{"id":4983,"date":"2016-07-14T17:48:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T17:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2016-07-14T17:48:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T17:48:22","slug":"how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mammoet is cutting back time by not cutting at all for Energy giant Sasol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Secunda, South Africa, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sasol.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sasol<\/a> was in the process of replacing the tar separator tanks at its coal-to-liquids facility. During this replacement operation, the facility had to remain in production. The heavily congested plant proved such a challenge, that the conventional way of cutting up the tanks on site and removing them in parts would take one month per tank.<\/p>\n<p>With 30 tanks to replace, Sasol was keen to find a faster approach. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mammoet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mammoet<\/a> provided the solution, by lifting the tanks out in one piece, reducing removal time per tank to just two days.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><b>A ONE MONTH TANK REPLACEMENT JOB COMPLETED IN TWO DAYS.<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once the decision was made to lift out the tanks completely, instead of cutting them up in their existing location, the logistic operation began. The facility itself presented the biggest challenge: space was very tight and, to raise the stakes even further, the plant had to remain live during the entire tank replacement operation. The limited space called for very precise maneuvering. As soon as the tanks were lifted out of their position, they had to be moved over a pipe rack and onto a trailer for transport to a nearby scrap yard for further demolition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4984\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4984\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-1.png\" alt=\"mammoet-sasol-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-1.png 640w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-1-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loading of the new tank at the fabrication plant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mammoet mobilized a 400-ton crawler crane to lift out the tanks to a temporary staging position. From there, the tank was moved onto the trailer. Because of the limited available space this had to be done in two lifts, performed by a 350-ton crawler crane: one to carry the tank over the pipe rack and one to lift it onto the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>To keep up the pace, Mammoet brought two identical sets of crawler cranes to the site, so two sets of lifts could be carried out simultaneously. The replacement tanks were transported 11 kilometers over public roads from their construction site to the refinery, where Mammoet installed them into their final position \u2013 this was done in an operation which was an exact copy of the removal process, only completely reversed, adding further to operational efficiency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4985\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4985\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4985 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-3.png\" alt=\"mammoet-sasol-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-3.png 640w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-3-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transportation from fabrication plant to Sasol<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All in all, Mammoet\u2019s deep expertise in working in congested areas and close working relationship with its clients brought Sasol peace of mind and saved them roughly two and a half years of tank replacement time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4987\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4987\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-5.png\" alt=\"mammoet-sasol-5\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-5.png 640w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-5-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Tank Installation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Secunda, South Africa, Sasol was in the process of replacing the tar separator tanks at its coal-to-liquids facility. During this replacement operation, the facility had to remain in production. The heavily congested plant proved such a challenge, that the conventional way of cutting up the tanks on site and removing them in parts would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[385,998],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Mammoet is cutting back time by not cutting at all for Energy giant Sasol - MachineMarket Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Mammoet is cutting back time by not cutting at all for Energy giant Sasol - MachineMarket Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Secunda, South Africa, Sasol was in the process of replacing the tar separator tanks at its coal-to-liquids facility. During this replacement operation, the facility had to remain in production. The heavily congested plant proved such a challenge, that the conventional way of cutting up the tanks on site and removing them in parts would [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MachineMarket Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-14T17:48:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-4.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"346\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CraneMarket | Cranes for Sale and Rent\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/crane-market-logo.png\",\"width\":282,\"height\":81,\"caption\":\"CraneMarket | Cranes for Sale and Rent\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"MachineMarket Blog\",\"description\":\"Machine News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mammoet-sasol-4.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":346,\"caption\":\"Old tank removal\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/\",\"name\":\"How Mammoet is cutting back time by not cutting at all for Energy giant Sasol - MachineMarket Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-14T17:48:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-14T17:48:22+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d55314291bc2800387533231d1e82150\"},\"headline\":\"How Mammoet is cutting back time by not cutting at all for Energy giant Sasol\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-14T17:48:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-14T17:48:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/#webpage\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/how-mammoet-is-cutting-back-time-by-not-cutting-at-all\/#primaryimage\"},\"keywords\":\"crawler crane,Mammoet\",\"articleSection\":\"Crane &amp; Lifting News,Energy News\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d55314291bc2800387533231d1e82150\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6761c958e8b054582d0855a0e4bc5407?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}