The largest metalforming press built to date in Germany
Probably one of the most spectacular heavy component transports started on the premises of Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau in Krefeld on Monday: The components for a closed-die forging press which, with a press force of 50,000 t, is the largest press built to date in Germany and the components of a smaller 12,500 t press are transported to their destination in China. With the first partial delivery, 25 parts with weights between 89 and 287 t will leave the Siempelkamp premises and will be transported to the port of Longkou, China, in 65 days. This transport is a logistical challenge for the Siempelkamp team.
In December 2012 the Chinese Nanshan Group commissioned Siempelkamp with the design, construction and installation of a 50,000 t closed-die forging press. A few weeks later, Siempelkamp received another order, this time for a 12,500 t closed-die forging press. Both presses are the heart of a newly designed forging mill which will manufacture forged parts made of aluminum and titanium alloys for the Chinese aircraft industry. Siempelkamp supplies both presses from a single source including the design, the casting and the machining of the parts all the way to their installation and startup at the customer’s site.
25 heavy components on their way to China
The 50,000 t press for Nanshan is the largest press ever built by Siempelkamp as well as in Germany. Not only are the pressing forces of both presses gigantic: The larger press features dimensions that are immense, including a lower press beam with a weight of 287 t and a movable beam with a 11 m long centerpiece. Such figures put large challenges on the transport of the parts. Siempelkamp’s logistics department organizes and coordinates this mega-size transport.
Between May 12 and 22, the first lot of 25 heavy parts with weights between 89 and 287 t is transported to China. This transport includes the foundation beams, the upper and bottom press beam, the vertical frame components, the bottom tables as well as the movable beam. Two additional transport units with a similar volume will follow so that a total of 20,000 t of cargo in 150 containers will be transported from Krefeld to the customer’s construction site in China.
Heavier than Airbus A380
All components with a weight above 200 t are initially positioned by a Self Propelled Modular Transporter in such a way that the loading of the actual transporter and the transport out of Siempelkamp’s production facility becomes possible. Following, each component is loaded individually onto a heavy goods transporter. The towing and push-back vehicles, each powered by 680 horsepower – together weigh 70 t. On top of that are the trailer (50 t) and the press component part (max. 287 t), adding up to a maximum total weight of 400 t. For comparison, an empty A380 type 800 only weighs 275 t. „The dimensions of the individual components and the high weights present many challenges for us and required a long planning phase. The deadlines, which we agree upon with our partners and customers, have to be guaranteed,“ explains Ronald Hammerbeck, Logistics Manager at Siempelkamp.
Krefeld, Antwerp, Longkou
From the Siempelkamp premises in Krefeld all press parts are transported to the Container Terminal in the port of Krefeld-Uerdingen. From there the parts are loaded via a 400 t crawler crane onto three different inland going vessels which will start their journey on May 23. Two days later, in Antwerp, the cargo will be reloaded onto a seagoing vessel. To do so onboard cranes are used. Also loaded are parts from sub-suppliers and press component parts which have already been delivered to the sea port. After the cargo arrives at its destination in Longkou, China, the parts will have to be loaded once again onto heavy goods transporters and transported to the customer’s premise 20 km from the port. The parts will have to be stored here, according to their order of installation, until they are needed.
The journey of the component parts from Krefeld to the customer’s site will take approximately 65 days. Altogether three lots of similar size will be shipped in the following months. Additionally, approximately 150 sea containers with press supplies, tools and assembly equipment will also be shipped. The transport expenses amount to approximately 3.5 million euro. The installation of the presses is scheduled to begin in July 2014; both closed-die forging presses are expected to start operation in early summer of 2015.
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About Siempelkamp
The Siempelkamp Group is a technology supplier operating internationally. The Group consists of three business units, the machinery and plants, the foundry, and the nuclear technology business units. As a systems supplier of press lines and complete plants for the wood-based products industry, as the world“s largest hand-molding foundry producing castings with a weight of up to 300 t (330 US tons), and as component supplier and service provider for nuclear facilities the company is internationally recognized.
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