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Cardinal Ethanol

Cardinal conveyor

Challenge

Technicians at the customer’s plant were rebuilding an unreliable drag conveyor twice per year, resulting in significant repair costs. The conveyor transported 58 tons of warm DDGS per hour vertically from a screw conveyor to an elevated belt conveyor.

The customer required a reliable conveyance system that could reliably handle the free-flowing DDGS 24 hours a day and operate in the confined space.

Challenge

Technicians at the customer’s plant were rebuilding an unreliable drag conveyor twice per year, resulting in significant repair costs. The conveyor transported 58 tons of warm DDGS per hour vertically from a screw conveyor to an elevated belt conveyor.

The customer required a reliable conveyance system that could reliably handle the free-flowing DDGS 24 hours a day and operate in the confined space.

Solution

BE&E replaced the drag and screw conveyors with a 15-horsepower, dual-curve 36S SMART Conveyor™ in 2017. The conveyor elevated material 41′ at a 75° angle.

Solution

BE&E replaced the drag and screw conveyors with a 15-horsepower, dual-curve 36S SMART Conveyor™ in 2017. The conveyor elevated material 41′ at a 75° angle.

Result

BE&E’s SMART Conveyor™ reduced maintenance and effectively lowered the customer’s operational costs. The highest maintenance cost since installation has been chain replacements, which have occurred approximately every two years. Upon their first replacement, the chains had traveled 25,500 miles and cycled through the conveyor 993,000 times, moving 876,960 tons of material. The resulting cost of maintenance per ton was about 0.7¢.

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Result

BE&E’s SMART Conveyor™ reduced maintenance and effectively lowered the customer’s operational costs. The highest maintenance cost since installation has been chain replacements, which have occurred approximately every two years. Upon their first replacement, the chains had traveled 25,500 miles and cycled through the conveyor 993,000 times, moving 876,960 tons of material. The resulting cost of maintenance per ton was about 0.7¢.

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