What we have installed, built and commissioned
A documented project is worth more than an argument. Each record sets out the context, the technical constraint addressed, the solution chosen and, where they have been measured, the results observed after commissioning.
The records below are templates intended to receive SOTIC's real projects. For each one, SOTIC must supply: project name and location, year of commissioning, installed capacity, equipment delivered, photographs, and the client's written authorisation if their name is to appear. No name, logo or testimonial is published without that authorisation.
By sector and by type of work
Cassava processing unit to document
Template: installed capacity, products made (gari, attiéké, flour, starch), equipment delivered, site duration and results of the load acceptance test.
- Capacity to be completed
- Commissioning to be completed
Drying and first processing to document
Template: volume of beans handled per season, type of dryer installed, energy used, quality gain observed on the batches.
- Capacity to be completed
- Commissioning to be completed
Cashew shelling unit to document
Template: tonnage of raw nuts processed, level of mechanisation chosen, whole-kernel rate observed, workforce employed.
- Capacity to be completed
- Whole-kernel rate to be measured
Creping and drying plant to document
Template: tonnage of coagula processed, number of creping passes, drying capacity, specifications achieved.
- Capacity to be completed
- Specification to be completed
Semi-industrial palm oil mill to document
Template: tonnage of bunches handled per day, steam production arrangement, extraction rate and acidity observed in operation.
- Capacity to be completed
- Extraction to be measured
Drying and milling unit to document
Template: products handled, drying capacity, reduction in post-harvest losses observed, commercial outlets of the unit.
- Capacity to be completed
- Losses avoided to be measured
Farm machinery supply to document
Template: areas concerned, equipment supplied, driver training, maintenance arrangements put in place.
- Areas to be completed
- Equipment to be completed
Processing building to document
Template: covered area, structure chosen, type of slab, networks built, site duration and constraints addressed.
- Area to be completed
- Delivery to be completed
Line operation training to document
Template: number of people trained, programme content, duration, assessment of learning and follow-up after the course.
- Participants to be completed
- Duration to be completed
Four kinds of engagement
Projects differ less by sector than by the type of commitment given to the client.
Equipment supply
Delivery of individual machines or lines, with commissioning and training. The commitment covers the performance observed at the load acceptance test.
Turnkey project
Study, civil works, equipment, erection, commissioning and training under a single responsibility, with one technical contact for the whole scope.
Training and support
Training of operators and maintenance technicians, support in organising production and monitoring operating indicators.
Refurbishment and compliance
Diagnosis of an existing installation, upgrading of equipment, correction of safety and hygiene non-conformities, replacement of obsolete stations.
SOTIC photograph. Publishing photographs in which people are identifiable requires their consent.
The machine, then the people
A production line does not perform better than the person operating it. The yield gaps observed between two identical units almost always come down to mastery of the settings, discipline in cleaning and responsiveness in diagnosis — three skills that can be taught.
- Line operation: settings by product, in-process quality checks, management of batch changes, emergency stop procedures.
- First-level maintenance: greasing, drive tension, clearance checks, replacement of wear parts, reading the symptoms of a mechanical drift.
- Safety at the workstation: isolation before intervention, use of protective equipment, risks specific to rotating parts, vapours and corrosive products.
- Production monitoring: recording quantities in and out, calculating yield, identifying the causes of drift and reporting them.
What operators say
“Space reserved for a client testimonial on the quality of the installation, adherence to the programme or the support provided after commissioning.”
Draft awaiting approval — text, position and publication authorisation to be obtained from the client concerned.
“Space reserved for a testimonial on the operating results observed after one or two production seasons.”
Draft awaiting approval — text, position and publication authorisation to be obtained from the client concerned.
Institutions, industrial clients and cooperatives
SOTIC works alongside agricultural extension bodies, funding agencies, local authorities, agro-industrial groups and producer cooperatives.
These logos identify organisations SOTIC has worked with: public clients, sector bodies, development projects and processing industrials. They imply nothing about the volume or the nature of the work carried out for each, which we are glad to set out on request. Any organisation wishing to have its logo removed need only write to us.
Let's discuss what we can install for you
The projects shown here are templates awaiting documentation. For a specific reference matching your sector, ask us: we will put you in touch, with the agreement of the client concerned.
