BMA Info 53/2015

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A successful year for BMA America

New projects and new colleagues in Colorado.

Breaking new ground in Central America

Last year, a total of four top sugar producers in Central America decided to upgrade their plants. They opted for BMA products – breaking new ground for sugar factories in the region.

Installation and commissioning of a pan seeding system

In the beet sugar industry, pan seeding systems have been established for a long time. BMA has now successfully applied the process in the cane sugar industry.

Manufacturing and service – BMA Brazil expands its capacities

In 2012, BMA set up its subsidiary BMA Brasil Equipamentos Industriais Ltda. – who has since gone from strength to strength. A new production and service centre opened in Indaiatuba in early September 2014.

Interview

BMA Info talks to Igor Djoukwé

A force, to be reckoned with

BMA MENA Industries are going from strength to strength as a design and service provider in the Middle East and North Africa.

Agrosnabsakhar – How a project turned into a big surprise

On first contact with the Agrosnabsakhar sugar factory, nobody at BMA could have foreseen how this collaboration would grow.

Russian pioneers – VKT for a competitive edge

The Russian sugar industry is driving the extension and upgrade of its production sites and BMA plays a key role in this development. The result: a significant increase in output.

Four companies, three continents, two years, one goal

Together with Etihad Food Industries, the BMA Group has got a large-scale project off the ground – collaboration at its best.

Innovations for better performance – A new drying and cooling plant

A good cooling and drying system is the key to high sugar quality. Reason enough for BMA to continuously enhance this equipment, launching new and innovative products on the market.

A premiere in Pakistan – Successful commissioning of two falling-film evaporators

Reducing consumption of resources to a minimum while enhancing performance – those were the objectives for a factory in Pakistan specified in the order JDW Sugar Mills Ltd. placed with BMA.

Indian Cane Power Ltd.– More revenue thanks to co-generation

Indian Cane Power Ltd. (ICPL) relies on bagasse for power generation. For several years now, BMA has helped the company implement its innovative concepts with numerous supplies of equipment.

Uzbekistan‘s most cutting-edge factory

The Angren Shakar refinery was commissioned in August 2014.

Expanding centrifugal production for China

In 2014, BMA China expanded its assembly range to include not only continuous centrifugals but also batch-type machines (see also BMA Info 52/2014). The model in question belongs to the well-established and reliable B series.

Centrifugals from BMA: Made in Germany

2014 was a truly international year, also for BMA‘s product business: customers on all continents opted for BMA centrifugals.

BMA Automation: a complex factory acceptance test

With the supply of the process control system including all key electrical equipment, BMA Automation was involved in the design of the new refinery in Iraq right from the start. The complex factory acceptance test was a major milestone on the path to the finished plant.

Scientific exchange across the globe – BMA at international conferences

BMA has been presenting the latest developments from current international sugar industry projects at conferences across the globe. The report on the upgrade and capacity extension of the ICPL cane sugar factory is a recent outstanding example.

Engineering projects for the cane and beet sugar industries

In the beet sugar industry, pan seeding systems have been established for a long time. BMA has now successfully applied the process in the cane sugar sector.

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18.05.2016

VKT commissioned at Znamenka

Successful project completion for BMA Russia

VKT commissioned at Znamenka

 

Up-to-date technologies for better performance

As reported in last year's BMA Info (53/2015, p. 40), BMA Russia had submitted the winning bid in a tender by agroindustrial group Rusagro. The project entailed reconstruction and extension of the Znamensky sugar factory. At the end of August 2015, the new equipment was commissioned as scheduled, in time for the beet campaign.

In the first stage of reconstruction of the sugar house, a new vertical continuous pan (VKT) for the crystallisation of B-product massecuite was installed. With this new VKT (31 m high, 4.4 m diameter), the sugar factory's capacity has been increased from 6,000 to 8,000 t/d.

In addition to the improved performance, the new equipment also offers other benefits. The VKT will be operated with affination magma as seed massecuite. This is produced from C-product sugar and A-product green syrup. As a result, no batch pan is needed for the seed massecuite of B product, and steam consumption in the sugar house is lowered; it can be even further reduced, since the VKT is heated with exhaust steam from the 4th evaporator effect.

The results speak for themselves. In the first ten days of the 2015 beet campaign, the crystallisation effect of B product in the continuous crystallisation was at 13.5 to 14.5 %. This is almost twice the level achieved with the factory's older batchtype equipment.

Comprehensive project management

In addition to the supply and assembly of the VKT and development and implementation of the automation system for the complete sugar house, project management accounted for the lion share of the work. Under an EPCM agreement, BMA Russia took on all related tasks. VKT commissioned at Znamenka Successful project completion for BMA Russia

Engineering and project management services by BMA Russia

Engineering and project management services by BMA Russia

  • Engineering of the sugar factory areas to be reconstructed.
  • Compilation of technical specifications as a basis for the call for tender for construction, assembly and electrical work, and for work on the automation system for the sugar factory sections.
  • Tender-related tasks such as shortlisting potential suppliers and subcontractors, issuing calls for tenders, organising negotiations and signing purchase agreements on behalf of the customer.
  • Management of projects and subprojects by a dedicated team in the offices of BMA Russia and directly on site. Team composition: one project manager and a group of experts for each of these stations: sugar house, boiler house, pulp press and drying plant, extract cleaning station, beet washing system, beet storage and conveying, beet processing, wastewater treatment, lime and gas treatment, and silo.
  • Management and coordination of work carried out by contractors and subcontractors from Russia, Ukraine and other European countries.
  • Project controlling for budgets, deployment of resources and scheduling, for each station and throughout the project.
  • Assembly supervision, commissioning services and acceptance of all deliverables for each station and the entire factory within the agreed deadline.

 

Fedor Semenov
BMA Russia
assistance(at)bma-ru.com