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YFEL – so called because of its
inverted Y shape and its resem-
blance to the Eiffel tower in Paris
– was devised by ReMaCon because
of its flexibility of application in numerous
different industries that are not the obvious
target for precast concrete products.
“Our first three sales already confirm this
diverse demand,” commented Silvio Ferraris,
the company’s managing member.
“One is for shipping company Grindrod
Intermodal, which purchased mainly 4 m
high YFELs – the largest in our range – to
contain and separate a variety of locally
mined high-value minerals such as chrome
and ferro-manganese in granular and powder
form it holds in storage at its Bluff Road,
Durban, and Denver, Johannesburg, premises
prior to export.”
Another is for Remade Recycling, a
Germiston-based company that recycles
various waste materials, mainly paper.
The order from Grindrod Intermodal was
placed in September last year for a total of
367 YFEL’s, comprising 164 x 4 m units for
Bluff Road and 179 x 4 m units and 24 x 3 m
units for the Denver facility. The 4 m units
supplied to both storage sites include
special corner units that are designed to
intersect a YFEL wall at right angles to
provide for establishment of a series of
separate adjoining enclosures.
ReMaCon completed delivery of the Bluff
Road units in February and of the units for
Denver in March this year. Purchasers of
the units are provided with instructions
for installing the walling, for which either
forklift trucks or a crane is used to lift and
place them. The YFEL’s are designed to hold
support pins used for this purpose.
Remade Recycling ordered over 60 x
1,8 m high units that have been shared
among its Kya-Sands, Pretoria and Kempton
Park sites. In all but one instance they have
been installed in external areas to optimise
the use of space for storage of waste paper,
plastic and other recyclable materials.
The single different application is at the
Kya-Sands facility west of Johannesburg
where some of the YFEL’s have been installed
in place of the bottom sections of the sheet
metal-clad sides of a waste paper storage
shed as protection from forklift trucks, which
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MODULAR
wall system
a winner
YFEL, an innovative modular precast concrete wall unit developed
by retaining blocks producer ReMaCon Products and launched
into the market 18 months ago, has won acceptance by a variety
of industries requiring easy-to-assemble and moveable walls for
containing and separating different types of products.
Grindrod Intermodal is using 4 m high YFEL
wall units to separate high-value minerals
stored at its Durban and Johannesburg depots
prior to export.
The YFEL wall units are transported on site and
put in place using a forklift truck or crane.
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previously damaged the walls while oper-
ating inside the shed.
The third purchaser of YFEL wall units
is a chemical company in North West
Province. ReMaCon supplied over 100 x 4 m
YFEL’s along with a number of corner units
for establishment of a series of separate
enclosures for storage of various
materials involved in the company’s
production processes.
The YFEL is particularly well-suited for
storage of dry bulk materials.
“Its great advantage over conventional
storage methods, which invariably comprise
fixed built-in structures, is that it can be
easily and quickly installed and reshaped
in accordance with changing requirements
for dividing and storing products of many
different kinds,” Ferraris explained.
The units are manufactured in heights
ranging from 1,2 m to 4 m.
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