Abtrex field installations and repairs on site

ABTREX INDUSTRIES INC.
LININGS FOR ABRASION AND CORROSION
FABRICATORS • MANUFACTURERS •
APPLICATORS
AND MORE……
www.Abtrex.com Abtrex Inc. 800-959-0125

ABTREX HISTORY
1969 - Harold Byars starts Abtrex in metro-Detroit with partner, Jim
Graham
Abtrex serves the electroplating industry providing vulcanized plating
equipment including cathodes and tanks
1980 – Abtrex purchases American Fiberglass Fabricators in Elkhart,
Indiana
1985 –Abtrex opens Pittsburgh (Leetsdale, PA) facility
Located on a rail spur, Abtrex enters into bulk material transport industry
1985 – Abtrex buys Blastco (abrasive blasting company) in South Bend, IN
Entire Indiana operation is relocated from Elkhart to South Bend
2009 – Abtrex opens railcar lining operation in Cleveland, TX
Located on UTLX property, Abtrex installs state-of-the-art robotic water blaster
to strip old linings from railcars
2011 – Abtrex acquires KSF Chemical Processes in Cambridge, ON
KSF owned intellectual property for Wean United Acid Recovery
Systems

ABTREX INDUSTRIES’ FACILITIES
South Bend, Indiana
50,000ft², 30 employees
Metal & Plastic Fab, Linings & Coatings

OUR QUALITY

OUR SAFETY
ABTREX SAFETY
• Experience Modification Rate (EMR):
0.81
• No recordable incidents this year
• No lost days for 3+ years

CAPABILITIES
• Engineering Services
• Corrosion and Abrasion Resistant Linings
• Tank and Vessel Fabrication
• Metal
• Plastic
• Fiberglass
• Pipe Fabrication
• Rubber-lined Steel Pipe and Fittings
• Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Pipe
and Fittings
• Field Installations, Maintenance &
Repairswww.Abtrex.com Abtrex Inc. 800-959-0125

DESIGN AND BUILD SERVICES
Engineering and Design Tools
Solidworks 3D CAD design Software
SIEMENS Unigraphics PLM
Software
Autodesk AutoCAD Software
• 3-D Modeling Software:
• General FEA (Finite Element Analysis)

DESIGN AND BUILD SERVICES
Electro-Galvanizing Roll

FIELD INSTALLATION & REPAIRS
• Site Investigation/Inspection
• Strip and Reline
• Installation/Repair of Fiberglass Pipe and Components
• Rubber and Fiberglass Repair
• Fiberglass- Carbon filled/ Ceramic filled
• Vinyl Ester Resin Rich Coatings (AR)
• Polypropylene/Polyethylene
• 24-Hour Emergency Service
• QA/QC Procedure Documentation
• Over 80 Professional Field Service Techs Cross-Trained for
Steel/Rubber or FRP

FIELD INSTALLATION
INTERIOR OF ION EXCHANGE VESSELS (USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF
FRUCTOSE AND DEXTROSE) RUBBER-LINED BY ABTREX

FIELD INSTALLATION
Rubber-Lined, Field-Erected Thickener Tanks

FIELD INSTALLATION
Hydrometallurgical Plant in Eastern Canada

CAPABILITIES
43m Dia. Thickener Rake - Trial Assembly

CAPABILITIES
100% Rubber-covered Feedwell Section for 32m Thickener
32’ 5” ID x 17’ 7” sidewalls

CAPABILITIES
Bridge Section for 43m Thickener

CAPABILITIES
Hydrocyclone Clusters

CAPABILITIES
Turnkey Hydrocyclone Clusters
Fabricated, Lined, Painted and
Assembled by Abtrex for Weir Minerals

CAPABILITIES

CAPABILITIES
Copper Cleaner Flotation Columns
Size: 8’ Dia. x 26’-3” Ht.; 15,300lb (empty)

CAPABILITIES
Rubber-Lined, Stainless Steel Trommels

PAST PROJECTS: STEEL WHSE. PICKLE LINE
Customer: Steel Warehouse
Location: Calvert, AL
Date: 2011-2012
Scope of Supply: Steel rubber-lined
Pickle Tanks and FRP Duct work
Value: $406,000

PAST PROJECTS: DUKE ENERGY ABSORBER
RECYCLE PIPING
Customer: Duke Energy
Location: Roxboro, NC
Date: 2014
Scope of Supply: (42) Steel,
rubber-lined Pipe Spools
Value: $500,000

PAST PROJECTS: EAGLE MINE/HUMBOLDT MILL
Customer: Fluor, Greenville
Location: Ishpeming, MI
Date: 2013-14
Scope of Supply: (17) Steel, rubber-lined Pump
Boxes
Value: $600,000

PAST PROJECTS: MORENCI MINE
Customer: URS
Location: Morenci, AZ
Date: 2013-14
Scope of Supply:
(381) Steel, rubber-lined
Pipe Spools, 24” and 48”
dia.
Value: $3,700,000

