a Powder Shio a Plant toury Play company’s pince 1991, Empire Blended And because many of its customers Geese Harte NS theo i ode has produced custom-blended in the company's warehouse before receiving them, the Company also@e- Cided to expand its warehouse space. Plant addition : 2 product range, the company decided To increase its production capacity increases a to expand its production operation. and versatility, the company added company’s production capacity and versatility Accompany adds six new silos, acomputerized: matching system, aod 20,000 square feet of warehouse space, increasing its production and storage capobililies. The 100-ton- ity silos are installed outside the production facil- iiyopproximctely SOfectabove the ground.sixnew 100-ton-capacity silos to its tnsin production line’s elght existing $50-t0n-capacity silos, Jay Gomitzky, Empire Blended Products president, ‘and Martin Tanzer, vice president, de- signed the six new silos to store the ‘aos aggregates and cements that hecompany uses in itscustom-blend ‘operations, The addtional silos allow ibe company to keep a wide range of coment and aggregate on hand at all tines for producing custom-blended products. ‘The company also added a compurer- ized color-matching system to pro- duce a wide spectrum of custom-cotor products. The color-matching com- puter interfaces with the company’s main compater system, which con- trols the production lines. To accom- ‘modate the increased production and provide storage forts customers’ fin- ished products, the company added 20,000 square feet to its existing 20,000-square-foot warehouse, ‘An operator adds minor ingredients to a 6,000-pound-capatity paddle mixer. Let’s take a look at how the com- pany's main production line functions since the addition of the new silosand. cextrawarehouse space. ‘Touring the main production line ‘The company’s main production line consists of two side-by-side blending, ind packaging operations — one for colored products, ne otter for white products, The major ingredients various types of aggregates and ce- ments —arrive a the plant in 25-ton- capacity pneumatic trucks and 100-4on-capacity pneumatic railcars. The aggregates are pneumatically conveyed into six of the 50-ton-ca- pacity silos, and the cements are pneumatically conveyed into tke re- maining two 50-ton-capacity silos and the six 100-ton-capacity silos. Each 100-ton-capacity silo has a 2,250-cubic-foot capacity, which is equivalent to 224,000 pounds of sand (0r212,000 pounds of cement or lim stone. The silos that hold ihe various To increase iis production copacity ‘and versaiily, he company added sixnew 100tomcapacity silos.