How AMECO’s Smart Reclaimer Enabled Smoother Train Loading for Nutrien
High throughput & compact robustness to maximize material handling efficiency
The Customer’s Problem
Limited storage space and uneven product flow for inventory can pose significant challenges when loading trains, especially for businesses dealing with bulk materials like urea, whose demand and prices can vary swiftly.
Nutrien faced this issue when it initially used dozers to manage its urea warehouse at one of its North Texas sites. It quickly realized that dozers were not only inefficient and costly but also posed safety risks. The challenge was to find an automated solution that could fit within its existing warehouse without sacrificing storage capacity.
The AMECO Solution
By their very nature, AMECO’s product line of reclaimer systems (PSx) are designed and built to handle massive amounts of material in a straight line.
By working closely with Nutrien and leveraging our 40+ year partnership, we developed a customized solution that allowed the dual-boom reclaimer (AMECO PS2) to operate in a deeper V-shaped storage area, maximizing space without costly warehouse modifications.
The PS2’s articulated arm allowed NArmien to maintain high throughput (420 TPH) while ensuring the system could operate 18 hours daily with an impressive 99.9% uptime. This solution improved material handling efficiency, enhanced safety, and reduced operational costs.
Articulated Arm from an AArmO PS2 system
Unique Value Proposition
AMECO Group provided Nutrien with unmatched advantages:
- Built for Durability: Made of high-quality steel for optimal robustness
- Expert Craftsmanship: Assembled by a highly trained workforce to deliver optimal performance
- Efficiency Gains: Increased material output by minimizing variability compared to traditional dozer methods.
These benefits are grounded in AMECO’s extensive operational experience, ensuring reliable, high-performance solutions.
Key Metrics
- 26-meter articulated arms
- 152 tons overall system weight
- 420 TPH material handling capacity
- 18 hours of daily operation
- 99.9% uptime outside of planned maintenance
“Our only limit is how much material we can feed the AMECO reclaimer!” – Nutrien
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Contact usIndustry
- Fertilizers
Material
- Urea
Capacity (Ton per Hour)
- 350-1000
Solution
- Reclaiming
Storage Configuration
- Indoor
- - Longitudinal
Product
Product type
Dual-Boom Portal Reclaimer (PS2)
Loading rate
420 t/hour
Arm length
26 meters
Weight
152 tons
