KAMAG and SCHEUERLE claim new world record

Reported by www.heavyliftpfi.com

December 8 - As part of a new project, more than 15,000 tonnes of installation equipment was moved on self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) using KAMAG and SCHEUERLE transport technology.
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This is the heaviest load ever to be transported by SPMTs claim the two equipment manufacturers.

The process took place in the Aker Stord shipyard at Leirvik, Norway. The objective was to transport an oil separator installation for the wastewater treatment operations of Aker Solutions from the production plant onto a nearby pontoon.

With three sections, the middle one alone weighing 12,750 tonnes, the oversize dimensions of the separator made it very difficult to transport. The Belgian heavy haulage specialist, Sarens, carried out this part of the project.

KAMAG shipped 356 axle lines of modular transporters and 16 Power Packs to Norway for use in the project, with sister company, SCHEUERLE, providing an additional 184 SPMT axle lines and 6 Power Packs, rented from heavy haulage specialist Mammoet.

The KAMAG and SCHEUERLE modular transporters (SPMTs) were then coupled together electronically and driven using remote control technology under the load, which was then raised to the required driving height, again through the use of remote-controlled operations.

Following a breathtaking 160 m journey from the production plant to the pontoon, precise operations were called for in positioning the enormous three sections of the oil separator installation adjacent to each other.



KAMAG modular transporters under load



The load is being moved out of the production hall



KAMAG and SCHEUERLE SPMTs, while setting of the steering program

Mammoet buys 650 modular trailer axle lines

Netherlands-based heavy lifting firm Mammoet has placed a huge order for 650 self-propelled modular trailer axle lines of SPMT from German manufacturers Scheuerle and Kamag.
The order, placed in 2007, includes some power packs. It will be delivered in 2008 and 2009, Mammoet said.
Mammoet will use the extra lines to expand the fleet, and is not planning to use them for any particular job.
It will receive 592 lines from Scheuerle and 50 from Kamag, said Bernd Schwengsbier, president of parent company Transporter Industry International sales. TII convinced Mammoet to switch 50 lines to Kamag because of production bottlenecks at Scheuerle.
He said that Scheuerle has a two-year waiting list for new SPMTs, despite having tripled capacity to more than 1,200 lines per year.
Fabricators can save money by assembling larger and larger units. Last year, Sarens' Norwegian subsidiary Transrig assembled 452 SPMT axle lines to lift a single 10,000t offshore platform topsides.

25 April 2008

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