Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Business as usual is changing!

SSI is breaking into a new phase of "business as usual." We're excited to be growing and developing. We've expanded our technology and continue to learn how to move our company forward! Thanks to Dreamforce this year we were able to discover new ways to break into emerging markets via marketing and web development. This weekend SSI is proud to be sending our team to Weftec, the largest annual water quality conference and exhibition. We hope to contribute to making water intake systems more "fish friendly."  We look to do this through the implementation of a Fish Handling Screen, in place of similar intake screens.

In addition to Dreamforce, a CRM conference, and Weftec, the water quality conference, we will be headed back to Power Gen! Our hope here is to expand our reach. It is always important for companies to stay on the cutting edge of industry. That being the case we want to meet with customers, reps and experts about the power industry. SSI has expanded our line of intake products which should provide for an exciting conference this year in Orlando.

Come visit us at our job fair and see the progress we've made!

See a snap shot of what SSI can provide your water intake system.

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

SSI - Getting Social

Our SSI team has been working hard to find a way to stay social. Staying up to date in a social world can be difficult as a manufacturing company. We produce Water Intake Products, not the ideal social climate for twitter and the like.

However, working with traveling water screens, trash rakes and bar racks you come to find that there is a demand for these products at every water intake system. But to get your message out there you have to be a bit more creative. That's why SSI decided to follow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. While Water Intake Screens for nuclear, power and paper plants are not the number one focus of the EPA, the EPA has quickly become a focus of SSI's. Thanks to 316b, a section of the Clean Water Act, we have been able to expand our product line to include Fish Handling Screens for these intake systems. SSI is taking steps to help plants become more Eco-friendly to the bodies of water surrounding them. Once the final ruling comes down we will be able to assist plants with their new need to be up to code!

In the meantime, only a few plants are transferring over to the SSI "Fish-friendly" screens, because the ruling has been postponed until June 2013, and our focus can remain on dual-flow screens, thru-flow screens, trash rakes and other intake products. For those of you who do not know what these products are, dual-flow screens, like thru-flow screens filter some of the finer debris out of a plant's water intake systems'. This ensures that the plant doesn't take in the grass, mud, fish, leaves or other debris that could damage the intake. Some plant managers choose to have fine mesh paneling line the baskets of the screens in order to prevent smaller objects from getting into the intake, although that is less common because it can also cause a build up of debris. Meanwhile, trash rakes remove large debris such as fallen trees or limbs, and trash. SSI's most recent monorail overhead trash rake was able to easily lift 2,000 pounds in our test run. While this process needs to be manually operated it can still provide a quick and easy way to keep an intake system clear for the plant.

With such a niche market the SSI team has had to become more creative. We can look at our intake products as just that - intake equipment or we can chose to see the effect well made equipment can have on a plant and the surrounding environment and community. We chose to develop new products and perfect our existing products so that we will have something to talk about. We are developing not only for us but for our customers who have new demands but who still need quality. 

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

SSI - Product Overview

Screening Systems International can manufacture any products you may need for your intake system. SSI is able to stay on the breaking edge of intake system manufacturing and design thanks to our dedicated design, manufacturing, sales, and management teams.

We have designed and implemented a number of Fish Handling - 316b compliant traveling water screens, the most recent of which was installed at East River Generating Station. Although, the EPA has not come out with a final ruling on section 316b of the Clean Water Act, SSI has made being on the breaking edge of "fish friendly" screens a priority. Protecting the wild life around intake systems is the way of the future.

In addition to these SSI Fish Handling Traveling Water Screens, we have been active in manufacturing trash rakes for the larger debris that can block a plant's intake system all together. Our most recent Monorail Overhead Trash Rake was tested and able to life 2,000 pounds of debris, all which moving with ease and turning corners. This automated trash rake will increase efficiency and lower cost, in comparison to manual raking.

Some other intake products that SSI specializes in are our bar racks, bar screens, and stop logs. All of which are important aspects to any plant with a water intake system.