Steel Systems Installation, Inc., based in Quarryville, PA, provided the plant design, engineering, conveyors, bins, hoppers and structural steel for the Shelter Creek Quarry, LLC project. The company worked in conjunction with equipment representatives from Interstate Equipment Co., which has three locations in the Carolinas.  | Fines Recovery Systems. |
Steel Systems (SSI) specializes in aggregate processing system engineering and design. Typical projects include aggregate/mineral crushing plants, sand processing plants, bulk material handling facilities, industrial minerals processing systems, railcar and barge loading/unloading facilities and turnkey processing plants.
Engineers put AutoCAD technology to work to take advantage of design databases. The company says this method aids it in cost and time efficiency. Other engineering services are equipment application, plant flow analysis and circuit optimization. The 22 year old company also provides surveying as relates to aggregate processing sites, including existing plant tie in, steel structure design and fabrication, foundation layouts, construction staking and site plans. SSI also fabricates a range of customizable products including bins, hoppers and conveyers.
SSI’s work at Shelter Creek
SSI’s Don Hare says his company often collaborates with Interstate. On the Shelter Creek project, they partnered on design work and consulted on flows to maximize equipment capacity and efficiency, while working within owner Stephen Holland’s budget. An unusual aspect of the changes was Shelter Creek’s limited pond space, which emphasized preventing fines from entering the waterways to the greatest possible extent. At their Quarryville facility, SSI designed and manufactured an SSI fines removal that was incorporated into the Shelter Creek system. It consisted of a dewatering screen, several cyclones and a slurry pump. “This made a potential waste product a saleable product,” said Hare. Because plant requirements called for a largely portable system, a Cedar Rapids portable primary crusher was coupled with a stationary plant. A stationary hopper incorporates the primary below the plant and is positioned so that a truck can dump materials into it. The entire system was created with ease of maintenance as a priority. “If you can’t get to it, you won’t maintain it, “Hare says of SSI’s design philosophy.
Shelter Creek is equipped with the capacity to divert materials depending upon the desired end product. From the primary, a belt feeds a Diester scalping screen. Hydraulic gates in the screen chutes divert materials as desired. Doubled with a split fines hopper, this system allows for options such as further processing or mixing with other materials. This operation has a market for -1/2 inch, which can be separated out with the diverter set up. To comment on this story or for additional details click on the related button above. |