Increase productivity of vertical roller mill using seven QC tools

Abstract

Cement sector in india is enjoyign success and capacity enhancement due to the rapidly growing demand in various sectors but at the same time a threat is approaching to cement industry that its input cost is increasing day by day like power cost, fuel cost, raw material cost. Also cement is a highly energy consuming industry. Hence in order to survive and sustain in the market its profitability need to be enhanced by increasing productivity and reducing power consumption. High productivity and low power costs can be achieved by increasing output, lowering breakdowns and optimizing the grinding process which eats almost 60% of power cost. In recent years vertical roller mill (VRM) has proved to be a popular choice for finished cement grinding due to low power consumption but it is also very sensitive to vibrations and can deteriorate productivity if process optimization is varied slightly. Objective of this research paper is process optimization of Vertical roller mill, improvement in productivity and reduction in vibration breakdowns using seven QC tools. The research explains complete process of identifying possible causes and final root causes, finding possible solutions and implementing them in order to increase the output of vertical roller mill. This study can benefit the organizations using VRM and are not able to utilize its full productivity due to some bottlenecks or constraints.