Specifications

• 430 Tags at 1 second resolution
• 17 Different Process Units
• Online access to 20Gb of historical data
• Trend Historian
• Trend Link
• Trend Calc
• Allen Bradley PLC's

Company Profile - Mountain Cement

Mountain Cement Company in Laramie, Wyoming has been producing high quality Portland cement used in Wyoming and across the West for the construction of roads, bridges, buildings, energy services and residential construction.

Situation

Mountain Cement operates 2 kiln systems. Both kilns are coal fired but are capable of burning coke or gas. Kiln #1, started up in 1996, is a 360' x 11', long-dry kiln with an IKN static grate cooler. The rated capacity of this kiln is 600 stpd. Kiln #2 originally started up in 1986, is 450' x 13.5' with a 2 stage preheater and an IKN static grate cooler. The rated capacity of this kiln is 1500 stpd. Mountain Cement needed a better way to perform;

• Data collection
• Data trend charts
• Environmental Data Computations
• Environmental Data Trend Charts
• Environmental Reports

Calculating compliance values of the “Up” and “Down” state of the Raw Mill was tedious and prior to Canary Labs required manual calculations consuming value time and resources.

Canary Labs was recommended to Mountain Cement through “word of mouth” from another client.

Outcome

Operators of the plant have significantly improved the plant efficiencies through the utilization of Canary Labs. The trending solution has provided innovative, real-time techniques for tracking quality control and production. This resulted in increased productivity and equally important improved equipment reliability.

For the first time, Mountain Cement can access real-time environmental compliance data trends and rolling averages, simplifying data management and reporting activities for the plant.