Coal-carrying Kassbohrers
28th July 1988, Page 8
28th July 1988
Page 8
Page 8, 28th July 1988
— Coal-carrying Kassbohrers
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• Six specially designed bulk carrier trailers have been built by Kassbohrer to carry coal dust to blast furnaces in Duisburg, Germany.
The articulated over-width combinations are used, mainly on the private road system in the Thyssen steelworks complex, to carry 80m3 loads from the pulverisation mill to the furnace's feed hoppers. The 45-tonne payload is discharged in under 20 minutes by pressurising the tank.
To increase manouevrability all three axles of the 3m-wide semi-trailers are steered hydraulically. Filler domes are opened and closed by remote control from the cab to ensure perfect sealing.