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At a well-known bakery in George, Western Cape, Jaclin Engineering was contracted to upgrade
the heating and humidity system of their baking proofer. The old system used electric heating,
with very little air circulation, resulting in capacity and bread quality problems.
Jaclin Engineering designed and built and installed a complete steam heating system comprising
of two pressure reducing stations, complete stainless steel ducting system with circulation fan,
heat exchanger and steam reticulation system from the client’s new boiler.
The result was massively increased baking capacity, efficiency, quality of bread and significant
energy savings. The full upgrade was installed it all during a planned shut, causing no downtime
for the Bakery.
At a well-known animal feeds manufacturer in Paarl, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering installed the steam supply and control station to their new state-of-the-art conditioning system on one of their pelleters.
At a well-known breakfast cereal manufacturer in Atlantis, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed a new paraffin ring-main system for their new boiler. Our scope included a full ring-main with new pumps with spark-proof motors, valves and filters.
At an upmarket brand clothing manufacturer in Atlantis, Jaclin Engineering pointed out a potential
catastrophe during a routine steam system audit. Their main steam and condensate lines of ±60m in
length, which are suspended on poles above the ground was close to collapsing due to poor design,
lack of allowance for expansion and water hammer.
Jaclin Engineering firstly propped up the pole supports to prevent them from further collapse.
We then cast new concrete bases into the ground with new pole stubs. Over the Easter weekend
shut of the factory, the distorted steam and condensate lines were removed from the poles, poles
were cut off and fitted into the new bases, and the steam and condensate lines replaced.
New pockets and flexible hoses were added for drainage and expansion. All of this remedial
action was carried out without any lost time to the business.
At a well-known bakery in Salt River, Cape Town, an existing stainless steel chimney on one of their ovens cracked and kinked on its 45⁰ bend and fell over due to high winds and broken guy ropes. Jaclin Engineering pre-fabricated a new flanged stainless steel bend section, removed the damaged chimney by means of a mobile crane, repaired it and re-installed it all during an 8-hour planned shut of the baking line, causing no downtime for the Bakery.
Jaclin Engineering was contracted by Actom John Thompson to conduct a full Steam
System Audit at one of the biggest Tuna factories in the world, based in Victoria, Seychelles
Our scope of work included:
At an animal feed manufacturer in Upington, Northern Cape, Jaclin Engineering re-designed and replaced a section of the main 100mm steam supply line as well as valves, pressure-reducing valves, separators, control valves and steam traps on the steam supplies to their two Pelleters. With careful planning, sections of the pipework were pre-fabricated and the installation and tie-in was done over a single weekend, causing no lost time for the factory.
At a well known pet food manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering manufactured and installed a new chimney stack for the client’s HFO fired boiler. The new boiler stack was fully manufactured and lagged on site, and installed on a Saturday. Only at the time the old stack was removed and lowered to the ground, it was discovered that it was severely corroded and close to failure. This entire project was carried out with no interruption to the client’s production process.
At a well-known pet food manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and
manufactured a fully certified steam header for their boiler house, to replace a rotten 20-
year old one. The new header was built to the exact dimensions of the old one, so as to
minimise the need for pipework modifications.
The new header was equipped with a full set of Zetkama isolating globe valves and an Ari
steam trapset, which Jaclin Engineering holds the agency for as a distributor.
At a well-known animal feeds manufacturer in Paarl, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed, manufactured and
installed an 8000 litre 3CR12 hotwell tank for their boilers. The tank is equipped with state-of-the-art
ultrasonic level control, a sparge pipe and direct steam-injection heating.
This turnkey project included the design and casting of the concrete bases, the design of the 3m high stand
and catladder, as well as the tank. The tank and stand were manufactured in our workshop, lagging and
cladding was fitted and installation and tie-in on site was all completed on one day.
