trailer world issue One 2008

all the weight categories in the transporta- tion of slag. The company always keeps a few of each of these axles in stock to assist its customers by reacting rapidly in case of ﬁre damage or defects. Also, customers can have complete axles exchanged. The fact that the sturdy BPW axles only very rarely cause crisis situations of this sort is proven by slag transporters that have already completed 40,000 to 50,000 operating hours since 1997, and are still running on their original axles. Only parts subject to wear, such as brakes, have been replaced. This excellent reliabil- ity, coupled with a high axle load and rapid delivery capability, is the crucial argument at Kirow Leipzig in favour of axles from the Bergisch region. In addition to which there is close personal contact between Kirow and the BPW engineering department in Wiehl, as well as the BPW sales oﬃce in Potsdam, based on many years of mutual trust and collaboration. As a result of this, individual customer requirements can be smoothly and swiftly implemented. Despite rising demand since 2004, Kirow can currently guarantee delivery times of be- tween ten and twelve months. Even though every slag-carrying vehicle is individually conﬁgured and produced for the location and application in question. Kirow Leipzig delivers approx. 10 to 20 slag transporters every year. Kirow slag transporters are part of the basic equipment at almost all German steelworks. And customers in Europe, Asia and South America are increasingly choos- ing Kirow as the basis for their operations. Along with DSU in Duisburg, the clientele includes well-known companies such as Erich Friedrich Hüttenservice (Salzgitter), Voest Alpine (Austria), Multiserv (Great Britain), Sidernet (Argentina), Posco (Ko- rea) and Riva (Italia). Furthermore, Kirow Leipzig also supplies its products to companies serving the steel industry worldwide. For example, a com- pletely new steelworks is currently under construction on a green-ﬁeld site in Brazil, for which Kirow is supplying not only four new SPC-class slag transporters but also three multipurpose transporters (MPWs) with wheel steering, each with a 700-tonne payload, and a gigantic mobile casting crane to carry 550 tonnes of molten pig iron. The delivery date for these is the end of 2008. The ﬁrst steel pouring is due to take place there at the start of 2009 – another important mile- stone for Kirow. (fh) At home anywhere in the world Kirow’s technicians and engineers in Ulm work as a team to develop future transport systems for special applications. Kirow Group  Today the Kirow Group includes the companies Kirow Leipzig, KE Kran- bau Eberswalde AG and Kocks Krane International GmbH. All three firms specialise in the lifting and transpor- tation of extremely heavy loads. Info For more information about the Kirow company, visit the website at www.kirow.de Issue One 2008 25 Portrait

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