Intermodal Crane

Application
Automated Guided Vehicles - Marriage line

Operator
Deutsche Bahn / Duss

Customer
Hilgers AG (Rheinbrohl), now: DSD Stahlbau GmbH

Travel path
58 meters

Travel speed
max. 120 m/min

Environment
Railway terminal

Energy Guiding Chain
RACER 72, Bi 550 mm, RS-RV full frame

Chain length
2 x 32 meters

Cable package
40 cables, 20 kg/m

Special features
roll carriage system between upper and lower chain runs

System advantages

• low noise solution because of the chain having no hinge points and chain links (no polygone effect)
• chain sidebands consisting of a continuous extruded profil including two steel ropes per sideband for maximum tensile strength
• reduction of driving forces by more than 95 % in comparison to a classic chain that runs under friction in a guiding channel
• reduction of driving forces by more than 50 % in comparison to a chain having rollers in its sidebands
• no guiding channel required; only a support tray is necessary to keep the chain in its position
• minimized friction and wear as the chain does not glide and press against a guiding channel
• best possible cable guidance inside the chain crosssection because of little to no relative movements inside the chain; no vibrations due to polygone effects affecting the cable lifetime