A PLATFORM FOR
IMPROVE IMPROVEM MENT IMPROVEMENT Jeff Mirisola, Bricking Solutions, outlines how suspended platforms could help cement producers increase efficiency for vertical vessel maintenance.
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t is time to upgrade maintenance practices for vertical vessels. Like any form of routine maintenance, inspecting, removing and replacing refractory in pre-calciners, cyclones, lime kilns, ISAMELT furnaces and other vertical vessels places a costly burden on facilities in terms of downtime and lost productivity. One of the main reasons for this is that the traditional solution for accessing vertical surfaces – scaffolding – severely limits efficiency. It also increases safety risks for employees.
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