All electrical connections between the containers are pluggable because all components of the grinding system must be mobile since a future relocation is planned for the facility.

LOESCHE's solution integrates the entire grinding plant in 7 ISO containers. All grinding plant components from the open loop control to the feed bin, the crusher, the mill with classifier, the hot gas generator, the filter, the fan and the pneumatic product transport are placed in containers.

The container grinding plant is designed as a turnkey solution. All electrical connections between the containers are pluggable. No foundations are required for its erection on solid ground.

The smallest LOESCHE roller mill, type LM 9.2 D and designed for grinding industrial minerals, has a capacity of 1.8 tonnes per hour. The Balikesir facility grinds bentonite, which is ground to a fineness of 30 % R 0.063.

With a power transmission capacity of 45 kW, the facility meets all the customer's requirements.

LOESCHE project manager Matthias Authenrieth said: "This was the first order of its kind for LOESCHE but we were able to successfully implement the customer's requirements. Our mobile, container-grinding plant is expected to be commissioned in May 2016."

With over 18,000 employees worldwide, Clariant is a global leader in specialty chemicals. Its headquarters are in Muttenz near Basel in Switzerland.