Cleveland Cascades Site Services in full Swing

Cleveland Cascades Engineers are presently on site with several of our customers completing Commissioning of new systems.

We have engineers presently in Huelva, Spain, Villahermosa, Mexico, Terneuzen, Holland with further works planned for Services in Santos Brazil and Kuwait in the coming weeks.

The system is Huelva, Spain is one of our Free Fall Tube systems loading Copper Concentrates fitted with a Trimmer Outlet. The systems in Villahermosa, Mexico are loading Pet Coke. The system in Terneuzen is loading Soda Ash and a range of fertilizers.

Our experience shows that commissioning is no time to make short cuts. Any savings made by not including it in the project can be lost many times over by potential incorrect set up and sub-optimal loading. This can lead not only to reduced efficiency, but even damage or increased parts usage and maintenance costs.

Overloading and Under loading are common outcomes when the chute is incorrectly set up during installation and both can lead to significant problems and losses for the operator. Overloading can lead to material spills, which can damage the cones & shroud cover and result in airborne dust. Under filling the chute can allow material to flow too fast and may not only create dust & degrade the material, but worse, it can cause oscillation of the chute leading to premature parts wear.

The commissioning process ensures the required checks and adjustments are performed correctly to adjust the set up and optimise the system. It will typically include the following activities.

• Supervision assistance of the unpacking and assembly of the Cleveland Cascade chute on site.
• Supervision assistance of the installation and inter face to the existing loading system on site.
• Cold commissioning of the system to include full function testing of all mechanical & electrical systems, prior to load operations.
• Hot commissioning of the system to include full function testing of all mechanical & electrical systems, under load using the dry bulk material it was designed to work with in a live test situation. The chute will be loaded at nominal rate allowing sufficient capacity to handle periodic surges in the load rate. By setting this threshold it will ensure the optimum performance at all load rates in the allowed range. Performing this element of the installation is critical to the smooth operation of the chute in the short and the long term. It protects the investment by ensuring the longevity of the system and ensures a good return on investment by setting the optimum performance level.
• Operator training to include the safe and efficient operation, maintenance and cleaning of the system.

Our engineers are experienced working in dry bulk applications across the globe from Europe to the Middle East, in North or South America or from Africa to Asia & Australia. Our engineers carry site safety passports, and hold the latest qualifications including CompEx Ex01 – Ex06 for handling potentially explosive products.

Each of the commissioning services will feature in future News Stories.

Some images of the systems can be seen in the gallery below.