Pieter Swart operates CemWizards, a consulting firm specializing in the cement industry. He has over 20 years of experience as a chemical engineer, including positions at large cement companies. CemWizards provides specialist consulting services to optimize processes throughout cement plants, including raw materials, kiln systems, grinding systems, and other equipment. Pieter has extensive experience improving performance and solving issues across various aspects of cement manufacturing.

1. COMPANY PROFILE
Contact: Pieter Swart
Email: pswart@cemwizards.com
Phone: +27 83 792 8184
Johannesburg, South Africa
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1. ABOUT CEMWIZARDS
Pieter Swart is trading as CemWizards. Pieter graduated from the University of Stellenbosch
(South Africa) as a chemical engineer in 1993, and has more than 20 years’ experience in the
engineering discipline. In 2010 Pieter obtained his international certification as Performance
Process Engineer (Holcim).
In March 2016, Pieter was appointed as agent for Flow Industries in Botswana, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and
Zimbabwe. Flow Industries specializes in eco-friendly, high-pressure impulse solutions for
prevention and remedy of clogging and buildup problems in the water, oil and gas well, cement,
power, chemical and other industries.
2. SPECIALIST CONSULTING SERVICES
Process evaluation, assessments and optimization of:
 Cement raw mix design, clinker chemistry and cement-gypsum studies
 Cement plant bottleneck studies
 Kiln systems including cooler, kiln, calciner and preheater
 Combustion systems
 Comminution systems (crushers, ball mill and vertical mills)
 Cement silo lump formation investigations
 Ball mill grinding media management
 Ball mill and vertical mill liners
 Grinding additive studies
 Coal mill system safety
 Particle classifiers
 Waste gas treatment and filter systems
 Dryers
 Cyclones
 Pneumatic conveying systems
 Heat exchangers
 Centrifugal fans
 Alternative fuel and raw material impact studies
 Equipment performance/guarantee testing
 Training on request
3. REFERENCE CASE STUDIES
3.1. Filter and Fan Systems:
 Design specifications for cement mill bag filter upgrade projects.
 Design specifications for cement kiln/raw mill system bag filter upgrade projects.
 Centrifugal fan troubleshooting and upgrade projects.

2. COMPANY PROFILE
Contact: Pieter Swart
Email: pswart@cemwizards.com
Phone: +27 83 792 8184
Johannesburg, South Africa
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3.2. Kiln Systems:
 Cement kiln system NOx emission reduced by 20%.
 Rotary lime kiln run length increased by 35% - reduction in ash ring formation.
 New cement plant projects –verification of designs.
 Cement plant bottleneck studies – capacity review and AFR utilization.
 Cement kiln fuel dosing system upgrades.
 Cement kiln calciner upgrade projects.
 Cement kiln water usage reduction projects.
3.3. Grinding Systems:
 Cement VRM optimization - 52% (case 1) & 25% (case 2) production rate increase.
 Cement ball mill optimization - 37% production rate increase.
 Raw material grinding VRM optimization – 11% production rate increase.
 Coal grinding ball mill and VRM optimization and upgrade.
 Design specifications for cement mill water injection systems.
 Cement powder cooler assessments and upgrade projects.
 Mill liner specifications and supply adjudications.
 Mill separator specifications and supplier proposal adjudications.
3.4. Equipment Design:
 Ball mill inlet scrolls to prevent material back-spillage.
 Particle drop-out boxes.
 Rotary dryers.
 Hot gas ducting systems between cement kilns and raw mills.
 Milk-of-lime plants.
 Material load-out systems.
 Air-lift to bucket elevator conversions.
3.5. Project Management
 Project scoping & tender adjudication for plant upgrade projects.
 Commissioning and performance testing of equipment.
 Cement silo lump formation investigations with remedial measures.
 Material grinding projects for cement manufacturing.
4. EXPERIENCE
Pieter has specialist knowledge and experience in comminution and combustion systems in the
cement, lime and related manufacturing industries with associated materials handling systems
and other industrial process equipment. His experience was gained at:
 PPC, South Africa, various sites and Group Services: 1995 to 2006
 Bateman Engineered Technologies, Specialized Equipment Division, South Africa: 2006 to
2007 as Product Manager Cement
 Holcim/AfriSam, Technical Services, South Africa: 2007 to 2013 as Process Specialist
 PPC Technical Services, South Africa: 2013 to 2016 as Process Specialist
 CemWizards: March 2016 as Independent Consultant