Technical Consulting References

For: John H. Ross

Ross Kiln Maintenance Technology:

2017 Specialty Granules Inc. Blue Ridge Summit, PA

Provide technical advisory services for install 2 new tires, 4 new rollers, and 2 sets of tire support pads on a
large rock dryer.

2017 Graymont Lime Genoa, OH

Provide technical advisory services for aligning the gear and pinion on a lime kiln with vibration issues.

2017 Graymont Lime Green Bay, WI

Provide technical advisory services to inspect the 2 kiln lime plant and make recommendations for preserving
the plant equipment for long term storage after the plant was shut down.

2017 Graymont Lime Superior, WI

Provide technical advisory services to perform a BaseLine alignment on the #2 Allis-Chalmers 5-Pier kiln and
make all alignment moves with the plant personnel.

2017 Phillips 66 Rodeo, CA

Provide technical advisory services to perform a BaseLine alignment on the #1 Coke Calcining kiln.

2017 Phillips 66 Rodeo, CA

Provide technical advisory services to install a new petroleum coke cooler, align and commission the cooler at
the plant site.

2017 Georgia-Pacific Toledo, OR

Technical advisory services for 2017 kiln projects on three kilns, work includes installing new filler bars, weld
repairs, change out carrying rollers, kiln chain removal and installation, bearing inspections and other
miscellaneous work.

2017 Ingevity Wickliffe, KY

Paid inspection and maintenance training.

2017 Martin Mariett Cement New Braunfels, TX

Provide technical advisory services to install new thrust roller and make alignment moves on the kiln using
plant personnel to make support roller adjustments.

2016 Ingevity Wickliffe, KY

Provide technical advisory services to align three 2-pier kilns and dryers.
2016 Emerys Three Forks, MT
Provide technical advisory services to align a 2-Pier Talc dryer at the Three Forks, MT facility.

2016 Martin-Marietta Cement New Braunfels, TX

Provide technical advisory services to perform a BaseLine alignment on a 3-Pier cement kiln.

2016 Martin-Marietta Cement New Braunfels, TX

Provide technical advisory services for shimming new filler bars and installing a new support roller on a
Polysius cement kiln.

2016: Georgia-Pacific Toledo, OR

Provide technical advisory services for the 2016 plant shutdown on three Allis-Chalmers kilns in three different
shutdowns, work included kiln alignments, filler bar replacements, chain system modification, tire grinding and
carrying roller adjustments.

2015: J.R Simplot Rock Springs, WY

Provide technical advisory services to align the dryer at the phosphate fertilizer plant.

2015: C&H Sugar Company Crockett, CA

Provide technical advisory services for installing new shims on two tires, re-set and groute bases and align the
tires & trunnions on a sugar granulator.

2015: C&H Sugar Company Crockett, CA

Provide technical advisory services to install new shims on a granulator tire on the driver pier.

2015: Ingevity Wickliffe, KY

Provide technical advisory services to nstall a new gear and pinion on a carbon activation kiln and align the
drive train.

2015: Essroc Cement Co. Picton, Ontario for Vezer Industrial Professionals:
Provide technical consultation to repair a cracked tire on a cement kiln bey welding on two stiffening rings on
each side of the tire.

2015: J.R. Simplot, Mendota, CA for Vezer Industrial Professionals:

Technical Advisory services for installing a new gear and pinion and aligning the drive train on a on a rotary
dryer.

IKD: John H. Ross, Director of Technical Services & Training Mgr.

