Oil Blending Facility Design
ADF designed a new oil blending facility for an industrial baking oil blender, ensuring flexibility to blend standard, non-GMO, and organic oils.
Mechanical and Piping Contractor Pipe Stress Analysis
ADF assisted a Midwestern contractor with thermal stress and displacement analysis for steam and steam-in-place process piping using Bentley AutoPIPE software.
One of the Biggest Mistakes I See During Construction
Thirty years as a consultant engineer has taught me that typical projects are broken into four major phases: feasibility, preliminary engineering, detailed design, construction and start-up. While the engineering phase is the most critical for your project’s development, the construction phase is the most complex. It’s when the rubber hits the road, when most of your budget is being spent, and when things could go wrong with even the best relationships sometimes ending in dispute and litigation. During the construction phase, there is a lot of complexity dealing with multiple contractors, subcontractors, vendors, equipment suppliers, government oversight, safety,…
Soybean Oil Facility New Process Preliminary Engineering
ADF provided preliminary engineering for a new oil feed pre-dryer and enzymatic process system at a soybean oil facility.
WEBINAR: DHA Implementation – Creating Effective Solutions
About This Webinar This webinar has already taken place. To watch a recording, please see: https://youtu.be/H9nkQ1ECZFo Background In September 2015, NFPA issued NFPA 652 – Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust. This new standard integrates all of the older, industry specific standards, such as NFPA 61, 654 and 664, into a more consistent set of rules. The key new requirement is that non-food or grain facilities which handle or generate combustible dusts must complete a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) by September 2018. Food and grain facilities, under NFPA 61, have until September 2020 to complete their DHA’s. This…
Liquid Malt Extract Plant Expansion
This Ohio malt producer needed to expand their existing malt production facility to install a new vacuum belt spray dryer, new packaging equipment, new product receiving and blending equipment, new MCC room and new office and break areas. WORK COMPLETED:…
Process System Design
The client planned to launch a new product from an existing feed stock and requested process design assistance from ADF Engineering. The new product would need to incorporate ingredient additions from several processes throughout the facility. The new product would…
Caustic Piping Redesign
The client approached ADF with a request to provide engineering services to redesign piping that would replace an aging system for a caustic treatment process. The intent of the project was to improve the pipe material specifications, provide better ergonomics…
Turn Head Replacement
The client approached ADF with a request to provide engineering services to replace a Turn Head in the grain receiving elevator. The new Turn Head would need to incorporate two new product receiving spouts while maintaining the existing spouting and…
Steam Tube Dryer Replacement
The client approached ADF with a request to provide engineering services required to replace an aging rotary steam tube dryer. Due to heat, size and continuous operation the rotary steam tube dryer proved difficult to safely work near for field…
