GEBR.

PFEIFFER - state-of-the-art
technology for cement grinding
VDMA-Symposium Tehran – 2016 May 10/11
Milestones in Gebr. Pfeiffer‘s History

• 1864: Foundation of the company

• 1890: 1st air separator for the cement industry
• 1894: 1st mill for the cement industry
• 1925: Largest cement mill in the world (ball mill)
• 1956: 1st MPS vertical roller mills for raw material and coal grinding
• 1979: The world‘s 1st vertical roller mill for cement grinding
• 1994: Launch of MPS B-Series with improved performance
• 2000: Establishment of Gebr. Pfeiffer (India) PVT. LTD
• 2005: Establishment of Gebr. Pfeiffer Inc. / USA
• 2006: 1st MVR vertical roller mill
• 2007: 1st Pfeiffer MultiDrive® for vertical roller mill
• 2011: The world’s largest vertical roller mill for cement grinding
• 2013: Gebr. Pfeiffer starts activities in EPC business
• 2016: Already more than 30 MVR mills sold
Gebr. Pfeiffer SE is a 100% family-owned group of companies
Machines for the Cement Industry

MPS vertical roller mill MVR vertical roller mills

MultiDrive® Standard Drive
Manufacture in the own Workshop
Design features of the
PFEIFFER MVR Mill
Design of MVR Vertical Roller Mill
The PFEIFFER MVR Mill – Essential Features

Modular roller system and MultiDrive® Double Active redundancy

Up to 6 grinding rollers and 6 drive modules: The mill operation continues with slightly
reduced capacity even if one roller and / or one drive module is under maintenance.

Hydraulic system for operation and maintenance

For maintenance purposes no extra component is required to swing
the rollers out of the mill – plus: easy access to hydraulic cylinders.

Parallel grinding gap

The geometry of the grinding elements in combination with our MVR mill’s
suspension system ensures a parallel grinding gap in any operating point.

Modular drive design – the Pfeiffer MultiDrive®

Up to 12 000 kW drive power with only 3 different types of drive modules.
A MultiDrive® can be equipped with up to 6 identical drive modules
around the generously designed central table support.

Symmetric wear parts

The roller system with standard modules and symmetric tyres
provides the possibility to turn the roller tyres for extended lifetime.
Space saving twin support
Innovative design of the twin supports for two roller
modules provides good access for maintenance work and
plenty of space for the installation of a large table support.
PFEIFFER MVR Mill: Modular Roller Design

Identical parts possible for

raw mills and cement mills
reduced spare parts stock
Double Active Redundancy = Highest Availability

Up to 6 grinding rollers and

up to 6 MultiDrive® modules:

The mill operation continues with

nearly full capacity even if one of
the rollers and/or one of the drive
modules is under maintenance.
Only one Hydraulic System for
Operation AND for Maintenance

For maintenance purposes no

installation of an extra hydraulic
cylinder is required to swing the
roller out of the mill.

Hydraulic cylinders are located

beside the roller twin-supports

easy access for

maintenance
Innovative Roller Suspension and Supports

Grinding gap in parallel

• Guided motion of rollers – smooth run

• Grinding gap always in parallel
• Positive effects on power transmission
• Tensioning cylinder swings out roller for service
MVR Mill with Pfeiffer MultiDrive®
The Proven Modular Drive Design

The Pfeiffer MultiDrive® with up to

six identical drive modules has been
developed in cooperation with
Siemens-Flender – tailor-made
especially for the Pfeiffer MVR mill.

It provides up to 12,000 kW drive

power with only three different types
of standard drive modules combined
with a large central table support for
the handling of axial and radial forces
from the grinding process.

Only the Pfeiffer MVR mill with

MultiDrive® provides the highest
possible availability due to active
redundancy and flexibility of drive
and roller arrangement.
Pfeiffer Vertical Roller Mills with MultiDrive®

country customer mill size kW tph fineness product year

Brazil via Cemengal, for Holcim / Barroso MG MVR 6700 C-6 11500 450 4300 cm2/g acc. to Blaine slag cement 2011
(6x1920)

Asia Undisclosed project (new order) MVR 6700 C-6 10970 530 3600 cm²/g acc. to Blaine cement 2016
(5x2194)

Algeria via CBMI, for CILAS / Biskra MVR 6700 C-6 9125 340 3700 cm²/g acc. to Blaine cement 2014
(5x1825)

Cambodia via CITIC for Chip Mong Cement Co. / Touk Meas MVR 6000 C-6 7200 300 3500 cm²/g acc. to Blaine cement 2016
(4x1800)

India Jaypee Cement Ltd., for Balaji MVR 5600 C-4 6600 320 3500 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2008
(4x1650)

France CRH / Val de Seine (former HOLCIM plant) MPS 4750 BC 3800 125 5150 cm²/g acc. to Blaine slag 2007
(3x1267) 110 4000 cm²/g acc. to Blaine cement
Pfeiffer MVR Roller Mills for Cement Grinding
References in the Cement Industry

country customer mill size kW tph fineness product year

Brazil via Cemengal, for Holcim / Barroso MG MVR 6700 C-6 11500 450 4300 cm2/g acc. to Blaine slag cement 2011
(6x1920)

