DELTA ASPHALT
is in one location - making our job easier,
safer and more efficient.
The plant is being controlled by an
ACCU-TRACK system. The system provides
no-flow switches on each material feeder
and zero-speed sensors on our baghouse
augers. We also have zero-speed sensors
on the Slat Conveyor and Crossover
Conveyor. These sensors will shut the plant
down if one of them were to stop running.
A new belt scale was installed to help with
accuracy in our plants production. We are
able to see what the plant is doing from the
control room without actually looking at the
plant in most cases.
The overhead power lines have been
an ongoing safety concern. The lines were
within reach of a truck with a raised bed or
an excavator. The transformer was directly
above the old control house and next to
the Slat Conveyor, which prevented us
from safely working on certain parts of the
plant. The transformer is now located on the
ground, with all of our power coming safely
from underground.
The improvements made will provide us
with a safer, more efficient place to work. We
plan to produce a little more than 100,000
tons this year and we are confident that we
will be able to so with the upgrades that we
received this winter. Gary Reed (Yardman/
In mid-January, we
began a project to
dramatically upgrade
the Poplar Bluff Hot
Mix Asphalt Plant. The
project was to include a
new building, new plant
controls, and all power lines being moved
underground. With the help of Ozark Border
Electric Cooperative, Summit Contracting,
Jim Clubb (MO Construction), Amos Taylor
(Delta Asphalt Cape), Joe Vernon (Delta
Asphalt), and the Poplar Bluff Plant Crew,
we have made a lot of progress in just a few
short months.
The new two-story building features a
control room, office, break room, lab, tool
room, parts room, and bathroom facilities
on both levels. The former plant was a
small, 1971 model trailer that sat at ground
level and provided poor visibility to many
parts of the plant. The new elevated control
room, provides increased plant visibility. The
new parts and tool rooms will allow better
organization and let us keep track of our
inventory, reducing downtime. Including the
lab as a part of our new building will facilities
faster testing results. The new plant is laid
out in such a way that everything we need
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today for your future.
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Delta Companies hosted a 401k
Retirement Savings Refresher. Prudential
Retirement representatives provided detailed
information and benefits of our 401(k) plan.
Many thanks to Del Elfrink, Preputial CEO
Extraordinair