IAC, a leader in the design and construction management of turnkey Frac Sand
Plants continues to enhance its commitment to US based sourcing and production.
IAC’s state-of-the-art Frac Sand plants in South Texas, West Texas, and
Northwest Oklahoma all feature Nucor Steel. Each of these sand plants produces
3.0 MTY of Frac Sand.
These plants, designed and built by IAC for Preferred Sands feature the latest
in technology and performance, including IAC’s patented dual feed Frac Sand
dryer/cooler. IAC knew in order to
design in the optimal performance, durability, and reliability, no compromises
could be taken. IAC has always been
committed to buying American, so the material choice for IAC was simple, Nucor
Steel was required.
As the largest steel company in the United States with a capacity exceeding 27
million tons, Nucor has earned their reputation as America’s Company and is a
premier steel supplier. Nucor and
IAC are both innovators in their fields, investing in technology and challenging
the industry status quo.
IAC has a long relationship with Nucor Steel, including Nucor’s selection of IAC
as their EPC contractor for a portion of Nucor’s Convent, LA Direct Reduction
(DRI) facility. This 1 Billion
CAPEX project was the first DRI facility built in the United States in over 45
years. Again, IAC was selected as
Nucor’s EPC contractor for their new DRI pelletizing plant.
IAC also provided more than 20 fugitive dust collecting baghouses and two
30 metric TPH vacuum conveying transporters.
In 2010, IAC was selected to upgrade Nucor Steel’s Decatur, AL Electric Arc
Furnace (EAF) Air Pollution Control System (APC) with a State of the Art IAC
Medium Pulse EAF baghouse designed for 1.2 million ACFM. This system is a
corporate showplace for both IAC and Nucor and has been selected by Nucor as
their Best EAF Baghouse in Nucor’s Fleet. IAC was the EPC Contractor for this
design/equipment/build project.
During the Decatur project, IAC provided a dynamic vacuum dust transport system
to pick-up 15.0 TPH of EAF dust from the new IAC 12-compartment baghouse as well
as the existing North EAF Reverse Air Baghouse. The EAF dust is vacuum conveyed
930ft into (2) Vacuum Filter Receivers located at the top of a new 2,000 ton
bulk storage silo, storing the dust prior to rail loading. The IAC installation
is low maintenance and remains problem free after 8 years.
Additionally, IAC provided Decatur with a new rail load-out building with latest
automated articulating railcar load-out equipment and real time scale to
facilitate fast loading load multiple railcars.