FLSmidth well positioned in competitive VRM market

摘要

The 1980s saw the beginnings of a shift in the cement industry. Slowly and steadily, cement producers began to adopt vertical roller mills (VRMs) for cement grinding instead of ball mills. Fast forward to today, and the VRM, with its superior grinding efficiency and low power consumption, is the industry standard. Since FLSmidth's initial OKa Mill installation in 1982 through to the end of 2018, customers have bought a total of 184 mills. Raw materials grinding was added to the OK Mill's resume in 2017. Following the launch of this flagship VRM, three new OK Raw Mills were sold in 2018. In 2018, FLSmidth sold 31 new vertical roller mills for all grinding applications. The combined cement grinding capacity of OK Mills from FLSmidth, grew by over 38% from 2270 t/h in 2017 to 3145 t/h in 2018. The flexibility of the modular design is a key driver of its success. It uses the same core grinding parts in raw and cement mills, in multiple mill sizes, greatly reducing the capital investment for spare parts in a plant.