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Location DB > England > Oxfordshire > Chinnor > Chinnor Cement Works > Second night trip > Chinnor2-14.JPG 14 / 40   Chinnor2-14.JPG Description The kilns are very simple in what they do, but the design that goes into them are very complex. They are angled slightly downwards, so slightly that they almost look totaly horisontal. After dropping past hundreds of baffles in the pre-heating tower with hot air being cycled through, the golfball sized dried slurry enters the kiln. The huge burner at the bottom end blasts a 10 metre flame up the kiln, slowly drying out the semi-liquid slurry. Special flutes on the inside of the kiln make sure that the slurry never builds up. The main chemical transformation happens when the cement passes through the coal fired flame. The flame is around 1700°C, and this extreme heat finalises the process. The balls of cement are then ground to a very fine powder in a machine much like what is used to powder the ashes in a crematorium. Huge steel balls in a washing-machine like drum pulverise the cement into a powder. The cement is then stored in the silos and taken away by train for bagging. Controls Return to Main Location Page Return to Gallery Overview Edit this Gallery Edit this Picture Un-Subscribe this Picture Comments If you'd like to add a comment, please login or register. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 515 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741854194 pages have been generated.