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Advanced Materials: Provision of Chemical Manufacturing Plant and Machinery
Open Opportunity: This means that the contract is currently active, and the business is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.
Summary:
Industry: Advance Manufacturing (Chemicals)
Publication date: 19 September 2024
Closing: 4 October 2024, 1pm (Lots 1 & 4)
Closing: 22 November 2024 (remaining lots)
Contract location: NE42 6PJ
Contract value: Competitive quotation
Contract start date: 21/10/24
Contract end date: 30/12/24
Contract Type: Supply / supply and install
Procurement stage – all Lots:
Description:
Dragonfly Advanced Materials Ltd are currently seeking suppliers who can provide key elements of plant and machinery for their scale-up chemical manufacturing process.
The strategic outcomes of this project is to design, implement and commission a resource efficient, flexible modularized manufacturing process to efficiently scale production to commercial volumes; incorporating energy exchange systems which will reduce energy consumption and manufacturing costs, addressing the need for sustainable manufacturing as we strive towards NetZero.
Process:
Due to the confidential nature of the manufacturing process, interested parties are requested in the first instance to contact Dragonfly Advanced Materials by email at the following address contact@dragonflyinsulation.com, clearly stating the Lot number(s) of interest, together with relevant information regarding your businesses capability in the given area. Upon successful initial assessment, Dragonfly will issue a Mutual NDA, where following satisfactory completion, a URS for the specific Lot will be issued. Submissions detailing full compliance with the given lot will be required prior to the published closing date above.
The procurement tendering lots fall into the following 6 primary Lots, as detailed below. Where a lot is broken down into specified packages, this is open to bid for each package, out with this, a submission should be for the lot as a whole.
Procurement Lots
Lot 1: Wet Chemical Storage, Transfer, Mixing and Dosing
The overall system will consist of several machines. The main steps of the process are:
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Storage
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Wet chemicals handling
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Dry chemicals handling
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Dosing
The aim is to create a fully automated production line that allows for flexibility and resilience while handling various chemicals during normal production and R&D.
Wet chemical storage
Each of the below packages must safely, accurately and effectively transfer materials from chemical storage to mixing and dosing.
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IBC and drum storage.
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It is assumed, IBC and solids storage will be positioned in close proximity to a dosing station.
Package 1 – Production line 1: Precision controlled wet chemical handling and transfer.
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Dosing of required amount of each liquid component from an IBC or a drum accurately.
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Ensuring chemical compatibility between chemicals and equipment material.
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Low & low-low level detection in IBC/drum.
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Dosing of required amount of each liquid component into processing vessels.
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Dosing of solid materials into processing vessels.
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Ability to handle significant material viscosity change.
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Multiple formers shall be accurately dosed and filed simultaneously.
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Enabled for future additional dosing lines are envisaged.
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Bunded dosing protection, equipped with leak detection.
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Sampling station.
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Control system shall be designed with intrinsically safe operations in mind as ATEX certification will be required for some equipment.
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It is expected the production area will be located in a Zone 2; subject to a DSEAR assessment to be led by the supplier.
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Capability to be integrated in to a PLC and safety control system.
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Package 2 – Production line 2: Precision controlled wet chemical handling and transfer.
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Dosing of required amount of each liquid component from an IBC or a drum accurately.
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Ensuring chemical compatibility between chemicals and equipment material.
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Low & low-low level detection in IBC/drum.
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Dosing of required amount of each liquid component into holding tanks.
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Dosing of solid materials into processing vessels.
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Ability to handle significant and rapid material viscosity change.
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Multiple formers shall be accurately dosed and filed simultaneously.
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Enabled for future additional dosing lines are envisaged.
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Bunded dosing protection, equipped with leak detection.
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Sampling station.
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Control system shall be designed with intrinsically safe operations in mind as ATEX certification will be required for some equipment.
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It is expected the production area will be located in a Zone 2; subject to a DSEAR assessment to be led by the supplier.
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Capability to be integrated in to a PLC and safety control system.
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Lot 2: VOC Vapour Recovery System
The overall system will consist of several process steps. The main process is:
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VOC vapour recovery & Heat exchange
The aim is to create a fully automated production line that allows for flexibility and resilience while handling various wet chemicals during normal production and R&D.
The VOC recovery system will capture evaporated water and VOCs and condense the mix into its liquid form to be returned to storage. Capability to be integrated in to a PLC and safety control system.
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Lot 3: Wet and Dry Materials Handling system
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Capability to be integrated in to a PLC and safety control system.
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Wet materials handling
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Automated transfer from dosing unit into separate formers.
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The requirement is to rapidly fill min of 2 trays simultaneously.
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Former dimensions upto 1500*750*100mm, with ability to handle multiple formers of various sizes up to the maximum size.
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Formers shall be automatically positioned with high accuracy under the dosing heads.
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Automated loading of former onto a transport system.
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A secondary transport system filled with formers in readiness with clean, empty trays will replace system with filled formers.
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A fully laden former will weigh over 30kg.
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Fully laden transport system will be able to handle in excess of 600kg, be stable, robust and move smoothly.
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Transport system
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Formers shall be securely and accurately docked into a storage station to ensure consistent and safe handling of by the automatic loading system, without agitation of contents.
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Once full, the Transport System will be replaced with an empty unit, by an operator.
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The former handling system shall remain fully operational during the trolley changeover.
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Lot 4: Materials Drying
Fully ATEX rated and LEL monitored industrial grade low temperature (20c – 150c) drying oven/chamber; providing variable controlled and uniformed air flow and heat, controlled externally, with capability to be integrated in to a PLC and safety control system.
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Lot 5: Product Finishing: milling, grinding and cutting.
The overall system will consist of several process steps for a range of ceramic product forms.
The main steps of the process are:
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Milling, grinding
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Cutting
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Dust extraction and reclamation
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Classification/Sieving
The aim is to create a fully automated production line that allows for flexibility and resilience while handling various chemicals during normal production and R&D. Capability to be integrated into a PLC and safety control system.
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Lot 6: Packing of powders, granules, panels and fragile materials.
The overall system can be split into 2 main sections.
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Vertical packaging:
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Output from the milling/sieving system shall be processed by a vertical packaging system to ensure the powder is packed based on the weight.
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Dust control is critical for this process.
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Horizontal packaging
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Products require suitable protective packaging. The horizontal packaging machine shall be able to automatically adjust the packaging to the size of the product and cater for fragile materials.
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Size of the product will vary between batches.
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Levels of protection will be defined at later stage.
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The aim is to create a fully automated production line that allows for flexibility and resilience while handling various dry product forms during normal production and R&D. Capability to be integrated into a PLC and safety control system.
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