RECENT PROJECTS: ADM
Customer: Archer Daniels Midland
Location: Columbus, NE
Date: June-July 2014
Scope of Supply: Strip & Re-line two (2) Ion Exchange Vessels
Value: $512,000.00
Customer: Archer Daniels Midland
Location: Marshall, MN
Date: October-December 2014
Scope of Supply: Strip & Re-line two (2) Ion Exchange Vessels
Value: $288,000.00

PROJECT REFERENCE LIST
Client Equipment
Dimensions &
Weight/Capacity
Year Approx. Value
URS Tailings Slurry Pipe 24" to 48" dia. 2014 $3,700,000.00
Duke Energy
Absorber Recycle Pipe
Headers
48" to 18" 2013 $1,460,000.00
FLSmidth – SLC Mill Thickener Ass’y. 43m; 101,000# 2011 $450,000.00
FLSmidth – SLC Flotation Cell Ass'y. 120; 48,000# 2012 $180,000.00
Weir Slurry Group Hydrocyclone Ass’y. 9,800# 2011 $165,500.00
Weir Slurry Group
Magnetation #1 & #2
Hydrocyclone Project
(4) 8x500, (3) 22x150, (1)
4x250;140,000# TOTAL
2012 $700,000.00
Steel Warehouse Continuous Pickling Line 300’ long; 220,000# 2012 $750,000.00
Weir Slurry Group Attrition Machines 14,000# 2010 $83,450.00
TIC-MolyCorp Rubber Lined Pipe 4,600 lineal feet 2011 $750,000.00
Eriez Flotation Column 8’ x 26’-3” 2011 $150,000.00

OUR CUSTOMERS

REFERENCES
Corn Sweetener
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Contact: Darryl Munsinger
400 West Erie Rd Phone: 507-537-2511
Marshall, MN 56258-2744
Cargill Inc. Contact: Ms. Adebola Durosawo
3201 Needmore Rd Phone: 937-237-2561
Dayton, OH 46414
Field Erected Tanks
M.L. Smith Jr., Inc. Contact: Moe Hansen
2330 Farmerville Hwy Phone: 318-255-4474
Ruston, LA 71213-1717
Kennedy Tank Contact: Paul Bolin
833 East Sumner Avenue Phone: 317-780-3528
Indianapolis, IN 46227

REFERENCES
Plating/Galvanizing
Walbridge Coatings Contact: David Swemba
30610 E Broadway Phone: 419-661-5952
Walbridge, OH 43465
Lacks Enterprises Contact: Ben Wesley
5460 Cascade Road SE Phone: 616-443-6087
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
IN Tek/IN Kote (Areclor-Mittal) Contact: James McGranahan
30755 Edison Road Phone: 574-654-1733
New Carlisle, Indiana 46552
Steel Processing
Steel Warehouse Contact: Jerry Czajkowski
2722 West Tucker Dr. Phone: 574-236-5100
South Bend, IN 46619
US Steel Contact: Samer Aweidah
600 Grant Street Phone: 412-433-5833
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 sraweidah@uss.com

REFERENCES
Power Plants
Duke Energy Contact: Russ Steinmetz
6293 Beaver Rd Phone: 513-467-4839
Rabbit Hash, KY 41091 russell.steinmetz@duke-energy.com
EON-US Contact: Charles Ransdell
820 W. Broadway Phone: 502-627-3299
Louisville, KY 40232
Hitachi America Limited Contact: William Knowles
50 Prospect Phone: 914-524-6700
Tarry Town, NY 10591
Big Rivers Electric (Coleman Station) Contact: Christa Lucas
4982 River Rd Phone: 270-844-6983
Hawesville, KY 42348
Duke Energy Progress Contact: Reggie Clay
1700 Dunnaway Rd. Phone: 336-597-6116
Semora, NC 27343 Reggie.Clay@pgnmail.com

REFERENCES
Mining Equipment
FLSmidth Salt Lake City Contact: Mark Nielsen
7158 South FLSmidth Drive Phone: 801-871-7936
Midvale, Utah, USA 84047 mark.nielsen@flsmidth.com
Weir Minerals Contact: Debra Switzer
2701 S Stoughton Rd. Phone: 970-665-9149
Madison, WI debra.switzer@weirminerals.com
Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. Contact: Betsy Day
240 Arch St. Phone: 717-849-7201
York, PA 17403
Eriez – Flotation Division Contact: Kris Barnes
7168 Honeyman St. - Unit 1 Phone: 604-952-2300
Delta, BC Canada V4G 1G1
URS Contact: Michelle Rodriguez
8181 E. Tufts Avenue Phone: 303-796-4719
Denver, CO 80237 michelle.rodriguez@urs.com

THANK YOU!
Doug Hardy, Sales Engineer • 800.959.0125 • DougHardy@Abtrex.com
Chuck Groom, Project Manager • 800.959.0125 • ChuckGroom@Abtrex.com
Keith Byars, President • 800.959.0125 • KeithByars@Abtrex.com
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