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Terminales Graneleras Uruguayas S.A.
(TGU), a major company engaged in
the international trade of grains and
their by-products both in Uruguay and
countries included in the Parana-Paraguay
Waterway, recently teamed up with Global
Industries, Inc to undertake a major
expansion of their Export Port and Storage
Facilities in Nueva Palmira, Uruguay.
Following extensive discussions and research, the two
companies determined that the expansion would include multiple
grain storage silos, a new dump hopper reception area as well as
new material handling equipment to improve both the capacityand functionality of the Land Area facilities.
Additionally, the Port Area portion of the facilities would be
signicantly upgraded with a new ship loader, portable belt
conveyors to receive the grain unloaded from river barges, a 600
MT/h Bulk Weighting Scale System and additional materials
handling equipment to transfer the grain from the barges to either
the ship loader or the storage facility, and from the storage facility
at the Land Area to the ship loader.
Before construction could begin, considerable engineering work
was required to accommodate the new equipment and support
structures. Global Industries’ technical team in conjunction
conducted these engineering studies with BILPA S.A. from
Montevideo, Uruguay.
As part of their research, the existing installation including
the complete main concrete tower for the bucket elevators, the
metallic structures, and belt conveyors to the port facility, were
meticulously photographed, measured and included in the projectdrawings. A special 3D design was then prepared, showing all of
the oor levels of the concrete tower with the existing and new
bucket elevators, the existing bulk weighting scale system and the
three new incoming/outgoing enclosed belt conveyors.
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EXPORT PORT AND STORAGE FACILITIESGlobal Industries partners with Terminales Graneleras
Uruguayas on Nueva Palmira port expansion project
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Further, new spouting was arranged so that the new equipment
interconnected with all existing equipment based on the ow
diagram provided by TGU. Each spouting piece was designed to
gently carry the grain to avoid damage, and self-cleaning spout
ends were installed in all long vertical and horizontal spouts.
Global Industries provided new standard accessories and spouts,
while BILPA S.A supplied any special adapters or inlets for the
existing bucket elevators.
Global Industries supplied three MFS silos, each with a
capacity of 10 000 tonnes, as well as all of the new belt conveyor
and bucket elevator systems. This equipment was galvanized
nished and, based on TGU specications, SEW direct drives and
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4B Watchdog Elite monitoring systems were included with each
new enclosed belt conveyor or bucket elevator.
To support the new material handling equipment, Global
Industries supplied Brownie catwalks and towers. At the port
area, the Port Authorities requested that new support catwalk
and towers to load the new ship loader be placed on top of the
existing catwalk. To accomplish
this, a special double access
bracing was included in each
intermediate support tower, which
was placed in location heights
corresponding to the catwalk
inclination.
In addition, BILPA S.A.
designed and supplied special
heavy structures to be placed at
the peak of the MFS storage silos,
in front of the Bobcat doors to
support the Brownie intermediate
towers. Heavy-duty SEW drives
were also installed on some of
the Brownie towers to enable
operation.
BILPA S.A. was in charge of
the design and construction of
the complete foundations for the
MFS silos, the Brownie towers
and the building for the newtruck dumper. They were also
responsible for the civil works
for the new tunnels and bucket
elevator pits as well as the mounting and start-up of the new
equipment supplied by Global Industries.
Work on this project has been ongoing since early 2015. All of
the new equipment for the Land area has been installed and is in
operation. The new equipment for the Port Area is currently being
installed and is scheduled to be operational by mid-2016.
Norwood and Company
We also offer a large variety of new and
used grain equipment to help meet your needs
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www.norwoodandco.com
Fred Norwood, President; Tel: +1 405 834 2043
Brandon Norwood, Vice President; Tel: +1 785 822 4109
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With four generations of experience in the grain, feed,
flour milling and wood industries our family would be
more than happy to help you design, build, repair or
expand any new or existing grain facilities
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