PENTA provides full-service engineering to the cement industry. Our extensive experience working with the cement industry allows us to offer our customers the most comprehensive services, be it capacity upgrade with minimum investment costs or concept-to completion Greenfield/Brownfield plants.

PENTA's range of services covers mining, grinding, pyroprocessing, material handling and bulk storage structures. Our expertise extends to geological evaluations, mine and quarry planning, raw materials evaluations, plant system design, capital and operating cost estimates, plant layouts, process and operation evaluation, operations analysis, commissioning, start-up, operator training and management training. PENTA understands its clients needs and tailors its solutions optimally.

Areas of Cement Expertise:

• Quarrying Operations
  Design of geological investigation, including drilling, blasting, mine plans, crushing and screening plants
  
  
• Material Handling
  Belt, screw, bucket, pan and drag conveyors; overland belt conveyors; bucket elevators; truck and rail loading and unloading systems; storage and reclaim systems
  
  
• Grinding and Milling
  Design of optimum systems for drying and grinding in ball and roller mills, roll presses, classification by High Efficiency Separators and cyclones and screens
  
  
• Pyroprocessing
  Develop suitable systems of kilns, preheaters, precalciners and coolers, emission management and solid fuel firing systems and clinker handling and storage
  
  
• Instrumentation and Process Controls
  Design of instrumentation scheme and process control loops
  
  
• Bulk Storages
  Concrete silos, domes, steel bins and A-frame storages
  
  
• Cement Terminals
  Truck, rail and marine facilities

Cement Projects:

Continental Cement Company: Hannibal, Missouri, USA.

Caribbean Cement: Kingstone, Jamaica.

Ash Grove: Chanute, Kansas, USA - Louisville, Nebraska, USA - Foreman, Arkansas, USA.

Loma Negra: Olavarría, Argentina.