Challenge
Drax publicly committed to increasing its wood pellet output to five million metric tons by 2027. Rather than build another large plant in the Southeast, Drax decided to build three small pellet plants in Arkansas that would utilize wood waste from existing wood-processing facilities in the region. These facilities would produce only a few tons of pellets per hour and would need to comply with the strict standards set forth by NFPA 664 for wood-processing facilities.
Challenge
Drax publicly committed to increasing its wood pellet output to five million metric tons by 2027. Rather than build another large plant in the Southeast, Drax decided to build three, small pellet plants in Arkansas that would utilize wood waste from existing wood-processing facilities in the region. These facilities would produce only a few tons of pellets per hour and would need to comply with the strict standards set forth by NFPA 664 for wood-processing facilities.
Solution
When several engineering and project-management firms failed to meet Drax’s requirements, BE&E stepped up to the challenge and supplied Drax with complete material-handling systems featuring the company’s SMART line of machines. Included in BE&E’s scope of work was project management, procurement of third-party equipment, and construction management for its portion of the facilities. Machinery BE&E manufactured for the project included trailer receiving bins, SMART Conveyors™, disc screeners, SMART Containers, metering bins, surge bins, and trailer load-out stations.
BE&E complied with NFPA 664 by equipping its trailer-receiving and load-out stations with pneumatic dust control and by designing its equipment with devices to mitigate fires and explosions. It conducted extensive tests of its SMART Conveyors™, as well, to ensure they could structurally withstand the overpressures associated with an explosion, if such an event were to occur.
Solution
When several engineering and project-management firms failed to meet Drax’s requirements, BE&E stepped up to the challenge and supplied Drax with complete material-handling systems featuring the company’s SMART line of machines. Included in BE&E’s scope of work was project management, procurement of third-party equipment, and construction management for its portion of the facilities. Machinery BE&E manufactured for the project included trailer receiving bins, SMART Conveyors™, disc screeners, SMART Containers, metering bins, surge bins, and trailer load-out stations.
BE&E complied with NFPA 664 by equipping its trailer-receiving and load-out stations with pneumatic dust control and by designing its equipment with devices to mitigate fires and explosions. It conducted extensive tests of its SMART Conveyors™, as well, to ensure they could structurally withstand the overpressures associated with an explosion, if such an event were to occur.
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