Richmond Engineering Works (REW) provides full-service equipment upgrade studies to increase productivity, decrease cycle time, and minimize demurrage times. Upgrade studies include conceptual engineering, productivity and cost analysis, and retrofit design concepts including constructability and overall project delivery. Our end goal is to evaluate a project's potential for success and plan the best path forward. Experience has shown skipping the feasibility study will lead to increased cost and time since design issues and constructability constraints can be identified early in the process and addressed accordingly.
REW Completed Engineering Studies:
- Dumper Railcar Positioners Studies to Increase Number of Railcars
- Train Holding Device Studies to Increase Holding Capacity
- Conveying System Studies Including Increasing Capacity and Feeder Upgrades
- Railcar Dumper Maximum Capacity Study to Determine Structural and Mechanical Adequacy for Heavier Tonnage Railcars
- Railcar Dumper Studies to Convert from / to Aluminum and / or Steel Railcars
- Continuous Barge Unloader Trolley Upgrades
- Railcar Dumper Clamp Upgrades
- Railcar Dumper Drive Study to Optimize Counterweight Balancing and Decrease Drive Demand
- Dumper and Positioner Electrical Study
- Rotary Car Dumper Bottom Dump Conversion Studies
- Rotary Car Dumper End Ring Modifications for Taller Railcars
- Coal Yard Upgrade Studies
- Ore Yard Equipment Studies
- Foundation Studies
- Rail Yard Survey Studies
- Stacker Reclaimer Slew Bearing Upgrade Studies
Richmond Engineering Works has Experience and will Utilize the Latest Surveying Technology to Assist in Our Studies Including:
- Three-Dimensional Laser Leveling
- Total Station
- Theodolite
- GPS Surveying
- 3D Laser Scanner and Modeling
REW Feasibility Studies:
- Richmond Engineering Works was contracted to determine the feasibility and provide a cost analysis to move a stacker reclaimer from a port located on Lake Erie to a customer site on the Gulf of Mexico. The stacker weighed a total of 2,200,000 lbs. and was disassembled in large assemblies and relocated using a coastal barge. The success of the feasibility study implemented the project and saved the end customer millions compared to purchasing a new machine.
