Bulletin 2/2010 - Siempelkamp NIS

240 t are being shipped
and had the following dimensions: 10,900
mm (l) x 3,950 (w) mm x 2,740 mm (h).
This corresponds to a body with a size of
118 m³.
Upper beam goes West
Meanwhile the upper press beam and nine
other castings started their journey to
North America. The fi rst four parts were
delivered in mid 2009. The transport
commenced at the Krefeld port with two
river barges going to Rotterdam. There the
direct handling of the goods onto a cargo
ship took place on October 11. Via
Quebec the cargo reached the US city of
Cleveland, where the cargo was transferred
back onto a river barge. The last leg
of the journey led directly to Alcoa Forging
& Extrusions, which has the logistical
advantage of unloading the cargo on
the dock directly next to the company
premises.
The last milestone, which the Alcoa team
in Cleveland will set, is the installation of
the new parts. In the course of their
training, several junior engineers from
Krefeld will participate in the installation
process. Thus, in the course of the con-
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Loading at the Krefeld port
struction, they will receive important impulses
for their future work and an insight
in the large scope of Siempelkamp services.
“The cooperation with the Alcoa team has
been excellent. All topics were openly
discussed; to fi nd solutions together, all
results were put on the table with appreciation
for one another. This communicative
component has tremendously enriched
the challenging technical part of
our work on the Alcoa project,” concludes
Egbert Schulte, responsible for the project
management at Siempelkamp.