Typical projects include API 650 approved tanks, conveyors, chutes, hoppers, bins, fan housings, platforms, clarifiers, thickeners, thickener mechanisms, turn key gravity plants and complete process control systems. KEM is also a Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) and ASME Section IX certified custom fabricator of both carbon and stainless steel.

Below is a brief portfolio of KEM's projects.

Greenwood Head Tank-GVRD The GVRD had seen previous tanks that were manufactured by KEM for another phase of this project. GVRD invited us to bid on the contract to design and manufacture the Greenwood Head Tank for the Seymour-Capilano Filtration System project.			Outokumpu TC30 KEM does work as an OEM for a number clients. Pictured here is a truckload of flotation cells destined for the Kensington Gold project in Alaska. KEM fabricated six of these units and six smaller units within a very tight schedule to meet the delivery requirements for the client.
Cascade Mixing Tank Working closely with our client, a mechanical contractor, KEM engineered a floor and lower shell replacement. By doing the majority of the fitting and welding in house, the contractor was able to minimize the shutdown of the Alberta pulp mills mixing tank.			Celgar Tank  This thickener / clarifier was manufactured in 316 stainless steel as part of an environmental treatment system for an oil refinery. As part of the overall scope, KEM was also responsible for the API 650 design for the vessel.
Westmark Shaft Knelson senior fabricators use a unique in-house procedure to repair a chronically failing drive shaft. After multiple failed attempts by several other shops, Knelson was contracted to engineer a lasting solution. The repair strategy included cutting the shaft into two pieces, machining weld preparations and welding a controlled pre and post heating. Continuous cleaning of the weld slag allowed the welder to apply multiple passes without stopping, further enhancing temperature control and weld strength. The shaft has been in service, crack free for two years as of November 2007.			Cyclone Package This project was for a Russian company where KEM provided the services of fabrication. Additional units have been produced in a range of different sizes.
Fan Housing This assembly is part of a fan housing for a pulp mill located in British Columbia, Canada			Feed Distributor Multiple unit concentrator or operational machinery installations often employ a central feed distributor to evenly distribute the feed / slurry.

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