Riverton Clarifier Refurbishment Project

Everybody in Kimberley knows the huge challenges everybody in Kimberley are facing for the most couple of years regarding water availability and quality.

We were asked if we would be able to assist in the refurbishment of the clarifiers at Riverton during the last shutdown

SOLHAR is always eager to assist where we can uplift our community.

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RIVERTON CLARIFIER REFURBISHMENT PROJECT:

Sol Plaatje Municipality reported on Saturday that Ekapa Mining CEO Jahn Hohne, together with his team of 10 engineers, had joined in the repair and refurbishment efforts at the new Riverton Water Purification Plant. Hohne highlighted his company’s involvement in the operation in terms of the refurbishment and repair work that is being undertaken.

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FROM SOLHAR'S POINT:

“It was a bombshell once we agreed to clean and repair the clarifiers to see in what state, they were in once the water was drained.”

“The cleaning and removing of the sludge that has accumulated over years was the first big hurdle to overcome that took most of the time.”

 “Once it was clean we realize that most of the blades that is supposed to move the material to the drain point have either corroded away or has broken.”

We fabricated completely new blades for 4 of the clarifiers and installed them within the shutdown time frame.

I am proud the say that due to this work the capacity of water being able to be pumped to Kimberley has doubled which resulted that we have not had any water shutdowns since then and the quality of the water has hugely increased.

Here are some pictures taken by the SOLHAR team BEFORE cleaning started;

Stripping of 463 dump truck bucket from chassy.
Abnormal load on its way to SOLHAR in Kimberley
Abnormal load on its way to SOLHAR in Kimberley

Here are photos of the rest of the project as it unfolded;

SOLHAR Placing 463 loader bucket with crane on lowbed for transport to Kimberley

The cleaning and removing of the sludge that has accumulated over years was the first big hurdle to overcome that took most of the time.

Assessment of areas to removed and replaced.
Assessment of areas to removed and replaced.
Assessment of areas to removed and replaced.
Assessment of areas to removed and replaced.

Once it was clean we realized that most of the blades that is supposed to move the material to the drain point have either corroded away or has broken.

Lifting 20mm liner 500 brinell hardness over side of truck to be welded in position.
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Welding of new liners on to inside of bucket

We fabricated completely new blades for 4 of the clarifiers and installed them within the shutdown time frame.

Installation of new blades by the SOLHAR Team:

Sandblast & paint complete outside of bucket.
Sandblast & paint complete outside of bucket.
Making the bucket look pretty.
Making the bucket look pretty.
Making the bucket look pretty.
Making the bucket look pretty.

The weather was not playing along with us and we were working at night, in the rain, around the clock.

I am proud the say that due to this work the capacity of water being able to be pumped to Kimberley has doubled which resulted that we have not had any water shutdowns since then and the quality of the water has hugely increased.

Completed job delivered on time back to the mine.
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Solhar Energy Solutions & Enigneering Botswana Contact:

ROY DE BRUIN 
+26771660127
roy.debruin@solhar.co.za

Solhar Energy Solutions & Enigneering Contacts:

KEVIN HARDING
083 256 9975
kevin.harding@solhar.co.za

GERRARD BOOYENS
082 551 4082
gerrard.booyens@solhar.co.za

BRIAN DANIELS
082 481 0616
brian.daniels@solhar.co.za

JOHAN LE ROUX
072 672 7427
johan.leroux@solhar.co.za

CONTACT US;

Our Kimberley Branch is situated at 8 Hendrik van der Bijl, Kimdustria, Kimberley, 8301, Northern Cape, South Africa

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