KAMAG Transporttechnik GmbH & Co. KG

KAMAG delivers Slab Carrier to Saudi Arabian steelwork

Ulm’s manufacturer of special vehicles KAMAG delivers a slab carrier with gigantic dimensions to a steelwork in Saudi Arabia. With a payload of 70 tons and a dead weight of 65 tons the vehicle has a total weight of 135 tons.



The slab carrier of KAMAG will fulfil an important transportation task in the field of steel production in Saudi Arabia: The transport of slabs from the arc type plant to the storage place of the slabs. Slabs are blocks of metal. They look like a huge bar of chocolate, which are made as an intermediate product – after that the manufacturing operation continues. The slabs are poured into the rolling mill. One slab can have a weight of more than 20 tons. The vehicle crosses the stacked slabs with the trailer, designed like an U-frame. Hydraulic cylinders lower the pair of tongs, then these tongs are hydraulically pressed against the lowest slab which is lifted off the ground. As space is reduced in the steel works, and the slabs are stacked close together, the slab carrier must be extremely manoeuvrable inspite of its huge dimensions. The prime mover is connected to the trailer unit by a hinge connection, which allows a 90 degree steering into both directions so that the turning radius of the 15 m long vehicle is only 11.5 meters.



The slab carrier is driven by a Caterpillar Diesel Engine Type C 10 with a capacity of 370 HP. The driving force is transferred onto the carriage way by a special gear on two huge tyres with the size of 27.00 R 25 EM. At the so called trailer unit giant tyres are fixed with the size of 27.00 R 49 EM. They have a diameter of about 3 metres.



The transport of the slab carrier of KAMAG figures a big challenge for the persons who are responsible to transport the slab carrier from Ulm to its destination. With a special low-bed trailer for public roads the giant vehicle will be transported on a special drawn up route to the harbour of Heilbronn. Thereby obstacles like traffic lights or road signs have to be taken off shortly to allow the special transporter to pass. In Heilbronn the slab carrier will be loaded on a river barge which brings it to the open sea port Antwopen by passing the rivers Neckar and Rhine. There the KAMAG slab carrier will be finally loaded on an open sea ship and transported to its final destination by sea.



The delivery of this slab carrier is another proof of the world wide acceptance of the products coming from Ulm: a similar vehicle had already been delivered to this customer some years ago.



Technical Data of the slab transporter:



Payload capacity approx. 70.000 kg

Dead weight approx. 65.000 kg

Total weight approx. 135.000 kg

Total length approx. 15.000 mm

Total width approx. 5.800 mm

Total height approx. 4.800 mm



Enigne: Caterpillar Diesel engine C 10 - Output 272 kW = 370 HP

at 2,100 rpm

Maximum speed under full load approx. 17 km/h





Enclosed photographs:



Photo 1:

Slab carrier made by KAMAG.



Photo 2:

On its way to the Heilbronn harbour. The slab carrier is transported on a special purpose low bed semi trailer.



Additional Information on KAMAG Transporttechnik:

KAMAG Transporters stand for first-class technology and quality worldwide. Reliability in the daily operation, high stability under load and long salting life make the vehicles to a reliable piece of modern logistics. The history of the technology of vehicles for heavy transports is closely connected to the name of KAMAG. The company belongs to the company group of Otto Rettenmaier, industrialist from Heilbronn, Germany. The TII group (Transporter Industry International) is the world’s market leader in the field of heavy transport vehicles.