Weighing 190 tonnes: The destination of the steel colossus sent by the mechanical engineering firm Richter from Hess. Lichtenau is Kolpino, near St. Petersburg. Photo: ZLR
Richter sent heavy goods vehicle on its way to
Russia
Hessisch Lichtenau. The machinery module which left the
mechanical engineering company Richter's premises in Lichtenau on a
special vehicle with police escort on Thursday evening weight
almost 190 tonnes. The steel colossus is part of a group of six
elements which will be travelling from the town on the River Losse
on its journey to Russia in the near future. In Kolpino, near St.
Petersburg, a new large bore pipe factory is being built, where the
individual modules will be assembled to build an open die pipe
press.
The assembly and start up are due to take place this year, so that
production of pipeline pipes can begin. The machine's pressing
force of 10000 tonnes enables pipes with a diameter of 1.42 metres
and walls up to four centimetres thick and a length of 18.3 metres
to be formed. This makes the pipe factory one of the most modern
ones of its kind internationally.
Not only the weight but also the dimensions of the 190 tonne object
are gigantic: it is 12.80 metres long, 4.76 metres high and 2.75
metres wide. This was particularly challenging to build for the
employees of company boss Axel Richter, because the production
process required the installation of a new gate in the production
hall, along with extensive earthworks. Working out a transport
route proved to be no less complicated, because not all bridge
structures can withstand such loads.
Therefore, before the job was started it was necessary to clarify
whether its transport could be secured to enable the steel colossus
to be loaded onto a ship in Hamburg, which was due to set course
for St. Petersburg on 13 October.
The two 188 and 177 tonne modules could not be transported on land
to Hamburg so that the two heaviest parts had to be transported
south to Hanau first, where they were loaded onto the water in the
inland port and travelled via the River Main and River Rhine to
Hamburg. (ZLR)
Source: HNA, ZLR, Photo: ZLR
