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Cement Plant High-Angle Conveyor Engineering — Tire Chip Elevation

Cement Plant High-Angle Conveyor Engineering — Tire Chip Elevation Industry: Cement  |  Service: Conveyor Engineering & Analysis The Challenge A cement plant required vertical elevation of tire chips — used as an alternative fuel source — 133 feet along the face of a tower, while maintaining unobstructed vehicle access at the base of the structure. […]

United Bulk Terminal — Elevated Dock Office Support Structure

United Bulk Terminal — Elevated Dock Office Support Structure Industry: Ports & Terminals  |  Service: Structural & Mechanical Engineering Location: United Bulk Terminal, Davant, LA The Challenge As part of United Bulk Terminal’s expansion program, the upper surge bin on the transfer tower was to be replaced with a new elevated dock office — a […]

Oxbow Sulfur Handling Facility — High-Angle Conveyor Engineering

Industry: Chemical / Industrial  |  Service: Conveyor Engineering & Analysis Location: Southampton, UK The Challenge Oxbow’s sulfur handling facility in Southampton converts liquid sulfur into pastilles using a steel belt system, then transfers the pastilles into a silo for truck loading. The site presented a set of interrelated engineering challenges: The site footprint was too […]

United Bulk Terminal — Transfer Magnet Monorail Engineering

Industry: Ports & Terminals  |  Service: Lift Planning & Rigging Engineering, Structural & Mechanical Engineering Location: United Bulk Terminal, Davant, LA — C1–C2–C6 Transfer Tower The Challenge As part of the terminal’s expansion to add a parallel C2 conveyor alongside the existing C1, United Bulk Terminal needed magnetic separators installed at the C1–C6 transfer to […]

United Bulk Terminal — Sky Hopper Support Structure Engineering

Industry: Ports & Terminals  |  Service: Structural & Mechanical Engineering Location: United Bulk Terminal, Davant, LA The Challenge As part of a terminal expansion at United Bulk Terminal, a new C2 conveyor was to be installed parallel to the existing C1 conveyor on the C1–C2–C6 transfer tower. The new conveyor required the addition of new […]

Jaw Crusher Support Stand Design — Metal Recycling Facility

Industry: Metal Recycling  |  Service: Structural & Mechanical Engineering The Challenge A metal recycling plant needed a support stand designed for a new jaw crusher on a very compressed timeline. The urgency was compounded by the fact that complete dimensional and load data from the equipment supplier were not available when the design needed to […]

Derailed Coal Stacker Recovery — Emergency Structural Engineering and Lift Planning

Industry: Energy & Power  |  Service: Lift Planning & Rigging Engineering, Structural & Mechanical Engineering The Challenge Extreme high winds swept through a power plant stockyard and propelled an unsecured coal stacker down its track, through the end stops, until it came to rest on a hillside. The stacker’s yard conveyor truss and drive house […]

Shawnee Fossil Plant — New Hopper Design for Conveyor BC-9

Industry: Energy & Power  |  Service: Structural & Mechanical Engineering, Conveyor Engineering & Analysis Location: Shawnee Fossil Plant, Paducah, KY The Challenge Shawnee Fossil Plant needed to replace the reciprocating feeders feeding Conveyor BC-9 with new vibratory feeders, and replace the existing rack-and-pinion gate with a heavier-duty unit. What began as a local reinforcement and […]

Water Clarifier Slewing Bearing Replacement — Structural Engineering Support

Industry: Energy & Power  |  Service: Structural & Mechanical Engineering The Challenge A power plant’s water clarification tank — essential to solids removal within the facility’s carbon capture system — required immediate maintenance. The slewing bearing at the center of the clarifier had failed due to water intrusion caused by rain exposure. Replacing it required […]