Increasing reliability by maintaining kiln stability

In today's industry there has been more emphasis placed on increasing the reliability of key equipment to reduce cost and maximize profits. As the cement industry strives to come out of the recent recession and prepare for increased demands in production, equipment reliability will become more important. For many companies, the recession brought about downsizing of plants, personnel and budgets utilized on anything other than essential maintenance of equipment. Consequently, we are faced with equipment that will need more maintenance with less maintenance staff to actually perform the required maintenance. Management is faced with the challenge of finding the resources both in experienced personnel and the maintenance budget to optimize the efficiency of plant equipment. With this in mind, it is increasingly more important to look at ways to keep the equipment in stable operating condition. The purpose of this paper is to define what is necessary to increase the reliability and stability of a cement kiln.