At a juice manufacturer in Montague Gardens, Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for a standby boiler plant, which included:
At a well known pet food manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering conducted thickness testing on both the existing boiler chimney stacks, by use of a mobile crane to access the full height of the chimneys. The coal boiler stack was found to be severely corroded and the wall thickness very thin towards the top. Jaclin Engineering manufactured and installed a new chimney within a short space of time, preventing a potential disaster of the old chimney collapsing.
A well-known potato chip manufacturer in Lamberts Bay, West Coast needed to improve on the quality of their compressed air. Jaclin Engineering designed, supplied and installed a new dryer and filters as well as a complete compressor room reticulation system and tied into the existing airline into the factory.
A well-known corrugated carboard manufacturer in Epping, Cape Town purchased a new compressor, dryer and filters to supply compressed air to the existing production facility that had outgrown the available compressed air capacity from the older compressors. Jaclin Engineering designed and installed of a complete compressor room reticulation system and tied into the existing airline into the factory.
A well-known manufacturer of food packaging in Atlantis, Cape Town purchased two new compressors, a dryer and filters to supply compressed air to the existing production facility that had outgrown the compressed air availability from the older compressors. Jaclin Engineering designed and installed of a complete compressor room reticulation system which allows the flexibility of running any combination of the new and existing compressors and dryers, as well as a new 100mm airline into the factory.
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, established a Distribution Centre with a Cutting Department Airport Industria, Cape Town. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for the design and installation of the complete air system which included a new compressor room as well as a complete reticulation system feeding the Cutting Room. The compressor room equipment that Jaclin installed was a new compressor, dryer, receiver, filters and exhaust ducting.
A well-known corrugated carboard manufacturer in Faure, Cape Town purchased a new upsized
compressor, dryer and filters to supply compressed air to the existing production facility
that had outgrown the air capacity from the older compressors.
Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for the re-design and installation of an upsized
compressor room reticulation system which allows the flexibility of running any combination
of the three compressors, two dryers and two air receivers.
At a well-known bakery in Bellville South, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering upgraded the compressor station by installing a new 75kW compressor, air dryer as well as a separator and pre- and after- filters. An old compressor and two air dryers were removed, pipework and exhaust ducting was stripped out, and replaced with new. Jaclin Engineering took care of the entire project, from rigging-in of the new equipment to installation, pipework and ducting, with no interruption to the client’s production.
At a flexible packaging manufacturer in Strand, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering upgraded their compressor room.
At the new premises of an exclusive manufacturer and exporter of cycling apparel in Woodstock, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed, manufactured and installed a complete compressed air system. The client’s existing compressors and filters were installed into a new compressor room, and an overhead ring-main system was installed to provide dry air to the seven rows of workstations. We also designed and installed a blowdown system and vessel for the client’s portable boilers on their ironers .
A leading producer of personal, baby and home care products re-located its production facility to new premises in Epping, Cape Town. Jaclin Engineering designed and installed a complete compressed air ring-main piping system to supply all the production machinery with sufficient volume dry air. The client’s existing compressors, dryers and air receiver were all piped up in the new compressor room, and tied into the new ring-main.
At a well-known chicken processing plant in Hocroft, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering upgraded the compressor station by installing two new 200kW compressors, two dryers as well as separators and pre- and after- filters. The two existing compressors and dryers were removed, pipework and exhaust ducting was stripped out, and replaced with new. Jaclin Engineering took care of the entire project, from offloading of the new equipment to installation, pipework, ducting and panelling, all with no interruption to the client’s production.
At a well-known textile manufacturer in Elsies River, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering upgraded the compressor station by installing a new 160kW compressor, dryer as well as a separator and pre- and after- filters. The existing compressor and dryer were removed, pipework and exhaust ducting was stripped out, and replaced with new. Jaclin Engineering took care of the entire project, from offloading of the new equipment to installation, pipework, ducting and a false ceiling, with no interruption to the client’s production.
At a well-known food manufacturer in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering corrected a
fundamental problem with the pipe sizing between the compressors, filters, dryer and air receiver.
