Development Projects - Completed |
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| The Company has undertaken a number of development projects to troubleshoot production bottlenecks and perform some inportant technical adjustments to the basic plant design to guarantee continuation and efficiency of its production plus maximizing its capacity utilization in order meet the ever increasing demand for cement caused by a number of contructional and governmental projects, including roads projects, establishment of the Faculty of Technology, and the Faculty of Society, in addition to housing projects. |
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The commencement of Prince Fahad Bin Sultan University projecct in Tabuk in Shaw'wal 1423h, is another major reason for the increase in demand for cement. Our completed development projects are summarized below: |
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Design Modification of the current cement silos |
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| This project aims at the full capacity utilization of silos and eliminating the possibility of any cloggings at outlets, in addition to modifying design to achieve easier discharge of any silo when necessary without affecting flow of cement dispatch. |
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Work has been completed on silo no. (1) on May 2004, no. (2) on 12 July 2004, and no. (3) on 13 September 2004g. DongWoo Corporation has fully departed and evacuated its equipment and personnel from plant site on 21 September, 2004. However, Tabuk Cement Company maintains a bank guarantee of performance and operational efficiency for 1 year as of the final hand over date. Each section of this project will be added to the capital in sequence after this year. |
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Kiln & Raw Mill Upgrade |
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Project Goals Goals of this projects are troubleshooting production bottlenecks and increasing kiln capacity to 4000 ton of clinker per day which represents a 15% increase of the design capacity of our production line. |
Project Summary 1- The Supply and Engineering contract has been signed with the Japanese ISS Machinery & UBE Techno consortium on 20/05/2002g. 2- All construction works at the plant were completed during the period 25 Feb - 6 April, 2003. 3- Project was completely handed over to Tabuk Cement Company after no load and full load (4200 tons/day) commissioning has been conducted during July 2003. The total project implementation period was 14 months. |
Storage & Packing Capacity Upgrade Projects |
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This projects is divided into 4 main core projects as follows:
A- The construction of a 4th cement silo. B- The construction of a 3rd bulk cement loading station. C- The construction of a 2nd cement transportation line to transport cement from mills to silos. D- The modification of the original design of the current cement silos. |
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The upgrade project contract was signed withe Korean DongWoo Corporation as a general contractor on a turn-key basis on 09/09/2002g. 3 of the main core projects have been completed so far, summary of which follows. |
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The construction of a 4th cement silo The main goal of this project was to add a new cement silo with a 10.000 tons capacity, adding 33% of the overall plant storage capacity. a 4th cement feeding silo will lead to the removal of feeding bottlenecks as it feeds the existing 4 bagged cement packing machines and 2 bulk cement loading stations. Final handing over of this project, upon completion of full load commissioning tests, took place on 18/01/2004g. |
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The construction of a new bulk loading station In response to the current trend of demand increase for bulk cement in the Kingdom, being economically cost efficient for both producer and consumer, and since Tabuk Cement Company is producing 3 types of cement (OPC, SRC, & PPC), the construction of a 3rd bulk loading station has enabled loading the 3 produced type simulataneously. The 3rd loading station, now in existence, has added 50% to the bulk loading capability, and therefore ensured continuity and smooth flowing of bulk cement truck loading in addition to terminating bottlenecks that would occurr when demand increases. Final handing over of this project, upon completion of full load commissioning tests, took place on 20/01/2004g. |
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The construction of a 2nd transportation line from grinding mills to silos According to the original plant design, the transportation of cement from both cement mills to storage silos was done through one bucket elevator. Therefore, a second transportation line - in parallel with the original line - was constructed to avoid compulsory stoppage of cement mills when any malfunction or maintenance occurs to the existing bucket elevator. Also, two parallel transportation lines enable grinding and transporation of two different types of cement simulataneously. Another advantage of the project is minimizing the frequency of stoppage for the grinding mills, thereby positively reflecting on the grinding media. Final handing over of this project, upon completion of full load commissioning tests, took place on 17/09/2003g. |
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