Paste plant binder

Binder control every 6 hours, weekly binder order planning for the Paste Plant and Batch Plant, and delivery compliance for the monthly review.

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Every 6 hours: 02:30 · 08:30 · 14:30 · 20:30. Uses Eagle Cement's latest inbound forecast. Paste Plant only. Production day 05:00 to 05:00.

– h left in the production day (to 05:00)

CURRENT BINDER INVENTORY (on-site)

Silo #1 level%t
Silo #2 level%t
Trucks at gate (awaiting)t
Spare silo space to max fill (t)t
Total on-site (t)t

FORECAST CONSUMPTION — cumulative paste volume by binder strength

Binder strength3%4%6%12%Total (t)
Cumulative paste m³ → by +6 h
  ↳ binder required (t)
Cumulative paste m³ → by +12 h
  ↳ binder required (t)
Cumulative paste m³ → by +24 h
  ↳ binder required (t)

UNLOAD TARGET — PASTE PLANT (silo space, unload rate, trucks available)

WindowTruckstLimited by
Unload by +6 h
Unload by +12 h
Unload by +24 h

INBOUND — ECC FORECAST, PASTE PLANT TRUCKS ONLY

ECC trucks arriving by +6 ht
ECC trucks arriving by +12 ht
ECC trucks arriving by +24 ht

Cumulative, from Eagle Cement's latest forecast. Leave out Batch Plant trucks and trucks already at the gate.

PROJECTED ON-SITE BINDER (silos + all trucks at gate)

Projected at +6 h (t)t
Projected at +12 h (t)t
Projected at +24 h (t)t
Hours of cover at current stockh
Trucks on site + inbound (24 h)trk

ROLLING TRUCK REQUEST — PASTE PLANT ONLY

Binder use per day (t) — from +24 h abovet
ECC trucks expected before 05:00 (from forecast)trk
Trucks ordered — TOMORROWtrk
Projected stock, 05:00 end of today (t)t
Projected stock, end of tomorrow (t)t
NEW REQUEST FOR TOMORROWtrk
Change against what was requestedtrk

COMMENTS / NOTES (isolations, road or weather delays, supplier instructions)

Yellow = type your input  ·  Grey = calculated  ·  Green = the numbers to issue to Eagle Cement. Fixed values are under Settings below. Every figure is Paste Plant only.

How to complete the SIC
  • Yellow cells only. Date, snapshot time and your name. Silo #1 and #2 levels (%) and trucks at the gate awaiting unload.
  • Forecast consumption: for each binder strength, the cumulative paste volume you expect to pour by +6 h, +12 h and +24 h. Cumulative means +24 h includes +12 h and +6 h.
  • Inbound deliveries: copy Eagle Cement's latest forecast (issued 01:30, 07:30, 13:30 and 19:30) of Paste Plant trucks arriving by +6 h, +12 h and +24 h (cumulative). Send the picture to Eagle Cement straight after completing the SIC. Exclude Batch Plant trucks and trucks already at the gate.
  • Rolling truck request: the Paste Plant trucks already ordered for tomorrow. Trucks still to arrive today are taken from the ECC forecast.
  • Supply status: ON TRACK (green), WATCH — tighten the schedule because stock falls below target (amber), ACTION — expedite deliveries because stock falls below the minimum (red), SURPLUS — more trucks at the gate than the agreed maximum, so pause new deliveries; trucks already en route continue (blue).
  • Tomorrow's request = ROUNDUP( ( binder use per day + ( target − projected stock at 05:00 ) ÷ days to recover ) ÷ truck payload ), capped at the maximum trucks unloadable per day and at what the silos can physically receive.
  • Unload target: the lowest of (a) silo space now plus binder consumed in the window, (b) unload capacity, and (c) trucks at the gate plus ECC inbound. "Limited by" shows which one applies.
  • Binder required (t) = paste volume × paste SG × % solids × % binder. Projected stock counts every truck at the gate, because they will tip as the silos draw down.
  • Entries save automatically, as on the weekly page, on this computer and, when the shared folder is linked, in the shared folder too, so a different computer opens the latest SIC. Use Picture for Viber to send the SIC to Eagle Cement, and New snapshot at each 6-hour slot.
SIC settings (fixed values)

Binder % basis: total dry solids (binder ÷ (tailings + binder)), confirmed 27 Sep 2026. Paste solids 69.5 % is the recipe minimum: enter the current setpoint if the plant is running higher. Consumption rates: 5 t/h at 3 %, 10 t/h at 6 %, 20 t/h at 12 % (B. Lenz, 27 Sep 2026), with 4 % set pro-rata at 6.7 t/h. They cap the binder the forecast can draw in each window. Unloading stops at the maximum fill: a truck counts only if it fits in one silo without taking it past the maximum. With both silos open, 2 trucks per cycle; with one open, 1 per cycle. After spare space is used, the rate follows the binder strength.

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