GRAIN/CROP HANDLING

The European Union commissioned DIAK under their Stabex budget programme to assist a crop processing factory in central Africa. The factory needed to engineer a new layout using most of the existing machinery, but to accommodate a higher throughput and storage. With good local engineering talent, but a budget inadequate to buy ready made process lines, the decision was taken to equip the factory instead with their own engineering fabrication shop. DIAK researched, designed and supplied the machine tools and hand tools needed for this new shop, and provided a spares service and expert guidance thereafter. The factory progressively took out process lines, made new ducting, water pipework, structural supports and silos and over a 2 year period completed their own rebuild at very reduced rates compared with the import of a ready made system.

An African port required an urgent overhaul of it's grain silos and ship to shore transport evacuator systems to mobilise for a US Aid famine relief shipment. In partnership with Chicago specialist consultants, DIAK recovered the 30 year old drawings from the original USA factory, devised the specifications for repair and commissioned manufacture to the old patterns, and in 10 days assembled an airfreight shipment direct to the port to effect the refurbishment.