Designed and constructed specifically to address the flow rate and physical characteristics of the terminal’s coal, the custom engineered transfer chutes, installed at the transshipment facilities of Superior Midwest Energy Terminal, have helped to avoid blockage and minimize fugitive material, reducing costly interruptions to clear plugged sections and clean up spills.
One of the challenges for Superior Midwest Energy Terminal was the ambitious loading schedule, which doesn’t afford much opportunity for maintenance and equipment changes. Downtime is limited, with system upgrades handled during the annual January and February maintenance outages. That emphasis on maximizing performance, coupled with the willingness to make investments that will maintain efficiency, led the terminal to install customengineered chutes from Martin Engineering of Neponset (IL), USA.
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