Gmeinder DHS 20 B

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Gmeinder DHS 20 B
Southwest German salt works Kochendorf
Southwest German salt works Kochendorf
Number: 14th
Manufacturer: Gmeinder
Year of construction (s): 1986-1996
Axis formula : B.
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 8,240 mm
Height: 3800 mm
Width: 3000 mm
Fixed wheelbase: 3300 mm
Total wheelbase: 3300 mm
Smallest bef. Radius: 40 m
Service mass: 32 t
Top speed: 50 km / h
Installed capacity: 200 kW
Starting tractive effort: 110 kN
Driving wheel diameter: 850 mm
Motor type: KHD BF8L513
Power transmission: hydrostatic
Tank capacity: 1200 l

The DHS 20 B is a light diesel locomotive from the manufacturer Gmeinder .

technology

For the first time in more than 60 years, a diesel locomotive with hydrostatic drive was built at Gmeinder with a work locomotive that was developed for construction and operation on the Singapore subway (MRT) . The reason for using this selected power transmission with poor efficiency was the requirement to be able to drive at minimum speed for a long time. These machines had an exhaust gas cleaning system for use in the tunnel. In 1986 ten locomotives were delivered to Singapore. A works locomotive with the designation DHS 20 B (DHS = diesel engine with hydrostatic power transmission, 20 = installed power in kW / 10, B = wheel arrangement) was derived from this for the German market.

commitment

DOW Rheinmünster / Greffern (2005)

There were only four orders for the European market, of which the first machine was delivered to the Swiss sugar factory in Frauenfeld in 1989 . In 1993 another machine was added to DOW Deutschland GmbH & Co. OHG, Rheinmünster-Greffern, as a replacement for their previous plant locomotive. Two deliveries in 1996 to Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG for their plants in Heilbronn and Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf ended the orders for this locomotive type. All four machines are still in service.

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