Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH

Turbines and generators for power station in Venezuela

Scheuerle heavy load vehicles on the road

Two turbines, each weighing 197 tonnes, along with two generators of 240 tonnes in each case arrived safely in the port of Maracaibo. Their final destination is the Termozulia II power station, located around 25 kilometres away. The re-development of the generating station into a combined cycle power plant has required the installation of these new aggregate units. The contract for the transportation job was awarded to the Venezuelan heavy load specialists Transportate Faga y Bovinelli C.A., one of the most efficient special transport companies in the country, which used heavy duty transport vehicles from the InterCombi series manufactured by SCHEUERLE for this particular assignment.



A total of 15 axle lines were coupled with one another in order to reach the required load-bearing capacity. The giant turbines, with an individual weight of 197 tonnes, each have impressive dimensions of 10 metres long, 5 metres wide and 4.6 metres high, which resulted in an axle load of 18.7 tonnes and a total weight of 303 tonnes. The generators with a dead weight of 240 tonnes, a length of around 12.5 metres, a width close to 4 metres and a height of 4.5 metres, have a total weight of nearly 370 tonnes, which results in an axle load of 20.6 tons for the heavy load vehicles. Two Mack DM 800 super trucks were used as push-pull tractors which had already proven their worth in numerous transport jobs in the past.



Although the actual transportation distance was relatively short, many hurdles had to be mastered. The biggest challenge was not the bends in the roads and gradients, but the around 250 cable and high voltage transmission lines along the route which had to be lifted out of the way. A bridge which could not be driven under, forced the convoy to make a detour. For the operation, the motorway was closed to traffic in the early morning hours. To begin with, the convoy drove along the opposite direction on the motorway and then crossed the central reservation by means of a specially constructed ramp. On the other side, the heavy transport left the motorway and continued along its planned route. In the late afternoon, the convoy reached its final destination without any incidents where operations for unloading the generator began immediately. Subsequently, the vehicles returned to the port to collect the second generator.



The transportation job, which was carried out at the beginning of the year in Maracaibo, is first of many that will follow during the next few months until the power station has finally reached its last development stage. It is remarkable that the transportation assignment was accomplished using vehicles which had provided many years of reliable service for Faga y Bovinelli. The heavy load transport units from Scheuerle have already been used in daily operations for the past 28 years. Transportation boss of Transporte Faga y Bovinelli, Erwin Uebel,

commented on this fact by saying Quality does indeed have its price but there really is no substitute for it.



Photo material:



Photo 1:

The InterCombi series from SCHEUERLE used for transportating a turbine



Photo 2:

The InterCombi series for transportation of a turbine and a generator



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SCHEUERLE Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH:

Transporters from SCHEUERLE are recognised across the world for their advanced technology and special product quality. Reliability in daily use, high load capacity and a long working life make the vehicles a very important component of modern logistical operations. The history of vehicle technology for heavy transport vehicles is closely connected with the name of SCHEUERLE and the company has a well-earned reputation of linking tradition and innovation. Together with KAMAG Transporttechnik in Ulm and NICOLAS Industries in Champs-sur-Yonne, France, SCHEUERLE belongs to the group of companies owned by the Heilbronn industrialist, Otto Rettenmaier. Within the group, the TII – Transporter Industry International heavy-load division is global market leader.