2009 to 2014: Industrial Kiln & Dryer:

Repair Projects:
Install new gear with dual pinion drive and filler bar work on 14 OD Phosphate Dryer at Mosaic, New Wales,
FL;
Install new tire on 14 OD Phosphate Dryer at Bartow, FL;
Install new gears and drive alignment for several units at General Chemical in Green River, WY;
Install filler bars on 2 tires at Lafarge Corp in Paulding, OH;
Install a new tire and filler bars on a dryer at OCI-Wyoming, Green River, WY;
Perform numerous maintenance repairs on Coke Calcining Kilns at Oxbow Chemicals, Port Arthur, TX;
Install 2 new gears and filler bars on 3 tires on Agolomerators at Freeport-McMoran, Safford, AZ;

Alignment Projects:
Align 2 kilns at Oxbow Chemical in Port Arthur, TX;
Algin 4 units at General Chemical in Green River, WY;
Align 1 unit at Solvay Minerals in Green River, WY;
Align 2 units at 3M, Inc in Corona, CA;
Align 1 unit at Imerys in Three Forks, MT;
Align 1 unit at C&H Sugar in Crockett, CA

1997 to 2009: Metso Minerals Industries

Repair Projects:
Installed a new gear on a 16 OD x 450 long Lime Kiln at Blue Scope Steel in Woolangong, NSW Australia
Installed new filler bars of 4 tires at Falconbrige Nickel in Banao, Dominican Republic
Reversed a gear on a Lime Recovery Kiln at Consolidated Container, Escanaba, WI
Installed emergency shell section on a Lime Recovery Kiln at Consolidated Container in Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Installed a shell section on a Lime Recovery Kiln at Smurfitt-Stone in West Point, VA
Reversed a gear on a Lime Recovery Kiln at Georgia-Pacific, Wauna, OR
Installed filler bars on two tires and reversed gear of a Lime Recovery Kiln at Simpson-Tacoma Kraft, Tacoma,
WA
Installed a new gear on a 16 Soda Ash Kiln at OCI-Wyoming in Green River, WY
Changed out 2 tires on a Soda Ash Dryer at OCI-Wyoming in Green River, WY
Reversed a girth and installed filler bars on 2 tires at BP Calcining in Wilmington, CA

Alignment Projects:

Aligned a 5 Pier Lime Kiln at Blue Scope Steel, in Woolongong, NSW Australia
Aligned a 4 Pier Lime Kiln at Simpson-Tacoma Kraft in Tacoma, WA
Aligned a 4 Pier Lime Kiln at Georgia-Pacific in Wauna, OR
Aligned a 4 Pier Lime Kiln at Consolidated-Container in Escanaba, WI
Aligned a 4 Pier Lime Kiln at Cosolidated-Container in Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Aligned 2 Nickel Ore Dryers at Falconbridge Nickel in Bonao, Dominican Republic
Aligned 6 dryers and kilns at OCI-Wyoming in Green River, WY
Aligned a Lime Recovery Kiln at Smurfitt-Stone in West Point, VA
Aligned a 2 Pier Lime Recovery Kiln at Appleton Paper in Roaring Spring, PA
Aligned a 3 Pier Cement Kiln at Hanson Cement in Peramented, CA
Aligned a 3 Pier Coke Calcining Kiln at BP Calcining in Wilmington, CA
Aligned a 2 Pier Dryer at 3M, Inc in Minneapolis, MN
Aligned a 3 Pier Cement Kiln at Holnam in Theodore, AL
Aligned a 4 Pier Kiln at Pope & Talbot, McKenzie, BC Canada
Aligned several units at IG Machine in Ashcroft, BC Canada
Resufacing of Tires and Rollers:

Resurfaced 2 tires on a Debarking Drum at Appleton Papers in Roaring Spring, PA

Resurfaced 6 tires and 12 support rollers at OCI-Wyoming in Green River, WY
Resurfaced 2 tires an 4 trunnions on a dryer at 3M, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN
Resurfaced 2 tires at Princeton Cogen in Princeton, BC Canada
Resurfaced 4 tires at Pennsylvania Electric in Philadephia, PA

North American Kiln Service:

Resurfaced 4 tires on a Cement Kiln at Lehigh in Mitchell, IN

Resurfaced 1 tire & 2 rollers on Cement Kiln at Lafarge at Albany, NY
Resurfaced 3 tires & 6 rollers on a Cement Kiln at Holnam, Ft. Collins, CO
Resurfaced 3 tires & 6 rollers on a Cement Kiln in Holnam, Theodore, AL