Area C & D West Storage Facility Project

Bosch Projects were commissioned by Transnet Capital Projects to produce a bulk handling design for an additional open storage export area. The project spanned the initial FEL1 Conceptual Phase through to FEL4 Design and Implementation.

The scope of the project included:

Design of a central reinforced concrete dividing wall and associated piling running the length of the storage area – designed to retain product with a 3,000 kg/m³ density to a height of 14 m.
Design of a 347 m long reinforced concrete conveyor U-gallery and supporting columns at a height of 22 m
Design and FEA of a motorised travelling wing tripper and cross conveyor that weighs 39 tonnes and feeds to the stockpiles at rates up to 2 500 t/hr
Design of two new reclaim conveyor belts with specialised mobile reclaim hoppers for product reclamation at rates up to 2 500 t/hr – tying into the existing port export infrastructure
Design of modifications existing conveyors and infrastructure to interface with the new works
Design of electrical, control instrumentation, and Scada interfaces for new and modified conveyors and control of the wing tripper.
Design of a large dust suppression sprinkler system to operate over the 30 000 m² storage area