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More expansion work at our plant.

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    Walls are almost done, 1 door frame has been installed. 20250905_001924.jpg
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    The big anchors are going in quicker... 20250911_185800.jpg
    The 2 mills have come in... 20250911_185444.jpg
     
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    Came back to work Thursday night after our days off. We've had dry weather, so work is getting done.
    Lot more anchors have been installed 20250919_010900.jpg Started another section of anchors today... 20250920_033305.jpg
    The steel crew is here now too. 20250920_032721.jpg 20250920_033806.jpg
    They have the big fan and mill set on the middle slab... 20250920_033017.jpg
    Beams were set Thursday... 20250919_011207.jpg
    Structure has been added Friday... 20250920_034049.jpg
    Pieces of the puzzle are laid out... 20250920_033502.jpg
    A lot of memories were made here where this slab is...
    It was our old foreman shack, lol...Ot was there when I started in '89, I don't know how old it was. Over the years, I have received work orders and given work orders in that building. 20250920_040348.jpg
    Not sure what will be going in that spot.
     
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    Area where the calciner will be built, got all the anchors cut down to below slab grade.
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    More steel structure has been added, they will soon add steel decking on the levels where concrete will be poured... 20250925_132013.jpg
     
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    What is the roots blower for?
     
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    We use those with a fuller pumps to move our kaolin clays to different silos.
    All our products are in powder form, we don't run any slurries
     
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    We get lime deliveries at work...the trucks all have PTO powered roots blowers to pressurize the trailer, which blows the powder into the storage tower.
    Once in the tower it's gravity fed from there on.
     
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    Yep, we get deliveries like that too. Also, ise same set up to unload railcars
     
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    After returning from our Ohio trip, came back to work and saw they had gotten the caps on the anchors and poured the concrete floors. 20251017_193449.jpg
    They have dug out and started installing more of the smaller anchors to the right of the calciner pad... 20251017_193544.jpg
     
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    Looks like all the anchors have been installed now. Small pad for rebar has been poured on the calciner spot. 20251025_083944.jpg
     
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    Looks like concrete will be poured for the main calciner pad soon, got forms, rebar and conduit in. 20251030_191505.jpg
     
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    Steel crew has been here a couple days, putting more pieces of the puzzle together... 20251104_085727.jpg
     
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    Hanging some steps today... 20251106_152716.jpg
     
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    More pieces of the puzzle are in the parking lot... 20251116_020239.jpg
    Off 4 days, come back and they have gotten 2 more tanks set and added more structure above them... 20251116_020455.jpg
     
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    They built the roof for the MCC room, I guess you could set a tractor on top to work on it...looks like 8 orn10" I-beam and channel iron... 20251119_045223.jpg 20251119_045313.jpg
    Got the rebar and bolts set to hold the calciner building part of the pad done... 20251119_050118.jpg
    Concrete bumper is here today... 20251121_102813.jpg
    And the steel crew is hanging those pieces up high... 20251121_103201.jpg