More expansion work at our plant.

Very neat to see the process. Thanks for sharing.

 

It's nice to see companies investing in their current plants in the U.S..

Very interesting pictures.

 

Small world. One of our really good friends used to work at imperial industries. He worked there for like 25 years. Engineer, but got burnt out and left there.

 

Yes sir, very slick.

 

More upgrades and expansions are beginning to happen at our plant.
A calciner that I operate is getting a major overhaul.
All new electrical control gear and burner panels...

The calciner is getting rebuilt...
Crews were working today, taking out the brick walls, floors...
That is the center shaft and some of the arms that move kaolin through the unit...
Bricks are thrown through the door openings, then loaded by hand into the hopper on the skylift...
Then dumped in truck and hauled off...
They are breaking ground for a new calciner as well...it will take at least a couple years to complete...

 

You don't see US plants upgrade and expand on the news. This is terrific, thanks for sharing.

 

T.Jeff Veal Will you be sent back to school to learn the new operating system?

 

They dont have any mines theycan use for storage purposes?

 

I might stick around long enough to see it built...lol

 

No, all the mines around here are open pit mines

 

After the crew left today, I walked up on the calciner.
Maybe ya'll can see why it was time for a rebuild...
At top is how thick steel shell is supposed to be...
About rusted through in the middle...
More floor bricks knocked out
A look inside...

 

We are doing some work on a few Calciners and adding a fan to a Trimer at a local BASF plant...Nowhere near the size of the Calciner you have pictured.

 

Looks like a rotary kiln. That's nice. We have 2 types, the vertical hearth kiln, like the one being rebuilt...we have 4, so to be 5 of those, and 2 flash kilns.

 

New motor control center has been installed, now to just get it all wired...
More floors/bricks have been taken out, the view of the walls show how the original shell had rusted through. This unit was originally built in '86-87, I think.

 

That's a mess, definitely time for a rebuild

 

I guess they got all the miles out of that one.

 

What are some of the stats on NG consumption?

 

A lot...lol...one unit is using about 8964 CFH...

 

Got the bigger crane set up now, taking the top off the building, so the old shell
can be taken apart and new one installed

 

They brought some nice toys...err...tools to work with...
This is a BIG man lift...
Nice acetylene and oxygen tank set up...
Good view this morning of them taking the top structure apart...