THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1978
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ew grain elevator holds less, safer
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IOUSTON - At 260 feet in
jr. , m d , capacity ol 6 1 mtllon
;,,| s t| ie new Goodpasture, Inc.
lt01 ' may be smaller than its
lecessor which exploded more
i two years ago-killing n.ne-
it is safer, company officials say.
■think it's as safe as an elevator
be made," said Truitt Kennedy,
^pasture’s executive vice presi-
t of the new structure with
*1 safety features.
mnedy notes that although the
elevator’s storage capacity is 2
[on bushels less, it can transfer
i from trucks and railroad cars
bps faster — 800,000 bushels
20,000 bushels per eight hours
■nd with greater safety. He de-
,d to disclose how many millions
e said that barring extended
,ad strike delays of grain ship
ments, the new elevator should load
its first ocean-going ship on or about
next Monday.
After months of lawsuits, damage
claims and a struggle to provide
substitute service at other elevators,
Kennedy said he is relieved to be
moving into the new facility.
“If you struggle and try to keep a
business alive for two and a half
years without having your main fac
tory available and finally you get this
place to where it will run again, you
feel greatly relieved,” he said.
You can go back into business
and not worry about how you're
going to get your grain transferred.”
The elevator is fully automated
and equipped with television
cameras and sensing devices so that
no personnel need be inside while it
is operating. Control is remote,
from a building 200 feet away.
The fact that we have eliminated
the human element inside the
elevator adds substantially to the
safety, said Kennedy, although
whether Federal Grain Inspection
Service will require inside person
nel remains under negotiation.
Kennedy said seven television
cameras inside provide a full view of
the operation on control house
monitors. Thirty-five dust collectors
work against accumulation of vol
atile grain dust.
Sensing devices, measuring elec
trical load on wires and motors and
conveyor belt pulley stress, can shut
down the elevator automatically.
Wires and switches are antispark.
Equipment inside is bolted together
so no welders or torch cutters will
be required for repairs. The
elevator also has an interior
firefighting sprinkler system.
Still, Kennedy, hesitates at saying
absolutely nothing can go wrong.
The facility began unloading
trucks in mid-September and rail
road cars this week. It now contains
about 400,000 bushels of grain —
about one-fifteenth of its capacity.
Kennedy said the gradual start is
due to the need to fine tune the
facility. He said conveyor belts
aligned and tuned while empty
often need adjustments for full-load,
ftillspeed operation.
rain elevator explosion
ypic of growing concern
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