Differentiate Dry Process And Wet Process Of Manufacturing Cement?

Lime stone and clay are ground to fine powder separately and are mixed together.

Water is added to make a thick paste which contains 14% of moisture.

The paste format are dried and off charged into a rotary kiln.

The product obtained often calcination in rotary kiln.

Process

The crushed raw materials are fed in to a ball mill and a little water is added.

The steel balls in the ball mill pulveriser the raw material which form a slurry with water.

The slurry is passed through storage tanks where the proportioning of compound is adjusted to ensure desired chemical composition.