Second Doppelmayr RopeCon® system to transport wood chips at the premises of Lenzing AG

Like the first RopeCon® at the Lenzing plant, the second installation also impresses with high availability, wind stability and its ability to cross high-density plant infrastructure without any problem. As a result, the RopeCon® creates an optimal link between the raw materials storage facility and the digester house.

For the planned expansion of wood chip transport between the storage area and the digester house at its cellulose processing plant, LENZING AG, a major company in the field of the production of fibres made from the raw material wood, contracted a second RopeCon® conveying system to ensure sustainable raw material supply. The system has to cover a length of roughly 630m between wood storage area and digester house, passing right across the existing plant infrastructure. In addition, the system had to guarantee high availability in order to allow optimal integration into the production process and reliably deliver the 350 tonnes an hour to their destination.

The second RopeCon® installation has been built to run alongside the existing RopeCon®, which has been transporting beech wood chips since 2003. In the time since then, the system has proved to be a reliable and efficient solution for supplying the digester house. As the system is raised off the ground, it makes light work of crossing the existing infrastructure on the premises.

About Doppelmayr

Doppelmayr Transport Technology GmbH is a 100% subsidiary of the international Doppelmayr Group with headquarters in Wolfurt, Austria. Within the group,

Doppelmayr Transport Technology is the point of contact for the transport of goods and materials. Doppelmayr is a technology leader and pioneer in ropeway engineering and is also present in other lines of business. Apart from material transport systems the group also designs, plans, and manufactures passenger ropeways for winter and summer tourism as well as for the urban transit sector, rope-propelled APMs (e.g., the systems currently operating at the airports of Toronto and Mexico City) or fully automatic high-rise warehouses.

Technical Details

Length: 630m

Vertical rise: 33m

Capacity: 350tph

Speed: 2.65m/s

Motor rating, continuous: 60kW