Cement

Permanently installed industrial elevators based on rack-and-pinion and traction technologies improve access to bagging facilities across multiple floors, enhancing safety and productivity.

These elevators are typically used daily for inspection, maintenance, and overhaul. They can also be used for emergency access.

Alimak rack-and-pinion elevators are ideally installed on vertical kilns to provide access to multiple levels for transporting personnel and materials during service and inspection work, all the way to the top level.

Rack-and-pinion elevators have the advantage of not requiring a shaft or a machine room, allowing them to be installed outside the kiln structure. They are also easy to retrofit to an existing kiln.

The elevator’s rack-and-pinion drive technology eliminates the need for a conventional elevator shaft, and with the drive machinery located on the car roof, a separate machine room is also unnecessary.

In cement mill environments, these elevators help ensure compliance with health and safety standards. By reducing the need for workers to climb stairs, fatigue is minimized, lowering the risk of accidents and injuries, and improving overall productivity.

Cement plant preheaters are high structures with modern high-efficiency systems, often reaching or exceeding 150 meters. Elevator access is a necessity in order to ensure access for service personnel and operators to critical areas of the production process. This will enhance safety and production efficiency. With the cement plant providing a challenging operating environment of high temperatures and dusty conditions, the elevator’s aluminum and hot-dipped galvanized steel construction safeguards against unnecessary downtime and costs due to operational breakdowns.

The location of the robust, high-efficiency drive system on the top of the elevator car makes it the best option to retrofit on the existing site with little impact on everyday operations.

Large silos for raw mixure, clinker, cement and lime require frequent access for maintenance and inspection.

The elevator must be robust, with high reliability and quality levels to withstand the harsh environmental problems created by dust, dampness, and heat.

Suitable for both outdoor and indoor installations on new and existing silos, Alimak rack-and-pinion elevators can facilitate dramatic reductions in capital expenditure by not requiring elevator machine rooms and load bearing shafts.