Corn Refining & Food Ingredients Company



For more than ten years Valdes has provided continuous engineering and project services to one of the world's largest corn refining companies, a leading supplier of starches, sweeteners, dextrose and a variety of other food ingredients.

Keeping an industrial corn processing plant operating and running efficiently can be a challenge. Systems, equipment, facilities and infrastructure are in constant need of maintenance, repair and upgrade. Market conditions change, necessitating expansion or process change-over.

Valdes provides this client with a full range of on-call engineering and complete project services in support of a wide range and size of projects. Following is a list of representative projects and systems we have worked on:

  • Improvements to the Co-Products Dryer Condensate System
  • New Gas Boilers
  • New Coal Boiler Piping Modifications
  • Bag House O2/CO Analyzer
  • Bag Packing & Palletizing Upgrades
  • Anhydrous Dextrose Drum Station
  • Main Steam Header Stress Analysis & New Pipe Rack Design
  • Refining Migration
  • Building Upgrades
  • Dry Starch NaOCI Storage Upgrade
  • Hydrate Metal Detector
  • Cooling Capacity Improvement
  • 24" Steam Header Tie-In
  • Dextrose Truck Metal Detector
  • Dextrose Packers
  • Repairs to Steam Header Pipe Supports
  • Additional Franino & Germ Washing
  • PRB Coal Conversion Study
  • Corn Unloading Truck Sampling
  • Prove-Up Filter Building
  • Dextrose Optimization & Anhydrous Packaging Addition
  • Centrifuge Floor Upgrade
  • Wet Starch Regenerative Cooler
  • Replaced Corn Cleaner
  • On-Site Civil/Structural, Piping & Mechanical Services for All Units
  • On-Site Control Systems Engineering & Design Services
  • On-Site Electrical Engineering Services
  • Dry Starch Dryer Controls Automation
  • T-Bin Equipment Replacement
  • Additional Entoleter Mill & Screens
  • Control System Replacement
  • 600# and 15# Steam Line Study
  • RTO Upgrades
  • HVAC Upgrade
  • Dextrose Conditioning Silo Transport Blower Upgrade
  • Boiler Feed Pump Turbines
  • Boiler Limestone Restoration
  • Dry Starch Conveyor
  • Carbide Lime Unloading
  • Germ Vapor Stack Replacement