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Powerful world champion
First usage of MS-62 HV at a job-site
Emmerich? Emmerich? The name rings a bell?
Yes: Lothar “Emma” Emmerich, legendary Borussia
Dortmund forward, who sadly died in August
last year. His most famous saying: Give me the
cherry. His greatest success: world vice-champion
in 1966. But Emmerich? The name rings another
bell? Yes: Emmerich, the friendly town on the Rhine,
just on the Dutch frontier. And ThyssenKrupp GfT
Bautechnik makes the link between world vicechampion
Emmerich and the town Emmerich.
And it involves a real world champion, the world's
biggest variable vibrator, MS-62 HV, which is now
being used in the construction of a dock for tankers
in Emmerich.
MS-A 1000 V power unit
The vibrator did good work when it came to driving
docking dolphins into the ground for the principal
UNIQEMA. Construction was in the hands of the
OHF company of Au am Rhein. And as it was said
after the successful deployment, the MS-62 HV
was able to carry such conviction with OHF that
serious consideration is being given to the purchase
of a giant of this kind. The work of persuasion
was handled by the MS-62 HV when it expertly
drove into the ground the LARSSEN 605 dolphins
which had been manufactured from HOESCH steel
sheet piles and which have the model designation
LV 605, supplied by ThyssenKrupp GfT Bautechnik.
The world champion was driven by the Müller MS-
A 1000V power-pack, which develops an output of
1,000 kW. The Sennebogen S 660 cable dredger,
which was standing on a heavy barge on the Rhine
for this job and which was able to guide the vibrator
from a free-standing position, was used as the
carrier vehicle.
The vibrator's infinitely adjustable moment of force,
which ensured an ideal match to the geology by
setting frequency and amplitude during the operation,
proved to be decisive in this difficult deployment
on water and in the sensitive embankment
area. Secured in this way, the MS-62 HV was able
to make full use of its power, driving the 21.3
metre long dolphins, each weighing about eleven
tonnes, taking from 12 to 15 minutes for each
dolphin to reach a depth of 9.80 metres into the
riverbed.
The new dock for tankers was built at a particularly
favourable place in terms of transportation,
since Emmerich has an outstanding location. The
town of 30,000 inhabitants on the Rhine is an
important junction of national and international
significance. This is where the Rhine, the most
important European waterway, meets the main
section of the “Ruhr region (Germany) - Randstad
(Netherlands)” railway and the “Ruhr region -
Amsterdam/Rotterdam” motorway route. The
Emmerich - Kleve Rhine bridge connects the A 3
motorway and the B 8 trunk road on the eastern
bank of the Rhine with the A 57 motorway and the
B 9 and B 57 trunk roads on the western bank of
the Rhine as well as with Achterhoek in the Netherlands.
The town's Rhine port, which is equipped
with high-performance container transhipment
facilities, offers outstanding links to the European
Picturesque setting: the MS-62 HV used floating on the Rhine.
waterway network. In addition, the town of Emmerich
on the Rhine has close and rapid links with
German and Dutch conurbations and economic
centres as a result of its links with international rail
traffic and its two junctions with the A 3 motorway
(a third is at the planning stage). The elimination
of the internal European frontiers has still further
increased the importance of Emmerich as an important
junction and point of connection between Germany
and the Netherlands. The MS-62 HV team
was naturally under heavy pressure in the course
of its work and so, unfortunately, had little time
left to take a look at the charming landscape. But
after the work has been done, it should also be
possible to take walks and watch ships from the
Rhine promenade, enjoy good food and drink, visit
the Rhine museum, walk across the longest suspension
bridge in Germany, while water sports, riding,
golf and cycling, of course, are all possible in Emmerich.
Oh yes, you can also play football here too…�
Data and facts
Client: UNIQEMA, Emmerich
Construction company: OHF, Au am Rhein
Constructor: Rammed materials/procedure:
docking dolphins manufactured from HOESCH
steel sheet pile profiles of type LV 605, with
back blades, head piles and seven side bollards
for each dolphin
Positioning equipment: Müller MS-62 HF
vibrator with Müller MS-A 1000 V power-pack
Additional information
Volker Matthes,
ThyssenKrupp GfT Tiefbautechnik,
Phone: (06631) 781-131,
E-Mail: volker.matthes@thyssenkrupp.com,
www.thyssenkrupp-gft-tiefbautechnik.com