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flender supplies 12 conveyor units to port of muuga

Flender Power Transmission has supplied 12 conveyor drives to DBT Company's Port of Muuga fertiliser export facility in Estonia, for dry bulk handling specialist AS-C Materials Handling Ltd of Stockport, England.

The gear units, which are all bevel helical FZGs in a shaft-mounted design with shrink discs, have been fitted with a range of motor powers from 15kW to 90kW. Two have an integral inspection drive - a separate slow speed drive to help regular maintenance via visual checks of the belts.

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The gear units, which are all bevel helical FZGs in a shaft-mounted design with shrink discs, have been fitted with a range of motor powers from 15kW to 90kW. Two have an integral inspection drive - a separate slow speed drive to help regular maintenance via visual checks of the belts.

The conveyors are all housed in gantries and will transport granular fertiliser prills - a by-product of the petro-chemical industry - that have come in by rail wagon from Russia to temporary storage in four 40-metre diameter dome silos before being transported onto ships via a series of 12 conveyors. MORE...

AS-C's Project Manager Graham Davies described the complexities of the job: "As the material being handled is fertiliser additional safety requirements were necessary; it was therefore essential that non-explosive drive equipment be used. We are very pleased with the units and parts of the project are already up and running."

Final completion of the project is expected in summer 2002. More information on Flender FZG and other gear units is available from Flender on +44 (0)1274 657700 (fax +44 (0)1274 669836), or check out the Flender website at info@siemens.com . AS-C can be contacted on tel: +44 (0)161 428 8600, fax +44 (0)161 428 1112, e-mail as-c@as-c.co.uk.

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