Fan Casing And Ductwork at Kandos Cement Works, this is the fan casing and ductwork at the top level of the preheater.
Fan Casing And Ductwork at Kandos Cement Works, this is the fan casing and ductwork at the top level of the preheater.

Fan Casing And Ductwork

Provenance

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

Heavy curved ducting arcs across the upper level of the preheater building at Kandos Cement Works, its rusted steel broken by flanged joints and bracket mounts. A blue motor sits on a concrete base at the lower left, with a cylindrical vessel on a metal frame rising to the right. Where roof panels have gone the overhead grid opens to bare sky, and grated flooring in the foreground steps down to a railed level below.

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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
297 × 210 mm
Location
Kandos, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity
C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
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 the morning of Thursday 7 July 2011, when Cement Australia CEO Chris Leon told the workforce in a 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

Kandos Cement Works

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

Print sizes

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07 MORE FROM KANDOS CEMENT WORKS

39 other prints in this series

All prints
Number Six Raw Mill at Kandos Cement Works, a ball mill sits heavy in the half-light, its riveted steel drum tilted toward.
Number Six Raw Mill$100.00
Clinker Shed at Kandos Cement Works, steel trusses span the full width of the shed, supported by heavy columns streaked.
Clinker Shed$100.00
Inside Kandos Cement Works, a cyclonic separator dominates the frame. Its vast, corroded steel structure and complex pipework carry rust and accumulated grime in every joint and seam.
Cyclonic Separator$100.00
Number Six Ball Mill Drive at Kandos Cement Works, the motor and gearbox that once drove the ball mill, now sitting.
Number Six Ball Mill Drive$100.00
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