Asia Undisclosed project (new order) MVR 6700 C-6 10970 530 3600 cm²/g acc. to Blaine cement 2016
(5x2194)

Algeria via CBMI, for CILAS / Biskra MVR 6700 C-6 9125 340 3700 cm²/g acc. to Blaine cement 2014
(5x1825)

Iraq via Sinoma, for Sulaymaniyah MVR 6000 C-6 6000 210 3600 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2014
132 5500 cm²/g acc. to Blaine

Iraq via Sinoma, for Sulaymaniyah MVR 6000 C-6 6000 210 3600 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2014
132 5500 cm²/g acc. to Blaine

India Emami Cement Ltd., for Risda MVR 6000 C-6 6700 335 3000 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2014

India Emami Cement Ltd. MVR 6000 C-6 6700 335 3000 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2014

India Emami Cement Ltd. MVR 6000 C-6 6700 335 3000 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2014

India Shree Cement Ltd., for Bihar MVR 6000 C-6 6700 270 3500 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2013

India Shree Cement Ltd., for Raipur MVR 6000 C-6 6700 270 3500 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2013

India Shree Cement Ltd., for RAS I MVR 6000 C-6 6700 270 3500 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2013

India Shree Cement Ltd., for RAS II MVR 6000 C-6 6700 270 3500 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2012

Australia via Cemengal for Cement Australia / Port Kembla MVR 6000 C-6 5500 210 3800 cm2/g
acc. to Blaine cement 2011
(3x1833) 190 4200 cm2/g acc. to Blaine

Cambodia via CITIC for Chip Mong Cement Co. / Touk Meas MVR 6000 C-6 7200 300 3500 cm²/g acc. to Blaine cement 2016
(4x1800)

India Jaypee Cement Ltd., for Balaji MVR 5600 C-4 6600 320 3500 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2008
(4x1650)

Turkey undisclosed client MVR 5000 C-4 4000 190 3600 cm²/g acc. to Blaine grey cement 2015
120 4800 cm²/g acc. to Blaine white cement

East Africa undisclosed client MVR 3750 C-4 2900 150 3300 cm²/g acc. to Blaine cement 2016

Germany Hauri KG / Bötzingen MVR 1800 C 320 20 10% R 90 µm phonolite 2006

19 5600 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement

Germany Hauri KG / Bötzingen MVR 1800 C 250 21 4600 cm2/g acc. to Blaine cement 2015
MVR 5600 C-4 Cement Mill with MultiDrive®

Jaypee Cement, Balaji, India

MVR 5600 C-4

installed power 6,600 kW

in operation since June 2012
Feed material PPC OPC
product rate 320 t/h 310 t/h
Blaine in cm²/g ~ 4,000 3,000

R0,045mm in % 11 – 12,5 ~8

Comp. Strength development*

after 3 days in MPa 29,5 42,5

after 7 days in MPa 40,0 50,2
after 28 days in MPa 53,0 63,0

*tested in accordance to IS 4031

MVR 6000 C-6 – Shree Cement Ltd. / India

Shree Cement Ltd.

India - RGU

Installed power 6,700 kW

In operation since May 2014
Feed material PPC OPC
Clinker 56.5 % 90 %
Gypsum 6.0 % 8.0 %
Fly ash, wet 13.5 % 2.0 %
Clinker temperature 135 °C 135 °C
Feed moisture 2.3 % 1.1 %
Water spray 2.2 % 3.1 %
Product rate 334 t/h 311 t/h
Blaine in cm²/g 3,700 2,840
Spec. energy cons. 15.7 kWh/t 17.7 kWh/t
(shaft: mill)
Port Kembla - MVR 6000 C-6 with MultiDrive®
Largest Vertical Roller Mill in Australia

Cement Australia, Port Kembla

MVR 6000 C-6

installed power 5,500 kW

material CEM I / GGBS

product rate 208 / 190 t/h

fineness spec. surface 3800 / 4200

(Blaine) cm²/g
Port Kembla - MVR 6000 C-6 with MultiDrive®
Operational Results

GGBFS GP Cement

Warranty Achieved * Warranty Achieved *

Throughput 190 t/h 197 t/h 208 t/h 215 t/h

Feed moisture 9% 2.5 %

Residual moisture 0.5 % 0.5 % 0.5 % 0.2 %

Fineness 4,200 cm²/g 4,400 cm²/g 3,800 cm²/g 3,800 cm²/g

Spec. energy
26.3 kWh/t 24.8 kWh/t 22.8 kWh/t 21.5 kWh/t
consumption mill

* first operational tests in March 2014

Barroso – MVR 6700 C-6 with Pfeiffer MultiDrive®
Largest VRM in the world under commissioning

Holcim, Barroso MG / Brazil

MVR 6700 C-6

installed power 11,500 kW

material slag cement

product rate 450 t/h

fineness spec. surface 4300

(Blaine) cm²/g

The One-Mill-Solution: Pfeiffer MVR Mill

with MultiDrive® for highest availability
 Gebr. Pfeiffer SE
P.O. Box 30 80
67618 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)631 4161 0
Fax: +49 (0)631 4161 290
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