Voith Hydro,Heidenheim/Germany, a leading global supplier of hydropower and pumped storage equipment, and Swedish company Mine Storage, a specialist in the field of underground pumped storage concepts, announce a development partnership to become the forerunners in a new market for underground pumped storage – offering so-called mine storages (Figure 1). The Paris Climate Agreement has made clear that to prevent ...
Read More »The global technology group Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA, Heidenheim/Germany, is planning a comprehensive package of measures for its Voith Turbo division in order to secure the competitiveness and sustainability of the division over the long term. The focus is on streamlining the production base in Germany. The aim is to create central, higher-performing locations where essential parts of production ...
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Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG, Heidenheim/Germany, recently unveiled its new TurboBelt 500 TPXL fluid coupling at MINExpo in Las Vegas, USA (Figure 9). The fill-controlled coupling is the first model in the new TPXL family, which combines the advantages of the proven hydrodynamic drive principle with intelligent control technology. The integrated controller makes it possible to adapt the output ...
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When crushing mined rock and materials, uncrushable objects constitute a severe risk for the production process as well as the installed equipment. In order to limit torque load without disrupting operation, Voith GmbH, Heidenheim/Germany, designed its SlipSet coupling to temporarily slip in the event of an overload situation and thus act as a shock absorber (Figure 9). The company’s recently ...
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Voith GmbH, Heidenheim/Germany, has installed a TT Drive on the H2 belt conveyor in the RAG´s Prosper-Haniel coal mine in Bottrop/Germany without interrupting operation and achieved a comprehensive solution with the subsequent installation of another TT Drive that resulted in sustained cost reduction for the mining company. With the installation of the first TT Drive, Voith made it possible for ...
Read More »Voith has taken over parts of conveying equipment specialist Hese, headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Hese‘s current factory site in Gelsenkirchen is not part of the takeover. On 12th November 2014, the company filed for insolvency. The areas that have been taken over are to be incorporated into the Mining & Metals division of group division Voith Turbo. Hese is known ...
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Voith recently manufactured their 1,000th fluid coupling type TPKL. This coupling will go to the DaTong Coal Mining Group in China. The group has already made good experiences with Voith fluid couplings: Convinced by the good performance of hydrodynamic power transmission the decision for the drive line arrangement in the main belt conveyor of a new coal mine was also ...
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