Designing Networked Terminal Infrastructure From the Ground Up in Mexico
Every terminal design presents its own set of challenges, but some jobs require a bit more ingenuity than others. Aura Engineering recently stepped up to deliver new services and capabilities in creating a fully networked, digital terminal infrastructure at a rail transloading facility in the mountains of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Aura was contracted to engineer the backbone of the terminal system from the ground up. Even after utility poles were erected on-site and transloading equipment was built, no electricity, fiber optics, wi-fi, servers, or security was in place to automate processes. The electrical engineering experts at Aura went to [...]
Diesel Transfer and Storage Terminal – Blytheville, Arkansas
Recently, Aura Engineering (Aura) teamed up with Kinley Construction (Kinley) to assist a client with the recommissioning of a brownfield storage terminal and barge offloading facility. Before it’s recommissioning, the terminal operated as an anhydrous ammonia storage and transfer system originally constructed in the 1960’s. The terminal is comprised of two (2) 150,000 barrel working capacity tanks, interconnecting piping, pumping equipment, and a barge dock along the Mississippi River just east of Blytheville, Arkansas. The storage tanks and the barge dock are located approximately one mile from each other. One of the first steps in a recommissioning project such as [...]
Why Our Clients Love Aura Engineering’s Preventive Maintenance Service
When it comes to solving system maintenance challenges, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That’s why Aura Engineering recommends smart, affordable preventive maintenance service to all of our clients. There’s no better way to save yourself time, money, and stress in a crisis than preventing that crisis from happening in the first place. Our experienced team has the skills to bring your facilities up to top performance—both before and after something goes wrong. Aura Engineering has spent decades burnishing our reputation for reliably replacing old, worn-down transfer facilities and control systems with new, cutting-edge equipment. Nevertheless, [...]
Project Benefits Using AutoCAD Plant 3D
Over the past few years, here at Aura Engineering, we have moved towards using AutoCAD Plant 3D for an increasing number of our projects. We have found that this program not only helps our piping designers to increase their efficiency, but also provides many benefits to our clients. From a project’s conception, through design, construction, and then on to everyday use and maintenance, AutoCAD Plant 3D has been a proven time and budget saver when compared to more traditional two-dimensional programs. As the program’s name states, AutoCAD Plant 3D renders designs that are completely three-dimensional. Having three-dimensional designs available from [...]
We Answer Your Questions About Operational Reviews
What is an operational review and why do I have to do it? Federal regulation 33 CFR 154 Subpart P, published in 2013, set the requirement that all marine vapor control systems (MVCS) must undergo an operational review (OR) by August 15, 2016. If your MVCS was commissioned between August 15, 2011 and August 15, 2016 then your system must undergo an OR before the five-year anniversary of your initial certification date. 33 CFR 154.2021 further states that after the initial review to be completed by 2016, or within 5 years of initial certification, all facilities must undergo an operational [...]
How to Harness Process Automation with a Customized Control System
Process automation is the backbone of modern industry. Across the world, computerized automation continues to improve the speed, precision, and costs of manufacturing, production, energy, and so much more that we rely on in our everyday lives. Without sophisticated automation technology, businesses in many sectors of our global economy cannot thrive, grow, or compete. Having the right tools to take control of the game-changing power of process automation is critical to success, but without the right expertise, those tools can seem forever out of reach. That’s where Aura Engineering comes in. Industries We Serve Food and beverage Transportation Energy generation [...]