In 2023, global annual cement production reached about 4.2 billion tons. This is more than twice the amount of global steel production (~1.9 Bio tons in 2023). Based on the data alone, one can’t emphasize enough the importance of building material in our economy. Most of our buildings, roads, or offices that we live, drive, or work in are made of concrete. This demands perfect quality control of cement, from raw materials, to cement clinker production, until the final cement product. Beside this, fuels, SRF materials, all kinds of slags/filter-dust, and many other environmental samples must be analyzed to ensure a clean and high-quality production of the cement.
LECO, a renowned provider of innovative analytical instruments, offers a diverse range of products tailored to meet the demands of modern cement plant laboratories. With a commitment to delivering precise, robust, and reliable analysis solutions, LECO equips laboratories with the tools needed to efficiently manage a multitude of analytical tasks.
See below for a wide-ranging example list of the LECO possibilities:
TGA801 Macro Thermogravimetry
- Loss on Ignition (LOI) in fly ash, coal fly ash and Portland cement by macro TGA
- Two-Step Loss-on-Ignition (LOI) on cement
- Moisture, volatiles, ash, and fixed carbon in coal
- Moisture, volatiles, ash in alternative fuels
- Hydration forms of gypsum
- Moisture / crystalline water in lime
RC612 Carbon /Water Phase Analyzer
- TOC / TIC / EC content of limestones, raw materials and other matrices
- CO2 /water content of cement / clinker
- Quick test of LOI by water /CO2 testing
- Moisture, water, carbon in burnt and slaked lime
- H2O-phases / lime /gypsum
SC832 Sulfur /Carbon Analyzer
- CO2 / SO3 in cement, clinker, raw meal, limestone, lime etc.
- C / S in solid fuels (coal, coke, waste materials)
- C / S in liquid fuels (oil, waste materials, …)
- C / S in environmental samples
CS744 HF Carbon Sulfur Analyzer
- Fast determination of CO2 / SO3 in cement, clinker and other cement products
- SO3 in limestone
You can explore this topic in-depth with our four-part webinar series on LECO instruments and building materials (namely cement).
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