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Typically Mill Feeders aren’t the first thing that come to mind when looking for performance improvements at a cement mill, especially at one with annual capacity of four million tons. But it was one area where engineers at Holcim’s Ste. Genevieve Mill looked when digging deep for productivity enhancements. The Feeders are located at the start of the mill’s production process – usually a good place to start.

As a member company of a worldwide group leader in cement production, Essroc Italcementi Group understands that process disturbances have a direct and negative impact on profitability. Disturbances oftentimes result in inconsistent production quality and reduced throughput. What’s more, disturbances can cause staff to operate control systems in manual mode rather than automatic. That places additional strain on a plant’s resources and reduces its overall efficiency.