The client had sufficient compressor capacity installed, but due to incorrect pipe sizing in the
compressor station, there was an air volume shortage in the plant where the retorts were installed –
fed by a line of ± 300m in length. By simply upsizing the pipework and header in the compressor room,
the problem was solved and the VSD controlled compressor now runs at a noticeably lower speed, which
results in an electrical power saving.
At a well-known towel manufacturer in Strand, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering redesigned and corrected the pipework in their compressor room. We also re-located an existing compressor and air receiver, as well as installed a new dryer and pre and after filters, as well as exhaust ducting.
At a fruit juice manufacturer in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering re-designed and revamped the entire compressor station, which included:
The result is clean, dry air at the right pressure and enough volume to handle peak demands from certain processes.
At a local plastic packaging manufacturer in Triangle Farm, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering stripped out an entire compressor station and installed two new compressors, an air dryer, filters and a complete new pipework system – all over a single weekend.
At a well-known flexible packaging manufacturer in Triangle Farm, Cape Town, a devastating fire destroyed a major section of their factory. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for stripping out the fire-damaged compressed air, fuel and solvent pipework, and replacing it once the fire-damaged building had been re-constructed.
At a well-known baby food manufacturer in Ndabeni, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed all the utilities for a new retort, including steam, condensate, cooling water, drainage, compressed air and vent lines.
At a well-known pet food manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and constructed a new floor slab on which the client’s new retort was to stand. We also designed and installed all the utilities for the retort, including steam, condensate, cooling water, drainage, compressed air and vent lines. All of the above services were installed and tied-in over a single weekend.
At a well-known food manufacturer in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering successfully carried out a retort replacement project. We removed one of two existing retorts and installed a newer larger one in its place. The scope of the project included:
Pre-fabrication of all of the above was carried out off-site during weekdays, with all installation and tie-in over weekends so that the client’s production was completely uninterrupted.
A well-known corrugated cardboard manufacturer recently moved an older corrugator from their Cape Town facility to a new factory in Port Elizabeth, and Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
Jaclin Engineering’s teams were on site in PE for over a month and met the deadlines necessary for timeous start-up of the corrugator.
At a local juice manufacturer in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed a water storage system for the client which enables them to store 400,000 litres of fresh water for their process, to minimise the risk of water cuts disrupting their production process during the drought in the Western Cape.
At a brand new corrugated cardboard manufacturer’s factory, in Faure, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
Jaclin Engineering’s teams were on site for more than 4 months, and met the deadlines necessary for timeous start-up of the new corrugator.
One of the largest Pharmaceutical Companies is SA, based in Epping, Cape Town required two packaged
thermal oil/glycol heat exchanger skids as an improvement to their process.
Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
At a well known pet food manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed, manufactured and installed a complete stainless steel cooling water recycling system for the client’s retorts in the factory.
At a well-known pet food manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and implemented
an improvement to the existing cooling water system. Originally the retort cooling water circuit was
in series with the cooling tower water circuit.
After adding an additional retort, and during warm ambient temperatures, the client struggled to cool
down the retorts and reduce the temperature of the water in the bulk tank, resulting in slower batch
cooling times on the retorts.
We designed and implemented a separate cooling tower water circuit with its own dedicated pump. This
resulted in the cooling water circuit to the retorts to become a separate circuit and the contents of
the bulk water tank is now cooled constantly by the dedicated circuit to the cooling towers.
This simple improvement resulted in far better batch times and improved efficiency on retort production.
A well-known potato chip manufacturer in Lamberts Bay, West Coast needed to recover and recycle
the huge volume of warm rinse-water from their process. Jaclin Engineering designed, supplied
and installed a complete warm water reclamation plant which enabled them to re-use their
warm rinse water over and over, a few times before dumping it down the drain.
The warm rinse water is stored in tanks, filtered, and pumped back into the plant
for re-use. Since the installation of the new plant, the client has realised
huge savings on water and steam, which assists them in maintaining their market edge.
