Mineral Processing & Smelting.
MEA provides engineering, manufacturing and refurbishment services for mineral processing plants, refineries and smelting operations. Our capabilities cover crushing and grinding equipment, materials-handling systems, process plant machinery, furnace and vessel components, structural assemblies and purpose-built maintenance equipment.
From site inspections and reverse engineering through to detailed design, machining, fabrication, refurbishment and protective coatings, MEA delivers practical solutions focused on plant reliability, maintainability, safety and extended equipment service life.
What we engineer for mineral processing.
Crushing, Grinding & ClassificationEXP-1
Ball mill drive gearboxes and pinion refurbishments, smelter bath and spent anode crusher overhauls, grinding mills, grinding mill trunnion assemblies, mill discharge trommels, Bisalloy-tungsten alloy-ceramic wear plates and mill armour, mill feed and discharge chutes, ball mill NDE assemblies.
Separation, Slurry & Dewatering SystemsEXP-2
Bauxite slurry steam pumps, rake drive assemblies, precipitator drive gearboxes, ore scrubbing baths, hydrocyclone clusters, agitator assemblies, dross handling hoppers, alumina handling dust collectors, slurry pipework and manifolds.
Smelting & High Temperature EquipmentEXP-3
Heat exchange feed pumps, digestion steam turbine overhauls, digestion pump drive gearbox refurbishments, flash tank fabrications, pouring ladles, high pressure piping and pressure pots, smelter pot shells, furnace flues and refractory systems, casting tables, rotary kilns, shaft kilns, kiln girth gears and drive pinions.
Materials Handling & Plant InfrastructureEXP-4
Bauxite unloading buckets, apron feeders, belt feeders, stacker and reclaimer systems, conveyor pulley systems, transfer chutes and hoppers, ship loader telescopic chutes, ship loader bogie assemblies, ship loader sheave assemblies, alumina storage silos, dense-phase conveying systems, screw conveyors.
Projects from the floor.
Metal Pouring Barrel Ladle Refurbishment
Digestion Feed Pump Drive Gearbox Refurbishment
Precipitator Agitator Drive Gearbox Refurbishment
Slurry Waste Sump Pump Refurbishment
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