 6 months with best Indian castable.

- Tip Casting : 18 months life with D52A in place of 6 months with best Indian castable.

- Cooler Side Walls : 3 years life with D52A in place of 8-9 months earlier.- CVF : Heat Saving of 9 Kcal / Kg Clinker- Cooler Cam Lining : Clinker outlet temperature reduced by 12%- TA Duct : More than 3 years life with D66 in place of 4 months life.- Burner Pipe : 12-15 months life with D52A in place of 3-4 months earlier life.

BURNER PIPE :

• Life with LC-90,best Indian castable never exceeded 6 months with repairs.• HASLE reviewed the design ,operating conditions and application and recommended

use of D52A castable• Life was just doubled to 12 months strictly following HASLE instructions.• Further study/discussions recommended heating-up of casting as per HASLE heating

schedule.• Life further improved by 6 months i.e. achieved 18 months.

• HASLE reviewed the design ,operating conditions and application and recommended use of D52A castable.

Recently the customer has started to preheat the Burner Pipe

Burner Pipe is preheated

Life was just doubled to 12 months strictly following HASLE instructions and preheated

CONCLUSION :

Customer is more than satisfied and recommended standardization of use of D52A forBurner Pipe in all Units due to life enhancement exercise done with HASLE support.