Bleach Tower of Pulp Mill Lined While Mill Remains in Operation
Certified Coating Specialists was selected by Zellstoff Celgar Pulp and Paper in Castlegar, BC to apply a Vinyl Ester Resin Liner inside the number 1 bleach tower while the mill’s Bleach Line remained in full operation following the annual maintenance shutdown. Celgar isolated the tower from other operations, installed scaffolding and Certified set up dust collection and warm dehumidified air ( 23% RH and 31°C) to create the ambient atmosphere required for the abrasive blasting and coating application to the internal structure.
Being as the isolation of the bleach tower while the mill continued to run had never been tried before, safety was of primary concern. Darren Ponte, CSO of CCS, worked hand-in-hand with Celgar Safety Resources to ensure everyone got through the project in a healthy and productive manner. This was a difficult project with many obstacles that both Celgar and CCS managed to overcome resulting in a successful and professionally executed project. Ponte stated that, ”a key to the success of the project was constant communication, between our crew members and the Celgar team, it was of critical importance.
Celgar representative Gord Matson commented that, “Complete safety planning and crew performance was excellent. Project planning, quality expectations and overall job completion was successful”.
