Nursery near the limestone mine. Saplings of fodder plants that can be cut upto 5 times (and every time the plant would regenerate) are supplied by the company to the farmers in the nearby villages free of cost. The setup of limestone mine by the company had created a shortage of fodder for the villagers' livestock.
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
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
Left foreground : Central Control Room, Left Background : Clinker Cooler E S P, Center & Right : Covered Conveyors carrying clinker from the cooler to the two covered stockpiles
Rotary cement bag packing machine. The operator puts the empty bags onto the discharge tubes. Cement filling and bag stitching is done automatically by the machine. Notice the hood covering the operator's head to protect himself from fugitive cement dust.