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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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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

Contact us on:

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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