Hard at work in the production hall! 👨🏭👨🏭 Here you can see the building of a positive displacement pump manifold designed to operate at 100 bar with a wall thickness of 30 millimetres.
Hard at work in the production hall! 👨🏭👨🏭 Here you can see the building of a positive displacement pump manifold designed to operate at 100 bar with a wall thickness of 30 millimetres.
SimeReel always keeps cable tension optimal
Our SimeReel automatic cable reel can operate independently of automation systems. The device is controlled using the torque adjustment of the variable-frequency drive. In addition, the motor includes a pulse sensor that adjusts the torque according to the direction of winding, tightening the cable accordingly. SimeReel is an excellent choice for the power cables of the wood industry’s transfer cars, for example.
Other suitable applications:
– Cranes, including bridge and gantry cranes
– Carriages and transfer cars
– Grabs and magnets
– Sewage treatment plants
– Theatre stage rigging
We developed the SimeReel in collaboration with SEW-Eurodrive Oy, a global provider of power transmission solutions. SimeReel is made in Finland, and spare parts are available for nearly all components. The drum, gear motor, and variable-frequency drive are all replaceable – the device can be repaired instead of a full replacement.
SimeReel can be bolted onto rail cars. The device only requires a 400 VAC power connection. The DRC synchronous gear motor adjusts the cable winding automatically. The length of the cable and the device’s speed and operating temperature range can be customised according to the customer’s wishes.
What is unique about SimeReel is that the device never allows excess slack or tension.
Pasi Knuuttila
Simetek Works Oy
We delivered a biochar pilot plant to Savonia University of Applied Sciences (Savonia UAS) and the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). The universities will use the plant to primarily make biochar from wood fibres for scientific research. The purpose of the research is to discover how biochar is formed in the process used by the pilot plant and what gases can be recovered from the production process. These gases have the potential to replace fossil fuels in industry, for example.
Dear partners, it is our pleasure to invite you to visit our booth, B-435, at the PUU 2023 trade fair in the Paviljonki exhibition centre in Jyväskylä in Finland on 6–8 September 2023.
Simetek Works Oy
Over the spring, we created a comprehensive website for our products. 🎯
Come pay us a visit and place your order – we provide several industries with conveyors, steel structures, pipes, silos, tanks, and more, including products made from armour and wear-resistant steel plate. Check out our products!
Just over a year ago, we replaced the pulley drive equipment for the KA1160 conveyor taken into use in the 1970s at Yara’s Siilinjärvi mine. Now it was time to replace the conveyor frame of the underground section of conveyor.
The KA1160 transports crushed stone from the gyratory crusher to a day silo, from where it is transported using a conveyor to a fine crusher. The underground section is around 250 metres long, and we replaced 117 metres of it. The conveyor has a capacity of 2000 tonnes per hour.
At Yara, safety is of the utmost importance, and so safety requirements were very stringent. A safety plan and risk assessment for the installation work were completed in collaboration before installation, and identified risks were accounted for in installation plans and working methods.
Yara believed in the structure offered by Simetek
The conveyor’s previous cable-structured frame had its own challenges, and had reached the end of its service life, so Yara decided to replace it with a solid, rigid frame.
“We compared different methods of implementation, and the implementation solution offered by Simetek seemed reliable. We wanted the frame to be strong and sturdy. Simetek’s solution seemed sturdy, and it wasn’t overly optimised in the frame structures. We believe that the conveyor frame structure is a long-term solution,” says Yara’s project manager, Mikko Lappalainen.
Simetek laser scanned the site before design
There was limited documentation available for the conveyor’s old structure, so Simetek laser scanned the tunnel section and drew up plans for the device using scanning data. The site was so challenging that in places, we had to rethink installation. According to Lappalainen, Simetek responded smoothly to the need for alterations, and installation went well and on schedule.
“The chosen solution seems good, and the project went well. We intend to replace the rest of the conveyor later on. We believe that the conveyor will serve us for a long time,” says Lappalainen.
Our nimble workers erected a pylon advertising tower. 😊👨🏭
Watch the video below. 🎥
We would like to thank our customers and partners for the past year and wish everyone a merry Christmas! ✨✨✨
This year, instead of Christmas presents, we are supporting work by Save the Children in Finland. 🎁
We manufactured a wash channel flow controller from 904L material for our customer.
