MEA Cairo Regional Laboratory

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Our VisionOur vision is simple clear and farsighted. We aim to

integrate health and safety values in all our working

environment.

Whilst being a reference lab in maintaining high

level of service at lowest operational cost.

It is a great challenge which we are willingly to do by

exceeding customer expectations with flexibility ,

commitment and on time support.

We will ensure high level of analytical expertise

specially in advance methods.specially in advance methods.

We plan to be an efficient tool for improving the

plant performance in term of quality and process

mastery.

We will set a model by being the state of art training

center in speeding up plants laboratory mastery and

know how transfer within MEA countries.

By doing this we will build differentiation in the

implementation of best practices in development of

value added products.

Laboratory Located in Lafarge Cement

Egypt Plant – Cairo/Sokhna Road Km 93.

Laboratory is accessed via main gate of the

plant “Visitors Gate“

Accessing the lab facilities has to be after

safety induction and should be

accompanied with Lab team member.

All Labs are supported with safety signs,

guidance and evacuation plans.

MEA Regional Lab Location

Laboratory Layout

MEA Regional Lab designed of 10 main

Labs , storage areas and utilities rooms.

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Main Lab sections are: Samples

Preparation, Process, Chemical , ICP, XRF,

Microscopy, Mortar, Mechanical,

Concrete, XRD and Physical Labs.

MEA Regional Lab activities are

supporting 26 Plants distributed over 17

Countries in MEA zones; Middle East and

Africa.

Laboratory activities are covering testing for all

materials of Cement industry; Cement, Raw

materials and Intermediate materials.

All tests related to Cement Production according

to EN 197-1 and annexes,

Solid & Liquid Fuels, Alternative Fuels Tests as per

ISO & ASTM various standards,

The Material we TEST

Cementitious and Alternative raw materials,

Environmental tests – Heavy metals, Pyritic

Sulfur, CO2 and Mercury, water analysis.

Concrete and aggregates Tests as per ASTM and

EN standards and product development

researches.

IPC Cairo Lab Organization & Team Competencies

Osama AliLaboratory managerCertified Lafarge Expert Level III

19 Years in Cement & application

Tarek SaadSection Head – Chemical & Physical

Labs9 Years in Cement Business

MSC in Quality management

Black belt – Lean/ 6 Sigma

Ahmed SamirSection Head – Minerology Labs9 Years in Cement Business

MSC in Quality management

Ali ElSherif

Concrete, Process & Preparation

Labs Section Head22 Years in Cement & Concrete Business

Expert in Full tests of Fresh& Hard concrete

Process tests

Expert on Customer support on concrete &

Cement application

Mahmoud Safwat

Concrete & Mortar Lab

supervisor13 Years in Cement, concrete &

15/04/20185

Team members are capable to provide high level

of competencies on remote/ on site supports for

different Cement application activities; Concrete

problems solving, Lab support on analytical

techniques,

19 Years in Cement & application

sections

Quality management Diploma

MBA in marketing

MSC in Industrial Chemistry

Michel RefaatFuel & Physical Lab Engineer9 Years in Cement Business

Diploma in Quality management

Black belt – Lean/ 6 Sigma

Mahmoud RedaChemical Lab Engineer9 Years in Cement Business

Green Belt Lean/ 6 Sigma

13 Years in Cement, concrete &

application support Business

Walid Hosni

Mortar Lab11 Years in Cement Business

Expert in full range of EN & ASTM

tests

Preparation all Kind of materials for 80

tests done inside the Lab:

All kind of preparation for Chemical,

Physical, Mechanical, Mineralogy,

Environmental and Laboratory simulation

for new Cement products and New

Laboratory Raw mixes

Apply Lab tests to improve Cement

production and decrease the process

cost:

Materials Hardness, Grindability,

The Way our TEAM

WORKS

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Materials Hardness, Grindability,

Burnability & Products optimization

Chemical andlysis by XRF technique

Quantitative analysis for All Solid materials to

determine 17 Oxides - with highest accuracy and very

low detection limits (three digits limit).

Qualitative analysis for about 42 elements either for

Liquid and/ Or Solid materials.

XRF samples preparation

Wet Chemical and ICP Laboratory

Free Lime, LOI, Insoluble residue, reactive Silica, Chloride,

Sulfide, Pyritic Sulfur, Total Carbon, Total SO3, Chromium

Hexa valentt-Cr6+, Soluble Alkalis, Halogens “ Br& I” and

Flouride., Carbon Di-Oxide.,

Water analysis for TDS, PH, Conductivity, Groups analysis,

Suspended matters.

Environmental tests – Mercury & Heavy metals by

The Way our TEAM

WORKS

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Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP).

Mortar and Mechanical Lab

Mortar and Paste tests as per EN197 2011 and related Annexes; Strength,

Setting time, Expansion, Water demand and Mortar for Cr+6 preparation.

Tusshenbruck test – False setting… etc

Cement paste workability – LIFTOMAT method.

Activity index for Clinker and supplementary Cementitious Materials – SCM -

(Pozzolan, Fly Ash, Slag …. etc)

Concrete , Aggregates and Product Development

Concrete Mix design preparation.

Strength as per Egyptian, European and ASTM

Standards

Aggregates tests

Durability tests for different Chemical attacks.

Trials for innovative Cement products on concrete

The Way our TEAM

WORKS

Fuel and Alternative Fuels testing;

Proximate and Ultimate analysis

tests for Solid and Alternative Fuels,

Water Content by Karl Fisher method

Moisture; Surface, Inherent & Total

Ash Content

PHYSICAL Lab

Material Rheology

Fineness by Blaine method

PSD by Laser analyzer ; Wet &

Dry methods

BET for Ultra fine materials, SSB

> 6000 cm2/g

Cement Color, Heat of levels.

Micro Concrete tests.

Ash ContentCement Color, Heat of

Hydration, Cement Ageing and

Raw Mix Reactivity by Thermal

Gravimetric methods

DURABILITY

TESTING

Microscopic Lab

Microscopic examination of Clinker samples for Alite & Belite size

Ability to recognize the Aluminates, Periclase, Free Lime and other

phases.

Clinker reactivity improvement recommendations

The Way our TEAM

WORKS

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XRD Lab

Phases estimation, qualitative and quantitative In Clinker,

Cement, Cementitious and Gypsum samples; (Alite, Belite,

Aluminates, Free lime … etc)

Able to create input files for other plants usage.

Clinker

XRF chemical analysis

XRD Rietveld

(Phase quantification)

Heavy metals by ICP

Grindability BB10

Microscopy

(Alites & belite sizes)

Cementitious

XRF chemical analysis

XRD Rietveld

Heavy metals

Granulometry

Grindability

Performances

(Strengths )

Raw Material, Raw meal & Kiln feed

XRF chemical analysis

XRD mineralogical analysis

Pyritic sulfur

Heavy metals by ICP

Burnability K1450

Raw material grindability – BB10 –

Materials hardness

MEA Cairo Regional Laboratory Analytical capabilities

Fuel characterization

Moisture and ash content

Volatile matter, sulfur content

Calorific value

Hard Grove Index Test (HGI)

Materials hardness

SO3 provider

XRF chemical analysis

Mineralogical composition

Solubility / dissolution rate

Dehydration

Cement

XRF & XRD Rietveld

Heavy metals by ICP

Mortar Testing

Durability

Concrete Applications development support

Under sea tunnels concrete Segments development

“Suez Canal Project”

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PRECAST DEVELOPMENT

New Jersey barriers development

CONCRETE ROAD

BINDERS

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MEA Cairo Regional Laboratory