Fan Casing And Ductwork

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Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/10 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Fan casing and ductwork at the top of the preheater building at Kandos Cement Works. The system drew waste heat from the kiln back into the process for reuse. The plant produced Portland cement from 1916 to 2011.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Fan Casing And Ductwork
Series: Kandos Cement Works
Catalogue: KCW-013
Process: Giclée
Captured: 13 February 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/10 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Kandos, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia

02 LOCATION

Kandos, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A large fan casing and the ductwork running off it sit in one of the mechanical bays at Kandos Cement Works, the casing a riveted steel volute roughly the height of a worker, with a horizontal shaft running through the centre to the drive motor on the far side. The fan inlet is open at the front, the impeller visible inside, its blades darkened from years of dust-laden air passing through them. The outlet duct rises from the top of the casing and bends through a right angle into the cladding overhead, where it disappears into the run that links it back to the bag filters and stack. The frame the fan sits on is concrete and steel, anchored to the floor against vibration. A walkway runs alongside the casing for maintenance access.

Cement works rely on continuous airflow to move hot exhaust gases through the preheater and kiln circuits and to collect dust through the plant's filtration system. Fans like this one moved enormous volumes of air at high temperature for the entire operational life of the plant. Kandos Cement Works ran from August 1916 to September 2011. Through that 95-year operation the fan motors were one of the plant's largest electricity loads. The closure was announced on 11 July 2011, when Cement Australia CEO Chris Leon told the workforce in a Thursday morning meeting that the plant would shut. Production ceased that September. The fan has been still since.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

This is the fan casing and ductwork at the top level of the preheater building. It once played a vital role in the cement production process, drawing waste heat from the kiln to be reused in heating the ball mills, ensuring maximum efficiency.

Brett Patman

The series

Kandos Cement Works

2016 · 40 photographs

The town's first name was Candos, an acronym of the directors' surnames at the NSW Cement Lime and Coal Company. They bought 100 acres from local farmer John Lloyd Junior for £2,000 in 1913 and had surveyor James Dawson lay out the township. The Postmaster General ruled the name change to Kandos in 1915, and by August 1916 the kilns at the new cement works were firing.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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