Over 10 tonnes of stainless steel in a single piece
A blowpipe, 35 metres long in total, leaves the workshop where it was made.
January 2020: The lorry drives out of our warehouse and seems to go on forever. On board is a 35-metre-long natural gas discharge pipe. It’s always a bit sad when our ‘babies’ leave the Albrecht workshop in Lindlar, Oberberg, but for this 10-tonne ‘baby’, the time had finally come. After four months of construction, carried out entirely in-house, 20 ‘foster fathers’ from the apparatus and vessel construction department bid it farewell. With a special night-time transport, including an over-length load and an escort vehicle, it’s off to its new home.
Key facts about the project:
- Natural gas discharge pipe, 35 m freestanding with hydraulic vibration damper
- Total weight: 10 tonnes
- Material: 1.4301
- Including signal lighting for air traffic control
- Designed to withstand pressure surges in the event of ignition caused by, for example, a lightning strike
- Everything from a single (our) source
- Project management carried out by our in-house engineers
- All cutting (laser and plasma) carried out in-house
- All mechanical work and equipment fabrication carried out in-house
Technical details:
- Manufactured in accordance with pressure equipment regulations and EN 1090-3
- TÜV structural pressure test
- 100% X-ray inspection
- 100% PMI test
- 100% penetrant testing