Dickinson Industries (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Dickinson Group of Companies (DGC) is pleased to announce its newly expanded offerings that incorporates a unique range of high-quality niche Industrial Products and Services.
As part of the Group’s strategy, DGC adopts a market segmentation approach to provide a multidisciplinary service through different specialised subsidiary companies. Allowing for focused approaches to clients and enabling us to develop and render our group-wide “One Personalised Solution” in various industries.
The Group has consolidated our multi-disciplinary leading position in services for the industry by developing synergies between our various subsidiaries, including our furnace and industrial services, asset integrity management, industrial products and solutions. This results in cost savings and organic growth through joint actions between our subsidiaries, creating maximum value for our customers.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Aligning with the Group’s mission, each of the Dickinson Industries’ range of Industrial Products and Services was specially developed and customised to help our industrial customers optimize their maintenance costs and improve plant performance, by providing innovative solutions together with our market-leading technologies to enhance the service life of their operating assets.
The company’s expanded range of products and services are listed below and will be described in more detail in the next section:
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS Refractory Anchors Refractory Armour Systems Stud Welding Systems CD Pins & Clips Wear & Spike Studs Shear Stud Connectors PRECAST REFRACTORY SHAPES FURNACE INSPECTION SERVICES SILO CLEANING SERVICES WEAR & ABRASION PROTECTION SOLUTIONS FIBRE-REINFORCED PLASTIC SYSTEMS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
DGC has been designing, manufacturing and installing standard, custom-made high-quality refractory anchors as well as a wide range of anchor supporting systems for more than 35 years. The company manufactures and distributes an extensive range of refractory anchors, steel fibres, hex mesh, stud-welding equipment, shear connectors, arc and wear studs for standard industrial use, through to specialty applications in the Mining, Metals Smelting, Mineral Processing, Petrochemical Industries. Our industrial products are installed by welders coded to ASME IX.
Dickinson Industries’ extensive range of Industrial products includes the following:
Refractory Anchor Systems
Stud Welding Systems
Shear Connector Studs
Wear Studs & Spike Studs
Hex Metal (Hex Mesh)
Stainless Steel Fibres
PRECAST REFRACTORY SHAPES
DGC’s Precast Division was established in 1986, specializing in the manufacture of customized precast refractory shapes.
Specially designed precast refractory shapes are manufactured off-site under controlled conditions, dried out at our production facilities under stringent quality control measures, ensuring the manufacture of accurate moulds and final casting of special shapes to ensure an enhanced product service life. Precast refractory shapes offer the added benefits of ease of installation and shortened repair times. Furnace Applications:
Launders
Ladles
Burners
Feed Chutes
Bull Nose
TAD Damper
Cyclone Roofs
Kiln Hood Roofs
Cement Burner Lance
Coke Oven Bricks & Modules
FURNACE INSPECTION SERVICES
Dickinson Industries offers a comprehensive range of Furnace Inspection Services to the metals smelting, mineral processing, thermal energy and industrial furnace industries.
Our Furnace Inspection Services are based on the technologies below:
High-Temperature Endoscopy: allows for real-time, remote visualization of the interior of a furnace during normal operations, enabling maintenance personnel to visually inspect and assess of the state of refractories inside the furnace. Robust, purpose-designed endoscopy devices are capable of operating within the extremely harsh conditions inside furnaces. Probes are designed to have small diameters thereby only requiring small openings (as small as 50mm).
Infrared Thermography: allows for real-time, visualization of the external thermal status of furnace equipment, without any contact. Infrared thermography enables operators to constantly monitor the metallic shell status, identify/localize damaged areas (internal/external) as well as estimate the remaining refractory lining thickness.
Combined Application: when High-Temperature Endoscopy and Infrared Thermography are used together, a multidimensional model of the furnace is created, enabling maintenance personnel to fully visualise and assess the state of the furnace.
SILO CLEANING SERVICES
Dickinson Industries offers a highly specialized service for cleaning contaminated and clogged-up bulk storage containers in the manufacturing, mining and mineral processing industries.
These services involve the safe and efficient removal of compacted materials, are coupled with consulting services, the adoption of preventative maintenance procedures, and the formulation of proper cleaning schedules. Our Silo Cleaning Services are executed using cutting-edge equipment that is fast, efficient, and safe, as the cleaning operations require no human entry into the storage vessel at any time.
Our main Silo Cleaning Technologies are described below:
CARDOX CO2 SYSTEM
Cardox Silo Cleaning Systems have a variety of different tubes for specific applications. The Cardox tubes are filled with liquid carbon dioxide - CO2 (exactly the same as a fire extinguisher).
When energized by the application of a small electrical charge, the chemical heater instantly converts the liquid carbon dioxide to a gas.
This conversion expands the CO2 volume and builds up pressure inside the tube until it causes the rupture disc at the end of the tube to burst. This releases the CO2 - now 600 times the original volume - through a special discharge nozzle to create a powerful heaving force, at pressures up to 40,000 psi (3,000 bar). All this takes place in milliseconds!
This instantaneous build-up in pressure reaches the yielding pressure of the rupture (shear) disc which bursts, releasing a heaving mass of carbon dioxide which breaks the surrounding material.
SILOWHIP SYSTEM
Our SiloWhip Systems are powered by hydraulics and are controlled from the top of a silo; on the outside. The system is composed of a whipping head, boom telescope, hose, and other accessories. The whipping head is suspended inside the silo and used to efficiently clear material build-ups using the pneumatic or hydraulic driven rotary cutter. The system has 360-degree rotation capabilities and an operating depth of up to 50 meters. A range of cutters is used depending on the type of material a silo contains. Cleared material simply falls to the base of the silo for extraction.
WEAR & ABRASION PROTECTION SOLUTIONS
DGC's comprehensive range of industrial linings includes international leaders, Kalenborn International’s wear protection solutions.
Kalenborn established 100 years ago, provides protection for the environmental and heavy industries with wear-resistant linings which have excellent abrasion and impact resistance. The company provides custom design, manufacture, delivery, and installation of its materials to meet customers’ specific abrasion, impact and corrosion problems. This applies in particular to industrial plants handling raw material processing as well as, transport, storage including the processing of ores, sand, slag, coal, or recycled materials. Kalenborn has a rich tradition characterized by competence and experience as well as durable, quality products. Our wear protection solutions protect industrial plants and equipment reliably against wear due to abrasion and impact. In steelworks and cement plants, in coal-fired power plants and recycling plants, in mining, and in environmental technology, our solutions keep production operations running. We rely on a high-quality range of mineral, ceramic and metallic materials as well as compounds and plastics. That variety enables us to create lining systems that are perfectly matched to each specific application. Working closely together with our customers is particularly important to us. In close collaboration, we develop concepts for sustainable solutions and then realize them – both in our own works and on-site at the facilities of the customer.
FIBRE-REINFORCED PLASTIC SYSTEMS
DGC manufacturers the complete range of FRP products including; piping & spooling, tanks & vessels, ducting, scrubbers, stacks & chimney liners as well as specialty and custom engineered products. Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) is a composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres, usually glass fibres. The polymer provides excellent chemical resistance while the fibres provide structural integrity. Depending on the resin type and the glass to resin type and the glass to resin ratio the material properties for individual structural layers can be optimized for corrosion resistance and physical strength.
