The Sarens
Group, based in Wolvertem, Belgium, has a workforce of around 4,000 employees and is recognized as one of
the giants of the special transportation
industry. "Better safe than sorry" is one of the maxims of
this globally operating company. In
order to meet this requirement as
well as ensuring that the quality promises it gives to its customers can be
kept, the enterprise needs safe and reliable equipment. Sarens therefore
relies on the K24 modular transporter
from KAMAG. With the
delivery of the thousandth axle
line on 27th June 2013, the focus was not on looking back but instead on
the future.
"The world is our market and it is precisely here - namely, across the globe - that we want to continue to steadily grow. We are on the way up. Nothing
is too heavy or too high for us", said Ludo Sarens, President of the Board. "Having reliable vehicles at our
disposal is the most important thing as we have to rely 100 % on our equipment. Those who want to be at the forefront of our business cannot afford
to have any breakdowns or malfunctions; therefore, we continue
to strengthen our fleet with KAMAG modular
transporters", added Sarens. In particular, integrating
KAMAG Transporttechnik in the TII Group,
the recognized world leader in heavy-duty vehicles, provides the required framework for ensuring reliable delivery and a long-term partnership between Sarens
and KAMAG.
In recent years, Sarens
has been continuously investing heavily in the expansion of its modular transporter fleet. Sarens placed an initial order for a total of 4
platform elevating transporters complete
with hydrostatic drive back in 1985. In 1989, this was followed by the first order for two 4-axle modular transporters which
proved themselves to be a flexible and
powerful transport system during operations. This resulted in a continuous expansion of the
modular transporter fleet in the following years.
The high-performance K 24 modular
transporter from KAMAG is used for
moving large industrial installations, transportation
of complete bridges or other large components.
Loads ranging from 10,000 to 15,000
tonnes are no
longer uncommon. In the shipbuilding
sector, too, modular transporters from the TII Group are being used more and
more. Depending on the weight of the ship sections to be transported,
customized transporter combinations can be configured which
precisely match customer requirements.
The container dimensions of the modular transporter facilitate worldwide use. As the vehicles
are 2430 mm wide,
this means they can be transported via water or land
transport routes to
anywhere in the world on a container flat rack. KAMAG
modular transporters are available in a
4 or 6-axle design. The hydrostatic drive system turns the heavy-load
units into powerful
but nevertheless precisely controlled vehicles.
The required oil pressure for the drive, lifting operations and control function is generated by a Power Pack
Unit which is coupled at the rear. The electronic
control allows mechanical coupling or operations using
a loose coupling mode. KAMAG K24
modular transporters are also available in a "split"
version with separation in a longitudinal
direction. The individual vehicle modules are
compatible with previous
Type 24 generation and can also be coupled
to the mechanically steered K25 platform
trailer.
The
electronic all-wheel steering
program provides a total of 8
different steering modes such as diagonal,
circle or transverse.
The steering movements take place by
means of a low maintenance rack-and-pinion
gear. The selected steering
line can be moved forwards or backwards on the axle grid. The coordinate crosses for the
steering and lifting systems can
be separated from each other which allows highly flexible combination possibilities.
Each of the modules has its own lifting system that is controlled by the on-board
electronics. The entire combination can be raised or lowered or just an individual module. Every lifting group has
pressure sensors for displaying and
calculating the load as well as the load centre of gravity (COG).
Excerpts from TII communique
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Axle line number
1.000 KAMAG K24 modular transporter at Sarens, Belgium
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The first use of the 1.000th axle line – KAMAG stands for reliability
and efficiency
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1.000 axle lines, about 25 years of trust: The management of Sarens,
KAMAG and the TII Group/TII Sales in front of the 1000th delivered
axle line KAMAG K24 |