Claudius Peters PACPAL Palletizer for Bolivia

The Spanish consortium, UTE ORURO, awarded a contract to Claudius Peters Projects for the delivery of a new packing and palletizing plant for a new cement plant in Oruro / Bolivia. UTE ORURO consists of Sacyr Industrial and Imasa Ingenieria y Proyectos S.A., they received the order together with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions to erect a new cement plant in the Bolivian highlands. The final customer, Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia, is a state-run cement producer, with a planned clinker capacity of 3000 t/day for the new plant.

The Claudius Peters scope of supply comprises the packing plant with a 12 spout rotary packer, automatic bag applicator, material supply, bag handling and transport; a palletizer for 3,600 bags/h with a palletless slip sheet system and two package removal units; a big bag filling station for one loop big bags with a weight of 500 kg up to 2000 kg per big bag and a Rockwell control system.

The special challenge was the altitude of the plant which is 4,000 m AMSL (above mean sea level). This requires special motors and special electrical switching and control elements which are suitable for this altitude.

Delivery is scheduled for 2017.

The Claudius Peters company was established in Hamburg, Germany, in 1906 by its eponymous founder. The company, which employs around 600 people, has been part of the British engineering group, Langley Holdings plc, since 2001.