Cement Manufacturing
Cement Plant Operations
Technical Difficulties and Problems in Cement Industry
A structured troubleshooting method applied to the problems cement plants actually keep having.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Contact hours
- 30
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- US$1,500
Overview
Most plant troubleshooting is pattern matching against the last similar problem, which works until it does not. This week teaches a method: define the deviation precisely, establish what changed and when, generate hypotheses that are testable, and design the test. It is then applied across the plant's recurring difficulties, process, mechanical, quality and environmental, with participants bringing their own unresolved problems to work on.
Who should attend
Process and production engineers, maintenance and reliability engineers, quality staff, and technical managers responsible for resolving recurring problems.
What you will be able to do
- Define a problem precisely enough to be solvable.
- Establish a timeline of what changed and when.
- Generate hypotheses that can actually be tested.
- Design a test that distinguishes between them.
- Implement a fix and confirm it held.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 5 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
Method
- Defining the deviation
- Is and is not analysis
- Change analysis and timelines
Day 2
Process problems
- Instability and capacity loss
- High energy consumption
- Volatile cycles and build ups
Day 3
Mechanical problems
- Repeat failures and their real causes
- Vibration and alignment
- Wear rates out of line with expectation
Day 4
Quality problems
- Strength and setting deviations
- Variability out of control
- Customer complaints traced back
Day 5
Closing it out
- Testing a hypothesis on a running plant
- Implementing without creating a new problem
- Confirming the fix held
What you leave with
- A structured analysis of a problem you brought.
- A test plan to distinguish competing causes.
- A verification approach for confirming the fix.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Kampala, Uganda | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Classroom | US$1,500 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.