From replacing a light to renewing the entire stack

Name: Atacama Mining Service SpA
Address: San José N 411, Copiapó, Región de Atacama, 1530000, CL
Telephone: +56 52 222 7136

Client: ENAMI
Site: Hernán Videla Lira Smelter, Paipote · Atacama Region
Services: Industrial painting Civil works

Stack of the Hernán Videla Lira Smelter painted red and white by AMS

The challenge

ENAMI needed to improve the lighting at the top of the main smelter stack, about 50 meters up. No company could do it without erecting scaffolding.

What we found

Climbing up by rope to survey it, we saw that the entire upper structure had deteriorated. Some pieces came loose at the slightest touch. The job was no longer about a light fixture; it had become a risk that had to be resolved first.

How we did it

We fabricated and welded a new walkable platform at height: profiles, supports, decking and handrails, plus a new fixed ladder and the new lighting. Then we painted the entire stack red and white, with the ENAMI logo.

Photos of the work at Hernán Videla Lira Smelter, Paipote

Rope access technicians preparing the stack surface for painting

Rope access technician cleaning the stack structure more than 40 meters up

View from below of the stack being painted

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