Ontario – Toronto GTA – Oakville
Corporation
www.epcm.com
Ontario
Toronto GTA
Oakville
Corporation
active
Operating name: E.p.c.m.
EPCM is a multi-discipline Canadian engineering consulting
company established in 1980 to provide engineering, procurement
and construction management services to the heavy industrial and
process sectors. The firm is owned by the principals and
operates out of their Oakville office. Field offices are
established on an as-required basis.
EPCM maintains a core of approximately thirty key personnel with
the resources to increase the project team to about fifty to
suit project requirements. All key engineers have over fifteen
years experience with a wide variety of unit process operations,
and are long term members of the firm.
EPCM utilizes a diverse base of subconsultants to provide large
firm expertise while maintaining small firm personalized and
cost effective service. One ingredient which is key in the EPCM
project philosophy is a strong partnership with our clients.
EPCM has developed its business based on personalized service,
design creativity, project management and cost control. A client
may select any of those services which suit their organization
and project requirements. It is this kind of relationship
combined with leading edge technology that has allowed EPCM to
execute over 500 projects for more than 100 major corporations
in our first sixteen years of business
Complete Turnkey Services
Comprehensive services are provided to the chemical,
metallurgical, heavy manufacturing and agro-industrial sectors.
Services from concept through to commissioning include: site
services, environmental control, plant layouts, installation
detailed design, and building / structural services.
Construction Management
EPCM completes approximately 36 projects each year. These
include new plants, modernizations, rationalization, safety and
environmental upgrades, and automation projects.
Technology - The Kidd Process (Copper Refining)
The Kidd Process is a patented technology and equipment package
supplied directly by Falconbridge. It was developed by EPCM and
is used in copper processing. The Kidd Process consists of a
Carousel Stripping system which includes a Cathode Wash,
Automatic Cathode Stripping, and Copper Deposit processing.
Country of Ownership: Canada
Year Established: 1980
Exporting: Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS): 541330 - Engineering Services
Primary Business Activity: Services
Total Sales ($CDN): $1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Number of Employees: 35
Services:
Consulting engineer - petroleum - natural gas-refineries, Consulting engineer - mining - metallurgy-beneficiation, Consulting engineer - industry-fertilizer, Consulting engineer - forest/fish/agrltr-agricultural engineering, Consulting engineer - mining - metallurgy-refineries, Consulting engineer - environment-waste disposal/treatment, Consulting engineer - environment-pollution control, Consulting engineer - petroleum - natural gas-other, Consulting engineer - mining - metallurgy-smelting, Consulting engineer - industry-manufacturing, Consulting engineer - industry-chemical, Consulting engineer - power-thermal power, Consulting engineer
Sector:
Key / Major Clients: ENGINEERING: BASF Canada Inc - Jannock Ltd -
Columbian Chemicals Canada Ltd - Henkel Canada
Ltd - Ciba Geigy Canada Inc - Manders Premier
(Flint Ink Corp.) - Timminco Ltd - INCO Limited
TECHNOLOGY: CODELCO (Chile) - BHP (Australia,
Chile, Peru) - Asarco (U.S.) - Kennecott (U.S.) -
LG Metals Corp. (Korea) - Noranda Metallurgy -
Cyprus Mining (Chile) - Canada Tungsten (Chile) -
Westmin Resources (Chile) - Anglo American Chile)
Success Stories: Cathode quality problems due to the high level of
impurities in the anode copper experienced by
Falconbridge soon after the start-up of the Kidd
Creek copper refinery led to the development of
the Kidd Process. One of the unique features of
the Kidd Process technology is the absence of wax
or edgestrips to mask the bottom of the cathode
blank. Copper plates around the bottom of the
cathode blank allowing both sides to be handled
as an envelope. In 1992, Falconbridge began
offering the Kidd Process technology to the
copper industry through their representative,
EPCM Services Ltd. Kidd Creek currently produces
103,000 tons annually of LME grade A copper.
THE CAROUSEL STRIPPING SYSTEM as applied at Kidd
Creek
Cathode Wash: The cathode wash system is fed
through an infeed conveyor loaded by the
tankhouse crane. This system utilizes a
recirulating wash followed by a clean water
rinse. The washed cathodes are then fed into the
carousel.
Automatic Cathode Stripping Carousel: The cathode
stripping machine consists of a revolving
carousel equipped with eight cathode fixtures,
suspended 45 degrees apart. There are seven
processing stations, four of the stations perform
specific actions on the cathodes, three are for
loading, unloading and rejecting cathodes. The
carousel rotates each cathode in sequence to the
stations.
Copper Deposit Processing: Copper deposits
stripped form the permanent cathodes can be
stacked immediately of further processed in
optional equipment. Options include an inline
sample punch, the corrugation press, and
automatics strapping, weighing, and labeling of
bundles.
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