R&DOPERATIONS WEEKLYREPORT
What’shappened thisweek?
This week has predominantly been focused on 2 pull-throughs of C1567. A batch of 1.1 tonnes was followed by a batch of 700kg, and the process was very efficient with the new system of collection and waste.
50 sets of mortars followed each pull-through for quality control verification, and numerous R&D members were taught how to strip down and clean the reactor.
19 tonnes of silica green stone has arrived and been stored in the car parking space outside the lab (pictured above).
TheStats
75 sets of mortars made
63 sets of mortars tested
10 gyratory cylinders made 15 bulk densities carried out for pullthrough quality control
8 gyratory cylinders tested
6 ready mix cubes tested
15 particle size analysis carried out for pullthrough quality control
20 setting times carried out for pullthrough quality control
WiderOperations
It has been a busy few weeks for the ops team; this week, we begin to transform our Wrexham production plant from a construction site, into a functioning production plant
Chris (plant manager) and Mark (production operative) recently joined the Mevo team and are now undergoing training on how to operate our first of a kind facility
We have a few more challenges to overcome during the next phase of commissioning, but the team have made great progress. We can’t wait to show everyone around soon.
Pic (right): the first finished product tanker arrives.
Arrivalsand departures
Arrivals:
Silica green stone (19 tonnes) Dequest (admixture)
Departures:
Nothing has been thrown away this week, but we are going to have to look at disposing of some of the older pull-through cements.
Intherepairshop��
The Metcafle M10 had an issue with a broken lever, meaning bowls couldn’t be lifted and nothing could be mixed It was fixed with the help of Vince from MPI!
The jaw crusher suddenly stopped when being used to crush silica green stone After initially thinking it would be caused by a rather simple jam, it was fully cleaned to no avail (see below). It now looks like it’s an electrical fault inside the machine, and it’s going to need to be sent away
The main testing machine had a slight issue where it disconnected, but after a bit of time and a couple of resets of the software, it reconnected and was good to go!
The compressed air is leaking when the gun is disconnected The short term solution is to keep the compressed air at its longest possible length while the problem is investigated
