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The UCL 175 TCH Factory Expansion Project by Bosch Projects for UCL Company, KwaZulu-Natal PROJECT TEAM
uring February 2020, UCL Company (Pty) Ltd
Client: UCL Company (Pty) Ltd Consulting Engineer: Bosch Projects EPCM: Bosch Projects
approached Bosch Projects to undertake a design
capacity increase study at its sugar factory in Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal, with the intention to evaluate the increase in factory crush capacity from 150 to 175 tonnes cane per hour (TCH). The three-month feasibility assessment culminated in the submission of key engineering deliverables and a 15% cost
administration; quality assurance and cost
estimate in June 2021. At this time, it
control; detailed integration engineering
was determined that for UCL to meet its
across process, mechanical, piping, civil/
2021/22 season and commence crushing
structural, electrical and control systems
cane crop in March 2021, detailed
engineering disciplines; commissioning;
engineering and procurement of key long
and close-out.
lead process equipment items should be accelerated. UCL appointed Bosch Projects to
Process vessel design and supply Bosch Projects designed, fabricated,
provide engineering, procurement and
delivered, installed and oversaw the
construction management services
commissioning of five specialised and
(EPCM) to address the project’s
bespoke sugar equipment vessels,
technical, commercial, and contractual
including a ‘C’ continuous vacuum pan
requirements. UCL also separately
(CVP), a long tube evaporator (LTE),
appointed Bosch Projects to design,
two strike receivers, as well as a
fabricate, install and commission several
condensate vessel. Responsibilities
critical process equipment items to fast-
included design and fabrication adherence
track the procurement process and meet
to regulatory and project-specific
the project timelines.
codes and specifications, logistics
In addition to this, and also under a
and rigging/installation, and the
separate appointment, UCL appointed
successful commissioning and handover
Bosch Projects to manufacture, supply,
of the equipment.
install and commission a 1 m extension the short two-month plant maintenance
Diffuser expansion Additional throughput of the original
(shutdown) period, in order to handle the
Bosch Projects chainless diffuser was
increased crushed cane required to justify
required to achieve 175 TCH, and Bosch
the back-end factory expansion.
Projects undertook a world first in the
to a 4 m wide moving screen diffuser in
The details of these three major projects,
design, supply, project management,
implemented between July 2020 and April
construction management, installation
2021, during Covid-19 and the ensuing
and commissioning of a sugar cane
challenges, are summarised below:
diffuser widening project. The entire side structure, all troughs and trays, mechanical
EPCM The EPCM services undertaken by Bosch
piping and equipment ancillaries, such
Projects included: project management
designed for the new duty and replaced
and scheduling; procurement and contract
during a two-month off-crop period.
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