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Dismantling and transportation of a heat treatment plant
Disassembly and reassembly19 December 20103 min.

Dismantling and transportation of a heat treatment plant

Elaborately, but reliable and secure.

A heat treatment plant was split into five elements, loaded and reliably transported to its new location.

Five furnace elements weighing up to 22 tons

Dismantling and transport of numerous additional components

Removal of the elements with a mobile crane

The mission

The furnace plant consisted of 5 individual elements with the following dimensions:

  • Section 1
    Depth: 160 cm; height: 370 cm; width: 220 cm; weight: about 3.5 tons
  • Section 2
    Depth: 335 cm; height: 370 cm; width: 250 cm; weight: about 10 tons
  • Section 3
    Depth: 210 cm; height: 370 cm; width: 250 cm; weight: about 10 tons
  • Section 4
    Depth: 255 cm; height: 352 cm; width: 210 cm; weight: about 15 tons
  • Section 5
    Depth: 190 cm; height: 357 cm; width: 440 cm; weight: about 22 tons

Furthermore, components mounted on wheels had to be moved professionally:

  • Tempering furnace
    Length: 570 cm; height: 315 cm (max., due to the door frame); width: 140 cm; weight: about 8 tons
  • Cooling tunnel
    Length: 550 cm; width: 120 cm; height: 230 cm; weight: 2.3 tons
  • Gas chimney
    Weight: 0.3 tons

Because the furnace could not be lifted out of the hall from outside with a suitable crane, the elements had to be moved out of the hall one by one with a mobile crane.

  • Electric control cabinet
    For installation reasons, the control cabinet system (length: 740 cm; height: 247 cm; width: 80 cm; weight: about 2 tons) had to be transported in one piece.
  • 2 gas tanks
    Gas tank 1: diameter 140 cm, height 335 cm; gas tank 2: diameter 120 cm, height 335 cm
  • 1 helium compressor
    Length: 260 cm; height: 120 cm; width: 140 cm; weight: about 1 ton
  • 1 gas cleaner
    Height: 440 cm; diameter: 60 cm; weight: 0.5 tons
  • 1 buffer station
    Length: 780 cm; width: 220 cm; height: 150 cm; weight: 2.5 tons
  • 1 loading tower
    Height: 340 cm; width: 210 cm; length: 100 cm; weight: 0.4 tons
  • 1 loading platform
    Length: 290 cm; width: 200 cm; height: 50 cm; weight: 2 tons
  • 1 rack
    Length: 400 cm; width: 160 cm; height: 260 cm; weight: 1.5 tons
  • Steel girder construction
    Max. length of individual girders (double-T): 800 cm; about 100 m total length; total weight: 10 tons
  • 2 overhead cranes
    Each with 1 ton lifting capacity; 60 m total length of crane rails

To make optimum use of the space on our trucks, we suitably loaded individual parts such as pipe sections, cable duct covers and steel supports.