THE NEW LAMPANG CEMENT WORKS IN THAILAND - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL OPERATING EXPERIENCE WITH A MODERN 5500 T D PRODUCTION LINE/

In December 1996 Slam Cement Co. Ltd. (SCC), the largest cement produc er in Thailand, successfully commissioned a new cement works in Lampan g with a planned clinker capacity of 5500 t/d. The cement plant, which was planned and, with extensive division of the supply and services, installed by KHD Humboldt Wedag AG of Cologne, came on stream less tha n 30 months after the contract was signed. The precalciner kiln plant is interconnected with a Loesche mill. The cement, essentially an OPC and a Portland limestone cement called ''Tiger Mice Cement'', is produ ced in three closed-circuit grinding plants equipped with two-chamber, shoe-bearing, tube mills. The kiln line is fired with lignitic coal a nd fuel oil. The erection of this cement works has set new standards i n many respects. As the works was built in a decidedly ''green'' regio n the layout and environmental protection technology were subject to p articularly strict standards. Now that the plants have been fitted suc cessfully into the existing landscape the cement works enjoys a good r eputation as a showpiece in political, business and scientific circles in Thailand.