The limestone mine benches as visible from village Gyana - most land for the mine was acquired from the farmers of this village. at the bottom of the mine, there are 3 villages on the ridge : Sherwala, Chakru & Serijeri
The limestone mine benches as visible from village Gyana - most land for the mine was acquired from the farmers of this village. at the bottom of the mine, there are 3 villages on the ridge : Sherwala, Chakru & Serijeri
Bauxite (additive) storage yard. Some iron ore (2nd additive) is also stored in this yard. However, most of the iron ore is stored in the open between the covered limestone storage yard and the open coal storage yard.
Left : 4 D G sets stacks. Middle : Raw meal Blending Silo and Glass Bag House Stack. Next Right : Inverted Y-shaped duct carrying air from raw mill and coal mill to the glass bag house for dedusting. Next right : Coal conveyor.
Left : Additives storage yard. Right : Limestone storage yard with reclaimer and conveyor visible. Limestone mine of Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd., Darlaghat, Himachal Pradesh
The Arm of the Limestone reclaimer which oscillates up and down (very slightly) and makes the limestone slide down the stack (by gravity) and the fallen limestone is conveyed horizontally to the belt conveyor with the help of evenly spaced scoops.
Conveyor carrying the reclaimed limestone to the raw Mill. The conveyor is covered after it exits the storage yard. The bag-filter and its ducting can be seen at the end of this conveyor at the Transfer Point where this conveyor puts the material on a conveyor in the perpendicular direction. The additives are added through hoppers on the second perpendicular conveyor.
Grilled mouth of the Bauxite hopper. the suction duct and bag-filter for reducing the fugitive dust can be seen at the back of the hopper grill. Limestone mine of Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd., Darlaghat, Himachal Pradesh
Building housing two truck tipplers for unloading the coal. Two suction ducts from the housing to the bag-filter and a vent are seen which releases the dedusted air into the atmosphere.
Truck tippler for unloading coal from the trucks. On the back, the dedusting chambers with suction duct on the top can be seen. Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd., Darlaghat, Himachal Pradesh
Vent for releasing the dedusted air into the atmosphere, besides the Coal carrying trucks' tippler House. Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd., Darlaghat, Himachal Pradesh
Name Plate of Impact Crusher used for crushing coal coming by trucks before it is stacked in the storage yard. Some details of the crusher are : Capacity : 200 T p h, Feed size : 500mm 10% (max), Product size : 30mm 95%, Max 40mm, Motor : 150KW
Bag filter at the coal crusher. Vent for releasing the dedusted air into atmosphere also seen. The solids collected by the bag filter are transferred to the conveyor, the hopper on top of the conveyor can be seen.
Left : Raw Meal Blending Silo, Next : Preheater Tower, Next : D G Sets stacks, Next : Glass Bag-house stack, Right : Coal Stacker at Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd., Darlaghat, Himachal Pradesh
Left : Stack for Glass-baghouse, Next : Duct carrying the dedusted gas from the glass bag-house to the stack, Next : Fore-ground - Glass Bag-house, Back-ground - Raw meal blending silo & Preheater tower, Right : Exhaust ducts of Raw mill & Coal Mill to the Glass bag-house