Material handling and quarry operationsEX-012

Preheater flow-aid installation at Matozinhos

Lafarge Brasil · Matozinhos, Minas Gerais, Brazil · Date not stated

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The decision this case can inform

Installation evidence supports engineering review, but outage savings require operating records.

Evidence scope

Supplier-reported evidence. This record establishes a milestone, not quantified operating savings.

Source-supported facts

What the public record actually establishes

2 sourced points
  1. F1

    Air cannons with revised exhaust valves were installed.

  2. F2

    The supplier documents installation and remote pneumatic operation over approximately 12 metres.

Structured interpretation

Facts and reported results are kept separate from the lesson a plant may choose to test.

01

Operating context

Preheater flow needed improvement.

02

Intervention or finding

Air cannons with revised exhaust valves were installed.

03

Documented result

The supplier documents installation and remote pneumatic operation over approximately 12 metres.

04

Plant interpretation

Installation evidence supports engineering review, but outage savings require operating records.

05

Transfer boundary

The headline does not come with quantified outage reduction. Generic force/fill-rate specifications are not demonstrated plant productivity gains.

Before applying the lesson

Questions to verify at your plant

These are decision checks, not operating instructions. Resolve them through local risk assessment, technical review, and authorization.

  1. 01

    Obtain outage records and compressed-air usage before promoting this to a measured-results case.

  2. 02

    What equipment, materials and operating conditions differ at your plant?

  3. 03

    What baseline and follow-up evidence would establish whether this change works locally?