PROJECT STARTUP & MANAGEMENT Projects

Project Management & Start-Up Projects

Following are examples of Project Startup & Management projects EFI Group has completed:

Design, commissioning and start-up of fully automated anode grooving, storage and handling system
Design and project planning for anode cover blending and transport systems – Two separate plants
Investigate and improve design for cable tensioning for ship unloading “clam”
Investigate and implement anode positioning system
Redesign of barge unloading hardware including boom, trolley, turntable, and winch systems
Reconfigure the hot oil/pitch system for green mill
Wet resizing process development and project scoping for high purity silica
Design and installation of an 80 tph dense phase pneumatic conveying system
Redesign of various portions of a continuous processing shingle line – entry and exit end
Redesign and replacement of Cooling Section including drive and controls upgrades
Designed and installed many sizes of “Fourdriniers”
225 in paper machine rebuild including the wet end and the winder
Paper machine building ventilation evaluation and improvement
Designed and installed synthetic liquor system
Investigated and modified pulper to achieve reduced cycle time
Investigate automated steel carrier roll cleaning mechanism
Investigated and installed upgraded dust collector for “coating kitchen” for coater
Designed and installed numerous floor roll dollies
Designed and installed dust collection system for dry blending
Investigate and configure central vacuum system
Investigated, evaluated, and installed moisture sensing transducers
Investigate, design, and implement upgrade of biomass filter used for odor control
Equipment selection, line layout, and cost estimate for product conveying, case sealing, palletizing, and wrapping equipment
Problem/Opportunity resolution on Rice Vinegar filling line resulting in 45% rate improvement
Investigate, design, and execute HVAC upgrade for pilot plant clean room
Design and manage installation of load cells for gravimetric batching
Reconfigure warehouse/packing area
Design and implementation of a custom manipulator
Design of new drive and bearing arrangement for pug mill and extruder
Design and implementation of a custom cable driven dumping cart for loading an extruder
Develop system requirements, design, and implement a closed loop cooling system for extruder and liquid ring vacuum blower
Design and implement modifications to reverse roll coating machines and liquid delivery systems
Implement new tension control and web guiding systems on Kraft paper machine
Drive replacement and tensions control improvements to an existing coating machine
Design and installation of PLC based process and safety control systems
Design and installation of environmental control equipment and systems
Designed and complete manufacturing consolidation and reorganization
Investigate improvement and implement for waste water treatment plant
Multiple steel coating line projects for expansion and improvements
Design and implement mixer inerting sensing system
Design and implementation of inert solids transfer system for mixers
Project management and machine/structural design for new dredge machinery
Structural analysis of dredge components – numerous times
Installation and set up of pilot plant
Develop alternate production line concepts
Revise and reconfigure arrangement for existing process lines
Design of custom ventilation systems for large electric motors for compressor stations – multiple locations
Design for installation of a ceramic kiln
Designed and installed venturi scrubber system to capture acid mist
Designed and supervised installation of a 35 acre industrial waste landfill

We hired EFI Group to help us figure out a project and scope it, and I felt confident they would keep a keen eye on it. They had to deliver quickly and they did it well. They are especially good at project management when you don’t have the resources to do it internally. Reliability is the word I would use to describe EFI Group.

— Coatings Industry Professional

EFI Group is timely. We’ve had a lot of situations when we’ve been in a time crunch and they’ve responded very quickly. They are detail oriented and efficient. They’re a good group of people who also have a lot of strength in pre-engineering — the thought process to get to preliminary design and making sure we’ve investigated all the potential asks of a project to ensure we didn’t miss anything. They have great attention to detail up front which is very important to any project because having that detail-oriented deep dive into the pre-engineering phase sets the stage for the success of the rest of the project, making the process smoother and making it much easier to keep the project on schedule and on budget.

— Mike Quigley, Engineering & Maintenance Manager, Food Industry

I’ve worked with EFI Group for a while, so I know they have a good, knowledgeable staff. We know we’re going to get the results from them we expect. From my interactions with all the different EFI team members I’ve worked with, I know they have knowledge across many industries. Equally, I never have to follow up with EFI Group and, in some cases, they keep me on track.

— Ryan Fredsall, General Manager, Pacer Minerals LLC

We view EFI Group as a team that can dimensionalize our capability to execute projects. We can articulate what it is we want to do and they can take that input and run with it without much intervention from us. They’re able to move a project along independently and only engage us when it’s time to bring us up to speed or get more input to drive a project to conclusion. That’s one of the reasons I view them as an excellent contractor.

— Environmental Engineering Industry Professional

EFI Group has good engineers and good customer service. We know when we get an EFI engineer on a project, we’re going to a get a good job from them and it’s been a productive relationship for both of us — I genuinely like the people.

— Corporate Director, Project Management in Food & Flavors Industry

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