Jaclin’s scope of work included:
The entire plant was constructed and commissioned during the one-week annual shut of factory, causing no downtime at all.
A well-known fruit juice manufacturer in Airport Industria, Cape Town had an existing 20,000
litre calorifier with failed and leaking steam coils inside and a poorly designed and functioning
steam system, which resulted in significant production losses and downtime due to insufficient
warm water.
Jaclin Engineering was called in to assess and carry out the necessary repairs and modifications
to the warm water system to ensure adequate warm water volumes and temperatures for the
production demand. We installed a manhole onto the top of the tank, repaired the cracked
steam coils and corrected the steam system over a single weekend, which solved the client’s
warm water problems that had been plaguing them for months.
At a new polyester (PET) recycling plant in George, Western Cape, Jaclin Engineering designed,
manufactured and installed a complete new warm water system, to provide water at 95⁰C for the recycling process.
The scope of the project included:
A well-known textile manufacturer in Elsies River, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
At a well known spunbond nonwoven textile manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering installed the pipework system for a hot oil vapour system for a new spunbond nonwoven textile production line. All pipework was installed in compliance with SANS 347 and the Pressure Equipment Regulations.
A well-known corrugated cardboard manufacturer in Faure, Cape Town required an extension of their forklift loading ramp and platform. Their existing ramp’s horizontal section was too short, which caused damage to their raw material when being offloaded from the shipping containers.
At a well-known food manufacturer in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering carried out the complete installation of a flexible conveyor system on behalf of the Port Elizabeth based OEM. The scope of this project included:
Pre-fabrication of the catwalks and platforms was carried out off-site during weekdays, with all of the installation over weekends so that the client’s production was completely uninterrupted.
At a well-known pet food manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and carried out the conversion of two retorts, from pouch production to can production. The scope of this project included:
At a well-known packaging manufacturer in Triangle Farm, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and constructed two re-enforced concrete bases and vibracrete enclosures for a 550kVa and 850kVa diesel generators, respectively. We also designed and installed a diesel fuel line complete with pump, to supply fuel to both generators.
At a well known pet food manufacturer in Atlantis, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering built a complete basket loader, which included a conveyor system which feeds the cans of pet food into a basket which, when filled with cans, is placed inside a retort. The basket loader itself included a hydraulic lifting system to allow uniform stacking of the cans.
A world-class winery in Grabouw, 80km outside of Cape Town, needed to install a smaller chiller (with lower electrical power consumption), during the loadshedding times. Their main chiller’s electrical consumption was too large for their back-up power supply. Jaclin Engineering designed and installed a new chiller pump and supply/return lines from the standby chiller unit to their hotwell/coldwell tanks. They are now able to run with limited cooling capacity during loadshedding times from their smaller standby chiller unit.
A world-class winery in Stellenbosch, 40km outside of Cape Town, needed to upgrade their cooling capacity to their main cellar. Jaclin Engineering designed and installed a new dual-tank (hotwell/coldwell) chilled water system to provide sufficient cooling water to the jacketed wine tanks in their cellar. The chiller’s capacity could handle double the volume of water, so by doubling the tank capacity, Jaclin was able to increase their colling capacity. The scope of the project included the design of the system, installation of pumps, tanks, valves and PVC piping.
A world-class winery in Franschhoek, 65km outside Cape Town, installed a second-hand air-cooled chiller and upgraded a section of their chilled water system. Jaclin Engineering designed and installed a new chilled water system to provide cooling to the jacketed wine tanks in their cellar. The scope of the project included the design of the system, installation of pumps, an air-cooled chiller and PVC piping.
A world-class winery in Riebeek Kasteel, 80km outside of Cape Town, installed a new water-cooled chiller and upgraded their complete chilled water system. Jaclin Engineering designed and installed a new chilled water system to provide cooling to the jacketed wine tanks in their cellar. The scope of the project included the design of the system, installation of pumps, a water-cooled chiller, cooling towers, filters and all PVC piping.
