PROJECTS
CARBON STEEL ABSORPTION TANKS - FABRICATION & INSTALLATION
170 m³ per Tank
According to API 650
ROCK BREAKER REFURBISHMENT
Restoring the rock breaker to original manufacturer’s specifications.
Repair, rebuild, straighten, and machine all clevis and pin joints.
Design and fit covers to protect Hydraulic pipes.
CRUSHER CONVEYOR - FABRICATION & INSTALLATION
Fabrication and installation of 3 conveyors on a crushing plant.
Installation of all stringers & commissioning of the conveyor.
A 14m high structure was built to house the “stack- sizer” for further separation after the ball mill plant.
A cyclone/clarifier structure was built to house a water cleaning facility to recycle the water of the DMS plant for re-use.
Structures were pre-fabricated in the workshop transported to the mine, blast and primed onsite and then erected by the team.
SULPHURIC ACID STORAGE TANKS
Tank dimensions - 24m in diameter, 18 m height.
Included a staircase for access to the roof of the tank.
According to API 650 standards.
Constructed with top down approach.
DENSE MEDIA SEPARATION STRUCTURES
Fabrication & erection of 45 ton structure for a Dense Media Separation plant.
Steelwork was fabricated in our Walvis Bay workshop and transported to site where it was erected.
Kraatz also installed mechanical components such as screens, cyclones, chutes & pumps.
CONDITIONER TANK FABRICATION
Fabrication & erection of conditioner tank.
Tank - 18 meters long and 5.5 meters in diameter.
Total tank weight - 36 ton.
DRILLING FLUID FACILITY
Assembly and installation of pressure piping.
Tank installation.
According to API 650 standards.
LEACH TANK REFURBISHMENT
From shell replacement, floor replacement, blade replacement to fitting and alignment of the gearbox and motor.
MAIN ENGINE CHANGE OUT ON DC PROPELLED VESSEL
A comprehensive rigging plan was developed.
Pad eyes were fitted and NDE inspections were done on all lifting points.
All items removed were replaced, tested, and successfully completed.
SYNCRO LIFT REFURBISHMENT
Kraatz was contracted to refurbish the 2000 ton lifting capacity Syncro Lift.
Scope of work included the steel structure, deck wood and all mechanical components such as gearboxes, winches and sheaves. Total weight of the structure is 400 ton.
Sections weighing between 20 and 55 tons were removed, inspected, repaired, blasted, painted and reinstalled.
Total surface area of 5200 m2 was treated with a high build epoxy system.
22 gearboxes and 132 sheave wheels were inspected and overhauled with identified components replaced.
Over 40 tons of steel was replaced and 90 m3 of deck wood was dismantled and re-installed in a new and improved configuration.