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Sampling Associates International has operated and maintained two Hebden, Schilbe & Smith (division of McLanahan) three-stage sampling systems at the CNX Marine Terminal for over twenty years. Links to: Consol HSS CSX NS Corporation SAI Contacts Edward W. Falis, V.P. of Operations Office: 757.928.0484 Fax: 757.928.0482 Cellular:757.645.8212 Email:
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SAI at CNX Marine Terminals, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland
CNX Marine Terminals, Inc. –
CNX Marine Terminals, Inc. (CMTI) is an affiliate of Consol Energy Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With the terminal situated at the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay, it is ideally located for export activity, and with domestic shipments throughout the east coast of the United States via the Bay or through the Chesapeake-Delaware Canal.
The terminal began operations in 1983, and is served by both the Norfolk Southern and the CSXT railroads. This allows shippers using CMTI a unique opportunity to draw coals from various regions throughout the United States; and provides flexibility in cargoes bound for the overseas steam and metallurgical markets, as well as for the domestic power generation market.
Coal and petroleum coke products are received by rail, with three tracks of 130-rail capacity each. A fourth track can accommodate 100-car deliveries. Trains are discharged via a Heyl-Patterson tandem dumper where material can be loaded direct to vessel or barge, or to stockpile. Material is recovered by two IHI stacker-reclaimers which allows for single-pile or multi-pile blending.
Mechanical Sampling Systems –
There are two mechanical sampling systems at CMTI. The inbound system, As-Received (A/R), samples coal received by rail. The outbound system, As- Shipped (A/S), samples material loaded to vessel or barges, or material transferred within the terminal.
Both are manufactured by Hebden, Schilbe & Smith (division of McLanahan), and are identical in design. Each is a three-stage system, with falling-stream samplers (cutters), and a hammer-mill crusher located between the secondary and tertiary samplers. Final-save sample is collected in an eight-position rotating carousel. The operating program is a mass-flow design whereby tonnage flow influences the sampling system performance based upon changes in the tons-per-hour.
Both sampling systems are maintained by SAI’s preventive and corrective maintenance programs. This effort is accomplished in concert with CMTI’s coverage of electrical and electronic aspects, component restoration, and other significant repairs or projects.
With both systems situated within a centrally located transfer building (TP-1), this allows SAI a unique opportunity to sample any material being transferred throughout the terminal, be it: train-to-stockpile; train-to-vessel/barge; stockpile-to-vessel/barge; or stockpile-to-stockpile.
SAI works closely with the terminal’s Traffic Department to ensure our customers are satisfied in all their sampling needs. We also work directly with the CMTI Maintenance Department to ensure that the sampling systems meet or exceed ASTM and ISO standards.
Support Services –
SAI offers a full range of support services to meet our customer’s needs. They are: size sampling (aka: screen sampling); stockpile transfer sampling (intra-terminal transfers); manual stockpile sampling; special bulk samples; on-site or Baltimore-area rail yard car-top sampling; cargo inspection services; and temperature monitoring surveys. We also provide sample preparation services for SAI-owner laboratories with customers in the Baltimore region.