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Sylabus Process/Production Section

1.   Mining Operation (3 days)

§  Quarry exploitation plans

§  Quarry scheduling optimization

§  Government quarry safety regulation

§  Exploration method

§  Rehabilitation system

§  Drilling & blasting techniques

§  Management of mobile equipment

§  Loading and hauling techniques

§  Mine surveying

§  Road maintenance

§  Overview of hydraulics, mobile plant

§  Equipment related safety

§  Contracting out the quarry operation

§  Quarry development

§  Technique Revegetation and Reclamation

2.   Cement Manufacturing Course Level 1 (3 days)

§  Quarrying Operation

§  Crushing and Pre homogenizing

§  Raw Grinding Systems

§  Coal Mill

§  Kiln Systems : SP, Kiln, Cooler

§  Refractory

§  Cement Grinding

§  Cement Chemistry

§  Bag Plant

§  Pollution Control

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3.   Cement Manufacturing Course Level 2 (5 days)

§  Quarrying Operation

§  Crushing and Pre homogenizing

§  Bulk Solid Storage

§  Grinding/Comminution Engineering

§  Separators

§  Coal Mill Systems: Operation, Parameters, Trouble

§  Raw Grinding Systems : Operation, Parameters, Trouble

§  Burners and Flames

§  Combustion Engineering

§  Alternative Fuels

§  Circulation Phenomena

§  Kiln Systems Operation Principles, Parameters, Trouble

§  Refractory Technology

§  Mass and Heat Balance of Kilns System

§  Mass and Heat Balance of Mill System

§  Cement Grinding Systems : Operation, Parameters, Trouble

§  Grinding Media

§  Main Fans

§  Raw Mix Design

§  Cement Chemistry

§  Quality Control

§  Dedusting System

§  Gas Analyzing Systems

4.   General Safety Training (3 days)

 

§  Awareness of HSE Management System

§  Company safety policy

§  Safety procedures

§  Emergency procedure

§  Emergency response : fire, earthquake, bomb treat

§  Fire extinguisher

§  First aid procedures

§  Incident investigation

§  Safety observation

5.   Specific Safety Training (3 days)

 

§  Electrical Safety

o      Power on/off procedure

o      Lock out procedure

o      Starting procedure

§  Mechanical Safety

o      Materials and equipment lifting procedure

o      Welding safety

o      Tools machining safety procedures

o      Fire Extinguisher

§  Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

§  Lock off procedures

§  Equipment entry procedures

§  Handling flammable materials

§  Safety Induction Development

§  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

o      Usage Procedure and Monitoring

§  Safety Inspections on

o      Construction Equipment

o      Chemicals

§  Heavy equipment mobile plant safety

§  Drilling and blasting safety

§  Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment                   

§  Work permit system                                                                            

o      Convince space                                    

o      Hot work Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO)                           

o      Scaffolding

o      Job Safety Analysis      

§  OSH Expert                

§  Monitoring and Measurement                                     

§  Ambient air measurement, noise mapping, vibration mapping          

§  Equipment certification                       

 

 

6.   Environment System Management (3 days)

 

§  ISO 14000 standard

§  Environmental Aspects

§  Monitoring and Measurement

§  Impact Analysis

§  Environmental Auditing

§  Explosive Materials

§  Inspections of emission including noise, vibration, dust

§  Emission Monitoring and Reporting

§  Waste Material Handling

§  Environmental Management Program

§  Environmental Regulation

§  Hazardous Material Handling

§  Destruction Removal Efficiency

§  Auditor training

 

7.   Quality Management System (3 days)

  • The concept of Quality
  • ISO 9000 role
  • Quality Control Circle
  • Meeting Customer's Requirements
  • Achieving Quality
  • The Principles governing the ISO Standard for QMS
  • Quality Management System Requirements
  • Steps to implement the system
  • Management of Internal Audits
  • Management of Data
  • Review of the System
  • Management Responsibility
  • Resource Management
  • Product realization
  • Measurement, analysis and improvement

 

8.   Kiln Process Operation (5 days)

  • Process and Kiln System -Basic Principles of Operation
  • Combustion Theory
  • Fuel Types and Their Characteristics
  • Raw Material Characteristics
  • The analytical background for the chemical and physical process
  • Optimization of Heat Consumption.
  • Kiln Refractory
  • Mass and Heat Balances
  • Emission of NOx and sax from Cement Kilns
  • NOx and sax in Clinker Burning Installations
  • Starting and Stopping the Kiln
  • Emergency Situations during Kiln Operation
  • Evaluation of kiln operation
  • Kiln System Process Control

 

