TFP Nutrition Project

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Project Specifications

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Industry

Pet Food

Dollar Amount

$5,790,000

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Completion Date

2022

Location

Nacogdoches, TX

Interstates recently worked with Des Moines, IA-based Weitz, to help client TFP Nutrition upgrade its existing petfood facility in Nacogdoches, TX, utilizing Interstates’ construction, engineering, and control systems services. The project faced challenges ranging from damaged equipment and long lead times to balancing the logistics of working in a running facility, but with solid communication between the client and the project team, TFP is making strides toward its ultimate goal of increasing the facility’s capacity by fifty percent.

Services Provided: Electrical Construction | Electrical Engineering | Industrial Automation & Integration

Key Scope Components

The project included safety updates along with an overhaul of the whole control system. Safety enhancements included leg protection on the elevator, speed switches, temperature sensors, and other measures to monitor and reduce fire hazards in a potentially dusty environment.

Interstates reviewed the medium voltage distribution plans and discovered ways to redesign the system to save the client money.

To modernize TFP’s controls and automation, Interstates installed its custom I-Control system for receiving, batching, grinding, routing, and coating applications.

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