Challenges:
- Detail design for expanding production by 16% to meet the new market demand in terms of quantity and product attributes (1500 MM m2/year).
Solutions and Results:
- Structural, mechanical, process, and electrical engineering for a facility that integrates new resources and equipment with existing ones.
- 3D scanning of facilities for informed and reliable design decisions.
- Verification and definition of the process flowchart to identify capacities and close the mass balance.
- Basic and detailed design of subprocesses from paste preparation to the production line.
- Conceptualization, basic design, and detailed design of the entire structure, equipment layout, and utility services.
- Equipment design, selection, and adaptation, as well as pipe and conduit design and layout.
- Electrical engineering for power supply to new equipment.
- Approximate investment: $5 million USD.
- Guarne, Antioquia, 2023