Today the concrete floor has been poured and polished. Now it needs to dry for about 4 weeks. After this the works can continue.
We were lucky with the weather and building the factory went uninterrupted. The roof has been covered and the windows arrived. The doors are still missing and then we can poor the concrete for the floor.
The erecting of the coating tower has started. It is placed on a separate foundation which is separated from the environment via non-interacting separators. On top of it the coating table will be placed which is again decoupled from the tower so that the coater…
The outer fassade is closing. The Southbound and northbound walls are already set and the long side facing east is currently being mounted. Inside the floor is being constructed.
Today the 5,5 t heavy Agfa-Leverkusen coating table was moved out of the old building into the new coating machine. We actually had to build an iron double-t-carrier to move it out of the door before the crane could grap it. Later it was lifted…
Today the mounting of the wall panels has started. Because the staircaises are also mounted yet you can see the future three stories of the coating machine.
Today the roofing ceremony took place. The chief of cunstruction read out loud the roofing ceremony paragraph (adapted to steel constructions) and afterwards our boss had to tighten (a just for him re-loosened:-) nut. The long iron bar has a toque wrench set to 800kN….
The first floor for the powder chemical plant has been layed.
The first frames have been set up. One can imagine the size of the project better now. Next is the part for the coating machine with three floors. One of the foundations has blue mattes on the side. This is the coating head foundation with…
Today the steel has been shipped and unloaded. On monday they start with the setting up of the new factory.