Future made by ThyssenKrupp Polysius

Systematic and far-sighted development of new products and processes in order to provide future-oriented answers to the questions of our time was, is and will remain the credo of our company.

As an internationally active company, ThyssenKrupp Polysius competes and asserts itself on a worldwide scale. Global developments define future challenges and are therefore a constant source of inspiration for the work of our research and development departments.

The ThyssenKrupp Polysius Research and Development Centre is one of the world's foremost establishments for technological development on the cement and basic materials sectors. It provides the basis for meeting the ever-advancing requirements of the world's markets and for converting the knowledge gained during our result-oriented research into future-oriented products.

The application of instruments such as Finite Element and Computational Fluid Dynamics calculations to assist our Research and Development work, as well as targeted scale-up from laboratory to pilot and industrial scale plants, make the risks calculable or eliminate them completely.

The R+D Centre has laboratories for chemical, physical and mineralogical investigations. There are departments dealing with technical calculations, measurements and process and design development.

And there is the test plant facility, which contains 'miniature production lines' (including mills, kilns and a workshop) where comminution tests, burnability tests and wear tests are performed, components tried out and environmental effects observed.

The impetus for technological enhancements is received not only from ThyssenKrupp Polysius engineers but also from customers and scientific institutes. Close communication and cooperation in the development of technology is typical of the relationship between ThyssenKrupp Polysius and the industry.

The constant development of products and processes has the following objectives:

• creating production processes for the cement and minerals industries that conserve limited resources even more efficiently (minimum power consumption, minimum emission rates, environmentally compatible plant design, maximum use of secondary raw materials and/or fuels)
• reducing the capital cost
• significantly increasing the machine availability and
• as an overall result, maximising the profitability of the production plants.