Road-mobile ship unloader for India

IBAU Hamburg has recently delivered a road-mobile ship unloader, ordered by Sanghi ­Industries Ltd. for their ­Mumbai Cement Terminal. Mobile unloaders (Fig.) for small bulk tankers are usually mounted on trailers (for road transport) as the machinery has to serve several terminals or because it is not possible to have stationary units in the harbour. Road-mobile, trailer-mounted ship unloaders have a self-supporting structure, weigh approximately 30 tons and have a high degree of manoeuvrability. Starting from the transport position it is required that a unit can be ready for operation in less than 30 minutes. During operation, the individual screws can be tilted or rotated within fixed angles, so that all areas of the ship’s hold can be reached from a given position. The loading screw can either load the material directly into trucks or transfer it to a downstream mechanical or pneumatic transport unit. For direct truck loading, the loading screw is equipped with a loading chute and an integrated filter unit.