§     Control Parameters

o        Location of the control parameters and variables

o        Preheater kiln

o        Precalciner kiln

o        Burning Zone Temperature (BZT)

o        Pyrometer reading

o        NOx of the exhaust gases

o        Kiln torque

o        Secondary Air Temperature.  Tertiary Air Temperature

o        Back End Temperature (BET)

o        Oxygen control

§     Control Variables

o        Fuel rate to the kiln

o        Feed rate to the kiln

o        Kiln draft

o        Kiln speed

 

§     Control Strategy

o        Possible kiln parameter conditions

o        Decision tree

o        Counteractions

 

§            Precalciner Control

o        Calcination temperature

o        Oxygen control

o        Other control parameters

 

§           Grate Cooler Control

o        Bed height and grate speed

  • Control Parameters and Variables
  • Actions to handling specific parameters and constraints
  • Inspection Strategies for Kiln Systems
  • Limits Regarding Kiln Charge

 

9.   Kiln Process Technology (3 days)

 

§    Kiln Systems

§    Refractory Linings

§    Firing Systems

§    Burners and Flames

§    Combustion Engineering

§    Alternative Fuels

§    Circulation Phenomena

§    Kiln Control

§    Mass and Heat Balance

§    Main Fans

§    Process and Equipment Modification

§    Kiln System Audit

 

 

10.       Coal Mill Operation (3 days)

§     Design of Process, Machinery and Basic Principles of Operation

§     Mechanical Features of the Mill

§     Drying and Grinding of Coal

§     Coal Mill Department Layout

§     Mill Components

§     Operation of the Vertical Mill

§     Methods for safe operation and handling of coal

§     Start-up, shut-down and trouble-shooting

§     Coal Grinding Mill with Inert Drying Air

 

11.       Basic Principles of Sampling Methods and Equipment (3 days)

 

§     Introduction

§     Sampling Regime

o        Basic considerations

o        Guidelines for sample size and sampling frequency

§     Sampling of Stationary Materials

o        Field sampling

o        Sampling of bulk cement

§     Sampling of Conveyed Material

o        Various possibilities of collecting a transverse sample

o        Deviations from the ideal case

o        Rules for the sampler

o        Recapitulation of sampling rules

§     Critical Analysis of The Best Known Samplers

o        Apparatus for transverse sampling with linear movement

o        Equipment for Transverse Sampling with a Rotary Motion

o        Equipment for Longitudinal Samples

o        Equipment for Quasi-Point Samples

o        Experimental Assessment of Samplers

§     Implement and Adequate Sampling Methods

§     Reliability of Test Result

12.       Refractory (3 days)

 

§     General Introduction

§     Classification of Refractory Products

§     Manufacture of Refractory Products

§     Testing of Unused Refractory

§     Zoning of Cement Kilns

§     Wear of Kiln Refractory

§     Chemical Reactions Producing Refractory Damage

§     Coating Properties and Behavior

§     Influencing Parameters

 

 

13.       Raw Mill Systems (4 days)

 

§     Purpose of Raw Grinding

§     Raw Material Properties and Product Quality

§     Basic Raw Grinding Equipment

o        Available Raw Grinding Equipment

o        Selection Criteria for Raw Grinding Equipment

§     Drying

o        Heat Sources

o        Drying Possibilities

o        Drying Performance

§     Raw Grinding System

o        Raw Grinding System with End-Discharge Mill

o        Raw Grinding System with Center Discharge Mill

o        Raw Grinding System with Air Swept Mill

o        Raw Grinding System with Vertical Roller Mill

o        Raw Grinding System with Roller Press

§     Comparison

o         Performance

o         Energy Consumption

o         Grinding Installation

14.       Ball Mill Operation (Raw Mill or Cement Mill) (3 days)

 

§     Design of Ball Mills and Basic Principles of Operation

§     Mass and Heat Balances

§     Grinding of Raw Materials

§     Drying and Grinding of Coal

§     Cement Grinding

§     Ball Mill Operation

§     Performance Testing of Ball Mill

§     Optimization of Mill Grinding Systems

§     Aspects and parameters in ball mill operation

§     Evaluation of ball mill operation

§     Responses to parameter variations during operation

§     Manipulation and parameter variation

 

15.       Operation of Vertical Mill (3 days)

 

§     Design of Vertical Mills and Basic Principles of Operation

§     Mass and Heat Balances

§     Grinding of Raw Materials

§     Drying and Grinding of Coal

§     Roller Mill Operation

§     Mill operation and parameters

§     Obtain optimal results from various given inputs and constraints

§     Supervise mill operation

§     Operate the mill system within inputs, variables and constraints.

§     Required actions and set points plant operation.

