Search:
Subnavigation
[Press
World record: 15,000 tonnes under way on more than 540 axle lines of KAMAG und SCHEUERLE modular transporters (SPMTs) in Norway!
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.
There has never been a heavier load transported. As part of a spectacular project, more than 15,000 tonnes were moved on self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs). With an accuracy of just 2 millimetres, this really was absolute precision work.
NORWEGEN, STORD ISLAND – Aker Stord in Leirvik, Norway´s largest shipyard, was the scene of the action. Here, the biggest oil platforms in the world are built and equipped. The order to the transportation specialists concerned was as simple as it was challenging: an oil separator installation for the waste water treatment operations of Aker Solutions was to be moved from the production plant with great care and accuracy onto a nearby pontoon. A task for the extraordinary transport technology of KAMAG and SCHEUERLE.
Consisting of 3 sections, the construction makes an impressive case with its oversize dimensions. The middle section on its own has a weight of 12,750 tonnes. This mega project was carried out by the Belgian heavy haulage specialist, Sarens. Top of the equipment requirements to be shipped to the north: with 356 axle lines of modular transporters and 16 Power Packs from KAMAG. This was still not enough capacity to meet the demands placed by the enormous load waiting to be transported. With an additional 184 SPMT axle lines and 6 Power Packs of the sister company SCHEUERLE, rented from heavy haulage specialist Mammoet for this job, the technical requirements for the realisation of this ambitious project had been created.
The KAMAG and SCHEUERLE modular transporters (SPMTs) were then coupled to each another electronically and driven via remote control under the 85.3 metre wide and 67.5 metre long load. With a huge surge of power, the load was raised to the required driving height, again with remote-controlled operations.
It was, indeed, a breathtaking moment when the transport began to move. Driven by 9,400 horsepower, the first task was to move the 15,000-tonne load out of the shipyard. 2,160 wheels turned synchronously by 90° and, after a 40-metre diagonal drive, the first section was accomplished.
The next step now involved reaching the pontoon. Once again, the sets of wheels turned in unison and after a straight run of a further 120 metres, the goal was finally achieved!
Arriving at its destination, this is where the high degree of precision paid dividends as the three individual sections of the enormous oil separator installation had to be positioned adjacent to each other. Precision work with which the record project could be successfully completed!
