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Doncaster, England -- British Gypsum's Barrow-upon-Soar plaster production plant, which came into operation in 1992, is the largest and most technologically advanced of its kind in the world. To meet ongoing growth in demand for Thistle plasters, a major expansion of the plant was completed in September 2002, increasing capacity by around 30%.
Occupying a 57-acre site and including a new gypsum mine, the environmentally friendly plant producing Thistle plasters demonstrates British Gypsum's commitment to unmatched quality and service.
Supporting the Aspirations of British Gypsum
In 1990, British Gypsum took the decision to create a mine to bagged plaster manufacturing facility at Barrow-Upon-Soar in Leicestershire, which would replace plant at their Gotham works. British Gypsum’s goal was to create a facility that could not only increase their manufacturing capacity by 60%, but could also generate substantial economies in production.
In addition, a great deal of focus and attention was centred on the design stages of the plant to minimise the environmental impact of the facility, whilst maintaining very high product quality control.
Furthermore, British Gypsum were seeking to generated other benefits, which included:
·Reduction of maintenance costs
·Increasing reliability of plant and equipment
·Ensure the deployed solution is flexible to meet current and future requirements
·Increasing the operational availability of the system
The new manufacturing facility was originally conceived on the premise of utilising mechanically driven solutions that would be used to transfer and transport material between processes. However, senior project engineering staff within British Gypsum were convinced that a more economically beneficial and effective solution was available to meet the demands and future expectations of their business.
Transforming Processes - Clyde Solution
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| Dense phase conveying pumps at Barrow on Soar site. |
As a consequence, British Gypsum approached Clyde Materials Handling, experts in pneumatic process improvement and materials handling. Following extensive, thorough and successful tests of all the materials to be handled on the site, the plant design was modified to incorporate pneumatic transport and conveying solutions.
This, therefore, removed the need for traditional mechanical applications such as conveyors, elevators, vibrators and screw feeders, which would require a considerable number of transfer points, from which dust emission and spillages could be created. The use of pneumatic conveying within a totally enclosed system eliminated this environmental hazard.
Moreover, the pneumatic solution also reduced the footprint floor area and could be easily installed, re-routed and extended to meet the future needs of British Gypsum.
The Barrow-upon-Soar facility, now fifteen years in production, has significantly increased its manufacturing capacity and has seen the number of pneumatic systems deployed within this site increase from twenty-six to forty in that period.
More critically, the solutions are supporting the aspirations British Gypsum set itself when creating the new works at Barrow-upon-Soar and has significantly driven improvements in availability, reliability, production and operational effectiveness, whilst generating economic value through the reduction of maintenance costs.
Senior executives within British Gypsum have stated that, in combination with their own preventative maintenance programme, that the Clyde-built solution has proven, and continues to be, reliable, productive, effective and valuable to their business.
No Limits. Infinite Possibilities.
Through the use of Clyde built technology, there are simply no limits to what you wish to achieve, and as a result of this approach and mentality the outcomes and benefits that can be generated are infinite.
The solutions we create for our customers generate the following benefits:
·Sustainable Economic Advantages
·Environmentally Sound
·Low Maintenance, Long Life
·Significant Reductions in Operating Costs
·Greater Process Control – Agility to React to the Needs of Your Business
·High System Availability, Reliability and Performance
·Cost Savings through Process Efficiencies
·Flexibility to Integrate with Existing and Emerging Technologies
These benefits are backed by three decades of knowledge, expertise and a track record of generating exemplary success.
For more information contact:
Clyde Materials Handling
Shaw Lane Industrial Estate
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
DN2 4SE
England
Telephone: +44 (0) 1302 321313
Fax: +44 (0) 1302 554400
Email: solutions@clydematerials.co.uk
Web site: http://www.clydematerials.co.uk/
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