Main contractor Babcock partnered with Metso to implement capacity upgrades of the Usutu Pulp CRU1 and Ngodwana CRU1 Black Liquor recovery boilers. We took responsibility for project management, detail engineering, fabrication, supply and construction, while Metso undertook process design and basket supply.

The boiler capacity upgrades necessitated a complete pressure envelope replacement (including drums), within a brownfields environment on a normal annual shutdown. Innovative techniques were used to deconstruct the existing plant and rebuild the new boilers in the shortest possible time. Upgrading of existing load bearing structures was required to accommodate the new boiler loads before construction of the boiler envelopes could begin. Full integration into existing equipment had to be completed before the units could be returned to service.

Interesting fact:
Babcock completely replaced the entire boiler installation in a single outage of 60 days at Ngodwana and 40 days at Usutu.

May

Babcock International keeps the fires burning with mill maintenance contract

Babcock is helping to keep South Africa’s power going, following the award of a mill maintenance contract at a major power plant. Babcock’s diverse scope of work for the five-year contract covers the day-to-day upkeep of the milling plant as well as outage repairs, quality and inventory support, and on-site training and upskilling of the surrounding local communities.

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Apr

Babcock adds sootblowers to industrial boiler offering

Babcock Ntuthuko Engineering recently completed the acquisition of Diamond Power Speciality (Pty) Ltd and will from now on be responsible for the sales and service of new as well as the existing installed base of Diamond Power sootblowers in southern Africa.

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Sep

Smart engineering with digital twin technology

A large part of finding solutions to Babcock’s customers’ challenges relies on developing a digital twin to improve operations, increase efficiency and provide predictive maintenance alerts before problems occur in real time.

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May

11

Babcock International keeps the fires burning with mill maintenance contract

Babcock is helping to keep South Africa’s power going, following the award of a mill maintenance contract at a major power plant. Babcock’s diverse scope of work for the five-year contract covers the day-to-day upkeep of the milling plant as well as outage repairs, quality and inventory support, and on-site training and upskilling of the surrounding local communities.

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Apr

09

Babcock adds sootblowers to industrial boiler offering

Babcock Ntuthuko Engineering recently completed the acquisition of Diamond Power Speciality (Pty) Ltd and will from now on be responsible for the sales and service of new as well as the existing installed base of Diamond Power sootblowers in southern Africa.

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Sep

15

Smart engineering with digital twin technology

A large part of finding solutions to Babcock’s customers’ challenges relies on developing a digital twin to improve operations, increase efficiency and provide predictive maintenance alerts before problems occur in real time.

Read more >>