LB OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A.

The batch/discontinuous mixing is LB traditional method already applied to various turnkey plants successfully operating all over the world.
 LB has recently designed and realized continuous dry mortar plant to decrease operational costs and increase production flexibility, simplifying the production processes: for example, with the same production and the same quantity of raw
materials and additives, a lower number of devices is used compared to a discontinuous process:

• Less man-hours to manage the system
• Simplified maintenance
• Simplified suction plant (less power, estimated saving – 30%)
• Reduced overall dimensions of the building.

LB manufactures and supplies complete granulation lines for various industrial sectors, i.e. for fertlizers.
The product to be granulated is collected from an existing container to be conveyed to granulator GRC granulator by LB by means of a batching system.
The granulated product is then conveyed to the drying line and, later, to an existing or new storage system.
After the dryer, you find the sieving tower:  the material above the net is re-circulated and goes into a mill crushing the bog pieces and putting them again imnto the sieving cycle. The “good” material (below the net) goes directly to the storage silos.
The compaction is made through a compacting machine (series Fyster 400/600): this machine produces a tablet broken with a “mill” with a very high crushing machine in a very limited time to get flakes and to decrease the powder produced (the powder d 97<500 micron for this type of process is considered to be waste).
 

Over the years, LB has developed specific knowledge concerning the batching and conveying processes applied to several different sectors. The acquired know-how has allowed LB to develop reliable and highly performing technologies able to satisfy any type of installation and functional requirements. The development of LB technologies has led to the optimization and standardization of elements such as modular silos, extraction and batching augers and extremely reliable batching and conveying systems. These processes are performed in continuous, mainly in weighting: this is the big advantage of this technology.
 

LB develops, in cooperation with its partner AST4, advanced technological services in the VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) areas to improve the efficiency of the production processes by:
-VR and AR proprietary tools
-Control software
-Preventive maintenance programs
-Consultancy, advice
-Service Pack and suggested spare parts to be kept in stock.
The app STAR, thanks to the use of the augmented reality, allows having a real time access to operational data and technical information about the machines.
The app STAR is:
-Based on mobile devices, always at a hand.
-Easy to use: you have to focus the camera of your smartphone on the part of machine to be connected
-Gives easy access to the maintenance instructions in 3D and to the selection of spare parts from 3D.
-Allows 3D diagnostics and alarms identification
-Allows interactive trouble-shooting.
On the other hand, the innovative software PLUS can dialogue directly with machines and plants, exchanging key information to control them and act preventively.
The above is achieved by:
-machine reports
-alarm statistics
-OEE reports (overall equipment efficiency)