After a succesful first seminar in 2012, the Loesche Training Center organised a follow-up in October 2013 in Düsseldorf, Germany. More tan 40 people (customers, suppliers and colleagues from subsidiaries) from all over the world joined a two-day seminar in the Hotel MutterHaus in Kaiserswerth.

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"World CaÍé"
accepted very well and many lively debates took place at the different tables.
Not only delegates, but also the Loesche
experts learned a lot during the World
Café sessions.
The first day ended
in the
Classic
Remise Duesseldorf, a center for vintage
cars in a historic roundhouse for locomotives. All participants had the unique
chance to see beautiful vintage cars and
motorbikes in a spectacular atmosphere.
Hundreds of photos were taken and all
delegates enjoyed the tour filled with stories. It was obvious that cars are the most
emotional masterpieces of engineering.
The second seminar day was opened
by Helmut Frieling, Loesche Design Department, with an interesting presenta-
tion on the latest developments in classifier technologies. Hugo Meiring, Loesche
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Technical Field Service, explained how to
After a successful first seminar in 2o12,
the Loesche Training Center organised a
follow-up in October 2013 in Duesseldorf/
Germany. More than 40 people (customers, suppliers and colleagues from subsidiaries) flom all over the worldjoined a
two-day seminar in the Hotel MutterHaus
in Kaiserswerth. It all started on Oct. 7th
with a late autumn evening in Duessel-
dorfs most modern district, the Media
Harbour. After an interesting architec-
tural tour the delegates had the
chance
to get to know each other during an icebreaker party in Germany's highest bar
in the Rhine Tower. A height of 168 m
above ground level offered a stunning
view and a great sunset over Duesseldorf.
During this first evening all participants
already started to exchange ex¡reriences
with Loesche experts and customers.
The seminar itself took place in the
historical Hotel MutterHaus located in
Kaiserswerth. Theodora Bruns and the
Loesche Training Center team organised the semina¡ and Dr. Daniel Strohmeyer (Process Technolog;y Department,
wear, repair and spare parts. Lectures on
oil quality and oil sampling, and on new
cement t5ryes were also included.
carry out inspections at Loesche mills in
The first presentation was given by
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Wolter from the Technical University Clausthal. He presented
an overview on the European standardisation of ternary cements. In the following, Christian Ruthenberg, technical
trainer at Loesche and co-organiser of
Stefan Wölfel, Loesche Technical Field
this seminar, spoke about the processing
and operating of a Loesche mill. Carsten
Heine from OilDoc GmbH gave an overview on different oil qualities and explained the importance of oil analyses
and the correct oil sampling.
After the lunch break, Dirk Grube,
Loesche Design Department, started the
afternoon session which concentrated
on hydraulic systems in a Loesche mill.
Subsequently, Dr. Wolfgang Hahmann,
fm)AC Technology GmbH, explained
hydraulic accumulators in particular.
The end of the first seminar day was
a premiere: Dr. Regina Krammer, Loesche
Training Center, organised a most effec-
Loesche GmbH) moderated the sessions.
presenters hosted several panels (the socalled World Café tables) where all delegates had the chance to discuss their own
specific questions with experts and other
customers. This new didactic method was
After a second World Café
session,
Service, concentrated on wear and repair
in mills. Finally, Oliver Rayen and Ralph
Viebrock, Loesche Spare Part Sales, gave
an interesting overview on the lifetime
and costs of different wear materials for
grinding parts.
The 2"d Technical Seminar Duesseldorf offered a great opportunity to join
a network of experts, to foster personal
knowledge and to establish interesting
contacts within the cement industry.
The planning for next year's Technical Seminar has already started.
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tive group work called 'World Café'. The
Nine lecturers presented an up-to-date
a cement plant.
overview on process and operation of a
Loesche Mill, its hydraulic system, and
the latest development in classifier technology. Specifrc attention was paid to
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