Case Study – ELeather

Benefits for ELeather

With a small dedicated team, WBL offered the following services:

• Fully involved from initial conception through to commissioning and handover
• Comprehensive Front End Engineering Design study
• Full process design, detail design and specification of production lines
• On site support during the life of the project
• Complete project management
• Final documentation package
• Able to retain all intellectual property within ELeather
• Generated a saving of over £1 million by removing third party engineering contractor margins
• Additional future savings on spares and consumables
• Aftercare advice and support

Customer

ELeather are a materials technology company who specialise in transforming unused leather into advanced engineered leather. ELeather reduces waste, increases performance, and enables global brands in a variety of markets to create extraordinary products and memorable customer experiences, while improving sustainability.

Following a long-term strategic innovation partnership with Nike, the company invested in a new state-of-the-art facility.

Check out their website for more information.

Project Outline

To undertake the design, specification, manufacturing, installation supervision, commissioning and project management of 2 completely new leather sorting and fibre preparation lines to include the following:

• Fully involved from initial conception through to commissioning and handover
• Mezzanines, gantries and supporting structures.
• Mechanical conveying systems including metal detectors and QA sampling points
• Leather Sorting stations with belt conveyor carousels.
• Buffer Bins
• Silos weighing via load cells
• Pneumatic conveying systems using roots exhausters and fans.
• Dust extraction and air filtration systems.
• Equipment to include cyclones, metal detectors, magnets, belt conveyors, VIB feeders.

Job Value: In excess of £7million

Outcome

From initial conception WBL have been responsible for the production of process flow diagrams, P & ID’s, motor and instrument lists, system layouts and manufacturing drawings. Providing ELeather with pneumatic conveying calculations for fan and roots exhauster systems, specifications and sizing’s for belt conveyors, calculations and specifications of dust extraction, air filtration and dust collection systems. WBL sized and designed the silos, buffer bins and rotary valves. Supplying ELeather with structural steelwork layouts, design and manufacture specifications and complete assembly drawings for each piece of equipment. Assisting with the functional design specification of the control systems. WBL were involved with the ATEX assessment and designed the system based on the hazardous area classification outcome.

WBL have provided full equipment specifications for ELeather’s internal procurement team and managed the procurement process from issuing tenders, tender evaluation and supplier recommendations. Completing pre-delivery inspections on all manufactured equipment to ensure required standards are achieved.

WBL have been on site to proactively project manage the construction and installation of all equipment. Providing full ‘as built’ system documentation, overseeing commissioning and handover to the client.