Comparison of properties of Portland cements produced in different grinding systems

In cement industry the most popular for cement grinding are the ball mills, working in closed circuit. In Poland in last years two roller mills for cement grinding were installed. In the paper the results of cements properties examination which were produced in roller mill and ball mill in one cement plant and of one clinker. The ball mill worked in closed circuit with Sepax separator. It was found that in comparison to roller mill cements from ball mills have higher content of semihydrate gypsum which confirm the higher gypsum dehydroxylation. Independently of mill system used the cements of the same grade have very similar grains size distributions. However, the strength of cement ground in roller mill has higher strength. Compatibility of cement from roller mill with two admixtures: melamine-formaldehyde and polycarboxylate is higher than from ball mill, but for the lignosulfonate the situation is opposite. However, the decrease of consistency with time is similar in the case of cements 32,5 and for 42.5 is quicker for cement from roller mill.