This project for Fonterra Group Ltd comprises a 15 tonnes per hour spray dryer plant constructed on a friction pendulum bearing base isolation system. The high seismicity at the Pahiatua site necessitated a rethink of the structural design to accommodate the high earthquake loading. Base isolation means that the dryer plant will remain operational after a 500 year return period earthquake and will be essentially structurally undamaged after a 2500 year earthquake.
Completed
2014 / 2015
Developer
Fonterra Group Limited
Process Engineer
GEA
Contractor
Ebert Construction Ltd
