Case Study
Plugging, Surging and Wear-Through Virtually Eliminated by Deflection Elbows
TECHNICAL ARTICLE SERIES HAMMERTEK CORPORATION USA: 2400 Emrick Boulevard, Bethlehem, PA 18020-8006 1 800 505 9665 1 610 814 2273 Fax: 1 610 814 0600 sales@hammertek.com hammertek.com AUSTRALIA: 78 Westgate Street, Wacol, QLD 4076 +61 (0) 7 3360 8580 sales@hammertek.com.au hammertek.com.au HAMMERTEK ® Plugging, Surging and Wear-Through Virtually Eliminated by Deflection Elbows HT-1011Plugging, Surging and Wear-Through Virtually Eliminated by Smart Elbow® Deflection Elbows At Essroc Materials, Inc., formerly Coplay Cement, plugging and elbow wear in pneumatic conveying lines caused unnecessary downtime and repair expense. The Frederick, MD, facility is a wet-process cement plant that produces 350,000 to 400,000 tons of cement a year using two 400-foot-long rotary cement kiln