STAY UP TO DATE. Start › News › Taman Seaport: ‚Time is Money‘ – Innovative conversion of the SCHADE Wagon Charger ensures a continuous unloading process Taman Seaport: ‘Time is Money’ – Innovative conversion of the SCHADE Wagon Charger ensures a continuous unloading process Germany / Russia, 18. November 2021 SCHADE LAGERTECHNIK At Taman Seaport in Krasnodar Region on the Black Sea, two Triple Wagon Unloading Systems designed by SCHADE Lagertechnik GmbH (Gelsenkirchen/Germany) have been in operation for the Russian company OTEKO Portservice since the beginning of 2020, and have so far unloaded well over 20 million tons of coal. Each System has a Wagon Charger capable of pulling 36 loaded wagons, each weighing up to 110t, successively through the unloading station. During operation the wagons have to be heated so that frozen coal will discharge when tipped. In order to reduce waiting time while the coal thaws, SCHADE and OTEKO have developed an innovative technical solution. 3D depiction of the new reinforced SCHADE Wagon Charger for Taman Seaport Currently the defrosting operation takes around 20 minutes per train, increasing the unloading time from 36 minutes to 56 minutes in winter months. As the current design capacity of the Wagon Chargers is limited to 36 wagons, each incoming train of 72 wagons needs to be split into two strings of 36 wagons by the port operators, with each shortened string requiring the 20 minutes defrosting time. In order to reduce the unproductive thawing time and thus increase the unloading efficiency, the Wagon Charger capacity will be increased from 36 wagons to 72 wagons. The required 20 minutes defrosting time is now applicable to the longer train with twice the number of wagons. Because of the increased Wagon Charger capacity, once the first 36 wagons of a 72 wagon train have been unloaded, the port operators have the option of adding a further 36 wagons to the rear of the train to effectively provide continuous unloading, without the need to stop for thawing. In order to implement this technical solution with a minimum of investment costs, SCHADE worked closely with OTEKO Portservice to design Wagon Chargers for which many components and equipment parts of the existing Wagon Chargers can be used. The new components which will be required are being fabricated individually and will be supplied end of this year. After installation of the parts into the existing Charger, which will be taken out of operation while this is carried out, the first extended Wagon Charger will be ready in time for the winter season 2021/2022. Afterwards the second Wagon Charger will be converted. Back to overview AUMUND GROUP AUMUND FÖRDERTECHNIK SCHADE LAGERTECHNIK SAMSON MATERIALS HANDLING TILEMANN CHAINS & COMPONENTS AUMUND GROUP FIELD SERVICE AUMUND LOGISTIC CONTACT If we can help you with any further information, please use the contact form to get in touch. You will receive an immediate automated acknowledgement, and we will respond to your enquiry as soon as possible. Many thanks AUMUND. SCHADE. SAMSON. SELECT YOUR CONTACT* AUMUND HOLDING B.V. AUMUND FOERDERTECHNIK GMBH AUMUND POLAND AUMUND OFFICE RUSSIA AUMUND OFFICE U.A.E. AUMUND S.A.R.L. (FRANCE) AUMUND MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO. LTD (CHINA) AUMUND ASIA (HK, CHINA) LTD AUMUND CORPORATION (USA) AUMUND LTDA (BRAZIL) AUMUND ENGINEERING PVT LTD (INDIA) AUMUND GROUP FIELD SERVICE GMBH AUMUND LOGISTIC GMBH SCHADE LAGERTECHNIK GMBH SCHADE OFFICE RUSSIA SAMSON MATERIALS HANDLING LTD TILEMANN GMBH DISCHARGE SYSTEMS BUCKET ELEVATORS CHAIN CONVEYORS SAMSON® MATERIAL FEEDER (MOBILE) SAMSON® MATERIAL FEEDER (FIXED) PAN CONVEYORS LOADING CIRCULAR STORAGE LONGITUDINAL STORAGE STOCKYARD AND BLENDING BED SYSTEMS WAGON UNLOADING SYSTEMS ECO HOPPERS SHIPLOADERS STORMAJOR® PROCESS OPTIMISATION & CONVERSIONS OTHERS SPARE PARTS MAINTENANCE / INSPECTIONS / TRAININGS PREMAS® - PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICE PREMAS® 4.0 - PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SOLUTION FIELD SERVICE AUMUND DAY. SCHADE DAY. SAMSON DAY. LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT OTHERS SEND MESSAGE CONTACT AUMUND GROUP SOCIAL MEDIA AUMUND FÖRDERTECHNIK SCHADE LAGERTECHNIK SAMSON MATERIALS HANDLING TILEMANN CHAINS & COMPONENTS AUMUND GROUP FIELD SERVICE AUMUND LOGISTIC SITEMAP DOWNLOADS CONTACT IMPRINT PRIVACY POLICY TERMS