Industrial Laboratory Design

Nalco Chemical
Cationic Monomer Pilot Plant

NALCO Chemical required a ninety foot tall tower for a new distillation process that was being evaluated. The process would eventually be undertaken in the southwest United Sates but was to be evaluated in the Chicago area. LONCO, Inc collaborated with the NALCO staff to design a new modular tower that could be fabricated in the Baton Rouge Louisiana area, shipped to Bedford Park Illinois and constructed. The intent is to refine the process in Bedford Park then disassemble the tower and process equipment then transfer to Louisiana where it can be permanently installed. The tower was designed to support all process piping and equipment and an attached stair tower that provided access to the process. The work was being designed according to the “local” building codes.

NALCO – NALMET Heavy Metal Removal System

NALMET is a patented polymer capable of precipitating soluble heavy metals down to extremely low levels. The NALMET Product Insourcing Project provided for the insourcing of two NALMET products to the NALCO manufacturing facility in Freeport Texas. This expansion provided 1-10,000 gallon stainless steel vessel and platform for the manufacture of NALMET, 1-10,000 gallon stainless steel storage tank and platform for storing 50% caustic, 1-8,000 gallon carbon steel storage tank for storing carbon disulfide, 2 transfer/circulation pumps, 1 truck unloading pump & platform, a stainless steel heat exchanger, a stainless steel cooling exchanger, tank-related instrumentation, piping valves, fittings for blending, transfer line, and unloading lines and well as containment for the process. LONCO, Inc was responsible for all civil and structural work associated with this project including, tank foundations and containment, pump foundations and containment, pipe supports/rack, elevated platforms as well as the overall civil grading and drainage for the project.

N.I.S.T. – Thermal Pit Design

LONCO worked directly with research scientists at the National Institute of Standards & Technologies (NIST) to develop the apparatus necessary to conducting experiments in a near absolute zero ( -400° F) temperature environment. The project included the design of a 6-foot diameter by 10-foot deep pit, used to house the thermal vessel required for low temperature electronic component testing. One of the challenges faced in the design was developing a system that could be installed in a working laboratory with vibration sensitive experiments running at all times. In addition to the pit used to house the thermal vessel, we were required to design a trolley beam for lifting the vessel out of the pit so each experiment could be inserted and removed. Short LONCO, Inc. developed a system that could be installed in a working Version: laboratory with vibration sensitive experiments running at all times. The project included the design of a 6-foot diameter by 10-foot deep pit, used to house the thermal vessel and a trolley beam for lifting the vessel out of the pit.

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