Cars are 'washed' when entering and exiting Do Luong Cement Factory

All vehicles transporting materials into and out of Do Luong Cement Factory are required to pass through this automatic "shower" area. Photo NN

During the production and business process, to protect the environment, Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company has implemented many important solutions. One of the solutions that has brought practical results is to "bathe" all vehicles transporting raw materials and products in and out of Do Luong Cement Factory through a system built 2 years ago. This area is located at the factory gate, where two lanes of vehicles are built with a water tank lower than the road surface and a high-pressure centrifugal water spray system.

With such a design, all cars entering and leaving the factory must slowly wade through the water tank and be sprayed by centrifugal water jets around the body of the car. Therefore, every day, hundreds of trucks transporting raw materials and clinker products in and out of the factory are "washed" clean.

This automatic car wash system is one of the important solutions applied by Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company in the past 2 years and has brought about positive results at Do Luong Cement Factory. The operation of this car wash system along with many other solutions has minimized the generation of dust, contributing to protecting the ecological environment in production and business.

High-capacity water tap area for washing cars entering and exiting Do Luong Cement Factory. Photo: NN

Mr. Nguyen Van A., a clinker truck driver for Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company, said: “The company also put a slogan in the car bathing area: “clean car is like clean face”. In the beginning, some drivers felt embarrassed when driving slowly, wading through the hole could slow down the transportation time. However, the application process showed very practical results, the cars that were bathed every day were cleaner when operating on the road…”.

The process of applying the cleaning system for vehicles transporting raw materials and products at Do Luong Cement Factory has been highly appreciated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment for its effectiveness as well as the unit's efforts to protect the environment in production.

Through discussion, Mr. Hoang Manh Tung - Head of Safety and Environment Department, Do Luong Cement Factory, added: “Car bathing is just one of many environmental protection solutions being applied by the factory. That is, the factory operates a very modern electrostatic dust filter system, with a dust filtration efficiency of 98.8%. Thus, the amount of dust released into the environment is almost zero. The amount of dust collected by the dust filters is brought back to the silo, because that is the raw material that makes up clinker. According to calculations, every day, the factory's dust filter bags collect dust worth over 20 million VND. Therefore, in the production process, we always pay attention to and thoroughly improve the efficiency of dust filters to both protect the environment and avoid loss of raw materials, bringing revenue to the company".

At the same time, every day, in the factory premises, the industrial cleaning team organizes cleaning, watering the internal traffic system many times to minimize dust that may arise. The company has also planted a green tree system in the factory and the area around the factory fence. Currently, this tree system has turned green, contributing positively to improving the ecological environment.

The area around Do Luong Cement Factory is planted with trees to protect the environment. Photo NN

“During our operations, we strictly follow the criteria according to the environmental impact assessment approval standards of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. This is periodically inspected and evaluated by inspection teams from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. More importantly, we realize that the factory will operate for decades and possibly up to 100 years in the area, so environmental protection is also the survival of the unit,” added Mr. Hoang Manh Tung - Head of Safety and Environment Department of Do Luong Cement Factory.