A world-class winery in Grabouw, 80km outside Cape Town, needed to replace their obsolete ammonia chiller and upgrade their complete chilled water system. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender to design and install a new chilled water system to provide cooling to all the jacketed wine tanks in their cellar. The scope of the project included the design of the system and installation of tanks, pumps, a water-cooled chiller, cooling tower and all PVC piping, fully lagged.
At a well-known winery and producer of world-class wines in Stellenbosch, Jaclin Engineering designed
and installed the PVC piping system for the inclusion of the existing glycol mix into the main chilled
water system. Two existing pump sets were re-located and the pipework was modified to improve cooling.
We also designed and installed the PVC piping system for the installation of seven new 10,000 ℓ
fermentation tanks. Existing chillers and pump sets were retained, but a complete new PVC piping
system was installed to provide cooling to the new tanks.
At a well-known winery in Franschhoek, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed the PVC piping system for the installation of a new water-cooled chiller to their chilled water system. The installation included a tank and 2 x pumpsets.
At a well-known winery in Franschhoek, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed the PVC piping system for the addition of a new water-cooled chiller to their chilled water system.
At a brand new winery in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed the piping system for a chilled water system
At a well-known winery in Darling, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed the PVC piping system for the addition of a new water-cooled chiller to their chilled water system
At an exclusive winery in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed the piping system for a chilled water system.
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, continued with the complete refurbishment of its factory in Epping, Cape Town. For the fourth phase, Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, continued with the complete refurbishment of its factory in Epping, Cape Town. For the third phase, Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, established a brand-new multi-storey factory in Mobeni, Durban. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, continued with the complete refurbishment of its factory in Epping, Cape Town. For the second phase, Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
A 99-year-old company that specialises in the design and manufacture of fine household bed linen and
bedding accessories, established a brand-new factory in Diep River, Cape Town.
Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, established an additional factory adjacent to their existing one in Maitland, Cape Town. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, established a brand-new multi-storey factory in Mobeni, Durban. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, established a brand-new factory in Caledon, 120km outside of Cape Town. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
One of the largest wholesale clothing suppliers in SA, started with a complete refurbishment of its recently acquired factory in Epping in May 2021. For the first phase, Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
A Cape Town exclusive upmarket clothing manufacturer moved its entire factory from Salt River to Epping at the end of 2019/beginning 2020. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for:
At an upmarket brand clothing manufacturer in Atlantis, Jaclin Engineering designed and installed a new central vacuum system for the factory. The old system that was in use, was fabricated with undersized PVC piping, which resulted oin poor vacuum pressure at the ironing and pressing stations as well as static electricity buildup in the pipes. Jaclin’s new correctly sized mild steel piping system resulted in uniform suction pressure throughout the production floor, resulting in better finished and production efficiencies.
At a local Government Hospital Laundry in Parow, Cape Town Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for the design, supply and installation of all utilities to the new equipment and machinery that formed part of Phase 3 of the Laundry upgrade. Our scope included:
A laundry in Epping, Cape Town purchased some used equipment from a Government Hospital Laundry in Cape Town. Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for the upliftment, move and re-installation of equipment and machinery. Our scope included:
At a local Government Hospital Laundry in Parow, Cape Town Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for the design, supply and installation of all utilities to the new equipment and machinery that formed part of Phase 2 of the Laundry upgrade. Our scope included:
At a local Government Hospital Laundry in Parow, Cape Town Jaclin Engineering was awarded the tender for the design, supply and installation of all utilities to the new equipment and machinery that formed part of the Laundry upgrade. Our scope included:
At a local Government Hospital Laundry in Parow, Cape Town Jaclin Engineering was called in to assess
the condition and efficiency of the vey old steam, air and water utilities. The Laundry was about to
embark on a complete upgrade of its production equipment and wanted the existing utilities to at the
same level as the state-of-the-art equipment that was being installed.
Jaclin Engineering conducted a detailed survey of the Laundry, and was awarded the tender for:
