Replies to post #79759 on Hemp Inc (HEMP)

[stebfish]

Thank you! I am an Electrical Contractor in South Florida. My current work load makes it rough for me to visit.

[Det_Robert_Thorne]

"Gailm's" and my posts on the decorticator

While I have looked at HEMP's processing plant based on Perlowin's proclaimed timelines and capabilities (IOW, from a project management perspective,) "GailM" has claimed to have inside info, based on contact with someone who worked at the plant (2015 - 2016), that some of the machinery has serious, expensive/impossible-to-fix problems, and may be scrap-ready.

In January, 2017, I wrote the following:

If David Schmitt is indeed an expert in the field of building industrial facilities, why has he publicly stated plant timelines that have been repeatedly missed?

Here he is in a HEMP video from Sept 29, 2014, where he states (starting at about the 1:45 point) that once the move is completed, he hopes to have the Temafa line running in 90 - 120 days, 45 days to get the MacTavish line operational, and then another 30 days to get the mill running.

This would have meant that the plant would have been fully operational by sometime in 1Q/15, yet we found out later that when Schmitt made those statements, there were no layout blueprints or permits, and because the new location was formerly a produce storage warehouse, there was insufficient power at the site to run the machinery.

The plans weren't drawn up until early 1Q/15, and the permits weren't awarded until March 10, 2015.

As to Schmitt's reassembly schedule from that Sept, 2014 video, it's now nearly two years after the permit was awarded:

1) the decortication and hemp fiber cleaning equipment is in place, but the wiring and ductwork have yet to be completed.

2) The MacTavish line (for cleaning and preparing the core for milling) hasn't been mentioned in a year, and no photos of its reassembly have been shown.

3) The mill is nearing completion, but the mill will only be able to process the 200K pounds of semi-processed core that came with the equipment, and without the decorticator and MacTavish operational, it will soon fall idle.

Note that when I wrote this, Perlowin hadn't announced the purchase of the industrial shredder that would pre-process the kenaf before the milling process (but that opens another can of worms, because ground and milled whole-stalk Kenaf isn't the same as the separated fiber and hurd obtained from a decorticator and MacTavish line).

While Gailm has written about the machinery issues since 2015, here's a summary from May, 2017:

The US based engineering arm for TEMAFA, a fellow there by the name of Claus dealt with HEMP/equipment.

Now unfortunately due to a flood of calls and some threats (litigation) from Bruce Perlowin, they won't say anything anymore—BUT… back when it was all in play……

I spoke to ol’ Claus a couple of years ago after they attempted to repair/replace/modify/ cajole and otherwise "throw in the towel” on some pretty beat to crap machinery.

You are a mechanic so: this was a one off unit customized to processing kenaf. Cast in place forms with roller bearings pressed in where the cast cracked in a high tolerance area. No spares—one off—ditto three different sections of the machinery ( and later revealed parts missing from the original purchase) and when told what would have to be done—and the $COST$—out DILO went, and the BS excuses started.

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I'm sure that plenty of pointed questions regarding the missed timelines and the state of the machinery could be asked of Schmitt and Perlowin, but they would probably deny and dance around them.

Still, the delays say a lot.