Case Study
Load Zone™ Containment Skirting - Conveyor Skirting & Sealing - New Zealand - Bulk Sugar
LOAD ZONE TM CONTAINMENT SKIRTING CASE STUDY PRODUCT: PRODUCT CATEGORY: LOCATION: CONVEYED MATERIALS: INSTALLATION DATE: PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Load ZoneTM Containment Skirting Conveyor Skirting & Sealing New Zealand Bulk Sugar October 2015 Our customer operates a sugar mill that is one of the longest continuously functioning works in New Zealand and is an important industrial landmark. Built in 1884, the refinery site on the north side of the Waitemata Harbor is ideal because of its deep water close to the shore, and it has a processing capacity of 10,000 tons per year. Its dock facility receives shipments of raw sugar every 6 weeks, with the volume of spillage estimated at 1 ton at the transfer point each time. The clean-up time of this spillage takes 8 hours each load, plus additiona