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A second life
Together with MAN PrimeServ a 40-year-old machinery train is relocated from western
Europe to the Middle East – general overhaul included.
When a machinery train changes hands
after 40 years in service, one can probably
speak with confidence of quality. A
machinery train that was constructed by one of
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s predecessors for the production
of basic chemicals in Portugal is being
transported to the Middle East. Once adapted to
the current technical and environmental requirements,
it will be commissioned there as an economical
solution for a new client.
on this rather unusual order,” says Enrico Enghardt,
Head of Sales at the turbomachinery competence
center of MAN Diesel & Turbo in Oberhausen. And
while most employees embark on a well-deserved
retirement after 40 years of service, this “senior”
machinery train is thus going on another journey
before being put into operation in its new home at
the end of 2014.
Fertilizer production with
second-hand machinery –
economical solutions
rendered possible by
MAN PrimeServ.
As with used cars, there is a global market for used
machinery in industry too: after the previous operator
opted for a new train from MAN Diesel &
Turbo to increase its production volume, a new
owner was found for the old train in the Middle
East. Apart from a general overhaul, adaptation is
naturally required to the new operating conditions,
for instance the higher ambient temperatures.
And who would be better suited to this task
than the original manufacturer?
“The satisfactory experience that the old and new
operators have enjoyed in the past with MAN was
a key factor in the decision to choose MAN to take
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