Australian Kiln and Mill Services (AKMS) was established in April 1998 to provide a complete mechanical maintenance service package for the rotary vessel industry. Throughout Australia and New Zealand, AKMS has grown to become Australia’s leading specialist rotary vessel maintenance group. AKMS have achieved this position by working with clients to achieve the best possible cost effective result for all circumstances.

AKMS provides a dedicated and specialist service to the rotary vessel industry. Our objective is to help you obtain optimum performance and availability from your plant.

Our personnel have considerable experience in the rotary vessel industry and have worked on numerous kilns, coolers, dryers, calciners and mills in Australia and New Zealand.

Our Services

• Planning and consulting for shutdowns and capital works.
• On-line alignment surveys.
• On-line alignment adjustments.
• On-line ‘tuning/tracking/training’ of vessel.
• On-line tyre and trunnion roller machining.
• On-line tyre thrust face machining.
• On-line check/thrust roller face machining.
• Mechanical condition inspections and reports.
• In-situ bedplate machining.
• Drive train alignment.
• Shell section replacement and straightening.
• Hand dressing of gears and pinions.
• Turning or replacement of girth gears and pinions.
• Bedplate replacement.
• Replacement of tyres and trunnion rollers.
• Replacement of tyre chair plates and tyre stops.
• Shell crack repairs.
• Hand scraping of slipper bearings.
• Ongoing maintenance packages.
• QA inspection during fabrication of components.

Industrial Environments

• Cement industry
• Steel industry
• Alumina industry
• Fertiliser industry
• Mining industry