Engineering Case Studies

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Transfer Chute Plugging Solved at Iron Ore Export Terminal

A major iron ore exporter in South Africa was experiencing major delays in the material ...

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Transfer Chute Plugging with Sticky Limestone/Clay Mix

A major cement manufacturer in South America was experiencing transfer chute plugging with a highly ...

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Coal Feeding: Pressure-Sealing Solids Pump® Improves Feed

At Lone Star Industries’ Cape Girardeau, Missouri cement plant, reliable coal feed to the kiln ...

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Fixing Costly Limestone Flow Problems at Titan Cement

Titan America manufactures Portland cement at their Medley, Florida USA plant, and in June 2004 commissioned ...

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Cohesive Clay and Limestone Raw Material Handling at Cemex

Cemex produces over 1 million metric tonnes of cement per year at their Clinchfield, Georgia (USA) ...

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Alumina Trihydrate Flows Reliably with New Silo Design

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. produces alumina trihydrate which is calcined to make alumina, or ...

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Silo Design for Handling Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA)

The Need A client of Jenike & Johanson was expanding storage and handling capabilities for ...

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Fluidization Needed to Achieve Reliable Fine Powder Flow

Manufacturers of asphalt roofing shingles often use fine, hot limestone as filler with liquid asphalt.  ...

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Fluidized Handling of Detergent Improves Production Capability

Jenike & Johanson was asked to design a surge bin for a laundry detergent manufacturer ...

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Mt. Storm Station (Dominion) Coal Handling Problems Solved

The Need Dominion’s Mt. Storm ( Dominion ) Power Station in West Virginia has three coal-fired ...

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Coal Handling Problems Solved at Northern States Power

The Need Northern States Power (NSP) has a 384 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota ...

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Fixing Chute Plugging Problems at Pet Coke Shipping Terminal

The Need A major US conglomerate ships petroleum coke throughout the Pacific Rim.  Delays in ...