VEGA smart sensing for limestone and cement: level control insights for plant engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on Roads & Infrastructure (AU)
30 Second Briefing
VEGA is promoting non-contact, maintenance-free level monitoring for crushed limestone and cement handling, using radar-based sensors across quarrying, crushing, mixing and stockpiling operations. The systems are designed to cope with dust, build-up and variable bulk densities typical of silos, hoppers and stockpiles, avoiding mechanical floats or ultrasonic units that require frequent cleaning and recalibration. For road and infrastructure plants, this enables tighter control of feed rates and inventory in high-throughput cement and aggregate circuits, with fewer shutdowns for sensor access.
Technical Brief
- Non-contact, maintenance-free level monitoring is used for limestone and cement handling in roads and infrastructure projects.
Our Take
Limestone and cement feature in only a handful of keyword-matched pieces in our database, so VEGA’s sensing focus here sits in a relatively under-reported niche compared with iron ore or battery metals process control.
For Australian cement and limestone plants, smarter level and flow sensing can be a practical lever to reduce kiln downtime and dust-related maintenance, which is increasingly important as operators push older plants harder rather than committing to greenfield capacity.
Because this item is tagged to both Product and Projects, VEGA’s offerings are likely being specified directly into brownfield upgrade scopes in Australia, giving instrumentation vendors more influence over early design decisions than is typical in commoditised bulk materials handling.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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