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Profitability

Northfleet Wharf Wins EXCEEDS’s Idea of the Month

8th December, 2022

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On behalf of the Management Team, another big ‘Thank You’ goes out to everyone for continuing to develop and implement their ideas that will help make CEMEX a safer place to work, with better quality and greater efficiency/effectiveness.

The following summary gives a brief overview of the ideas from the November 2022 competition:

  • Poole Wharf – Two small running lights were added to the top of the conveyor to allow for monitoring from the shovel and the offices.
  • Northfleet Wharf – Upgraded the silt buffer tank pipework to Linatex hose to reduce spillages, improve safety (STF and working at height) and reduce loading delays when performing remedial work.
  • Dagenham Wharf – Our on-site Fitter fabricated a new guard using material from stock we had in the workshop saving £918.

Our congratulations go out to Northfleet Wharf who took the top award this month! Well done to everyone involved.

At Northfleet Wharf the silt buffer tank steel pipework was frequently having holes appear, causing water and silt to leak onto the floor and make the surrounding area and walkway slippery. The pipework is not easy to work on and requires a cherry picker to gain safe access. Where the cherry picker has to be positioned means the road has to be closed and a banksman has to be positioned to divert traffic resulting in delays in loading times and downtime with the process plant.

To overcome this issue the steel pipework was replaced with long lasting Linatex hose. The Linatex rubber lined hose will give greater durability with less wear points and save a considerable amount of time, by having to shut the process plant to patch the pipework. It will also save money in mobile plant hire costs and reduce the amount of time the one-way system will be closed to undertake maintenance works.

If you want further information on the winning idea please visit the Ideation platform here:

Here is a direct link where you can search for any topic: https://cemex.idhall.com/