§     Analyze disturbances in the mill operation

16.       Cement Mills System (3 days)

 

§     Introduction

§     Grinding with Tube Mills

§     Mill Types

o        Type of material being ground

o        Number of chambers

§     Material transport

o        Discharge point of material

o        Grinding process

§     Elements of Tube Mills

§     External Elements

o        Feed arrangements

o        Discharge

o        Mill shell

o        Mill heads

o        Mill bearings

o        Mill drives

§     Internal Elements

o        Overview

o        Head liners

o        Shell liners

o        Intermediate diaphragm

o        Discharge diaphragm

o        Grinding media

§     Mill Control

o        Optimal mill load

o        Adjustment possibilities

o        Process parameters

o        Handling parameters

§     Mill Operating Performance

o        Mill efficiency

o        Separator efficiency

o        Mill ventilation, heating and cooling

§     Grinding aids (GA)

§     Grinding media charges

o        Grinding media charge compositions

§     Grinding media sizes

o        Ball charge calculation

o        Replenishment of ball charges

o        Ball charge management

 

17.       Cement Grinding Technology (3 days)

 

§     Overview grinding systems

§     Requirements

§     Grinding systems

§     Tube Mill Systems

o        Tube Mill in Open Circuit

o        Tube Mill in Closed Circuit

§     Tube Mill Systems with Pregrinding Unit

o        Roller Press

o        Vertical Shaft Impact Crusher

o        Vertical Roller Mill

§     Finish Grinding Systems

o        Roller Press

o        Vertical Roller Mill

o        Horizontal Roller Mill

§     Comparison

18.       Plant Audit (3 days)

 

§     Philosophy of Plant Audit

§     Energy

§     Main Equipment of Cement Plant

§     Conveying and Storage

§     Electrical Equipment

§     Pump, Blower, Compressor

§     Raw Mill System Audit

§     Kiln System Audit

§     Cement Mill System Audit

 

19.       Crusher Operation (3 days)

 

§     Manuals Operation

§     Access and Lifting Gear

§     Cleanliness

§     Oil Analysis

§     Operation and Maintenance Log

§     Safety

§     Minor Maintenance

 

20.       Quality Assurance (3 days)

§     Introduction

§     Definition of Quality

§     Objectives of QA

§     Activities of QA

o        Quality Planning

o        Quality Control

o        Quality Audit

§     QA system

o        The Elements of a Quality Assurance System

o        Organization of Quality Assurance

o        Quality Assurance Handbook

§     Quality Cost

o        Introduction

o        Elements of Quality Costs

o        Relationship of Quality Costs to Sales

 

 

21.       Cement Quality (3 days)

 

§     Chemical analyses of raw meal and other materials

§     Calculation of the raw mix composition and sampling methods

§     Composition of raw mix and clinker characteristics

§     Methods for evaluation of cement quality

§     Chemical changes in cement during grinding and storage

§     Blended Cement

§     Cement Grinding

§     Portland Cement  and Concrete Technology

§     X-Ray Analysis

§     Sampling and Sample Preparation from Crushing and Grinding

§     Burnability of Raw Mix

§     Quality Control; Laboratory

§     Grindability of Clinker

§     Influence of Manufacturing Parameters on Clinker

 

22.       Quality Control: Concept, Control Plan, Procedures (3 days)

 

§  Introduction

§  Quality Control Concept

§  Control Plan

§  Control Parameters

o    Supplied Materials

o    Quarry

o    Pre-blending

o    Raw Meal

o    Kiln Feed

o    Hot meal

o    Clinker

o    Ground Cement

o    Dispatched Cement

o    Ground Coal

§  Uniformity

§  Sampling, Preparation and Testing

§  Quality and Testing Standard (ASTM, SNI, JIS etc.)

§  QCX/Proportioner or QCX/Blend Expert

§  Introduction Microscopy

 

23.       Raw Mix Design (3 days)

 

§     General

§     Definition of Criteria for Mix Calculation

§     Principles and Methods of Mix Proportioning

o       X-Ray Pattern

o       Manual Calculation

o       Graphical Methods

o       Programmable Calculator

o       Computer Optimization

§     Raw Mix Assessment

o       Mix Type

o       Comparison of Raw Mix with Standard Specifications

o       Mineralogical Composition of Cement Raw Mixes.

o       Raw Mixes with regard to Cement Production

o       Evaluation of Laboratory Test Results

§     QCX/Proportioner or QCX/Blend Expert

 

24.       Laboratory (3 days)

 

§     Sample and Preparation

o       Methods

o       Application

o       Time of Preparation

o       Maintenance of Sampling Equipments

o       Suppliers

§     Laboratory Equipment

§     Gravimetri

§     Titration of Carbonates

§     Complexometric Titration

§     Blaine

§     Determination of Sulphur and Carbon Dioxide

§     Atomic Emission Spectrometry

§     X-Ray Fluorecence

§     X-RAY Diffraction

§     Microscopy

§     Thermal Shock Testing of Basic Refractories

§     Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA)

§     Thermo Gravimetric Analysis(TGA)

§     Maintenance of Testing Equipments

§     Standards understanding and application

o   ASTM

o   JIS

o   British standards

o   Singapore standards

o   Australian standards