Schalke ironworks
| Schalker Eisenhütte machine factory
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | August 21, 1872 |
| Seat | Bochum |
The Schalke ironworks Maschinenfabrik GmbH was based in Gelsenkirchen-Schalke before the company in 2013 after Bochum moved. The location in Gelsenkirchen was retained as a production facility. The company developed and produced rail vehicles, and formerly also coke oven machines. In November 2018, the rail vehicle division was sold to Nordic Minesteel Technologies from Canada, which founded a new German company, Schalke Locomotives GmbH . Schalke Locomotives GmbH is based in Gelsenkirchen and continues the long tradition of the SCHALKE brand for rail vehicles under the new management.
history
In 1872 Friedrich Grillo founded the Schalke ironworks . The Schalke ironworks began with the production of machines and machine parts for different uses.
At the end of the 19th century, Schalke technology enabled the complete mechanization of coking plants . Today the company develops, designs and builds fully automatic coking machines. In 1882 the first steam-powered coke squeezing machine was built.
In 1937 Schalke began developing and delivering locomotives. The rail vehicles are used today in underground and surface mining all over the world. Shunting, freight or tunnel locomotives are developed and built. In addition, however, conveyor reels were also manufactured.
In 1982 a “Schalke System” coke transfer machine was manufactured. In 1986 the mining trade union was converted into a GmbH .
In 1991 a “Schalke System” filling car was built and in 1993 the Ruhr coal standard locomotive. The first freight tram , CarGoTram , followed in 2001 ; the Schalke ironworks became a daughter of the Gebr. Eickhoff group , Bochum.
In 2013, the Schalke Eisenhütte delivered a diesel-electric full-line locomotive for the Rhaetian Railway , three more of the machines designated as Gmf 4/4 II followed in 2014.
The coking machinery division was taken over by the Paul Wurth Group in 2014.
Products
Coking machines
The Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik used to develop and build coking machines.
The coke ovens are filled with coking coal emission-free using a charging truck. The hot coke is pushed out of the chamber with the coke pushing machine. The chamber doors are opened and closed hermetically. The glowing coke is fed into the coke extinguishing vehicle with the coke transfer machine. A stationary filter system sucks off all emissions. The glowing coke is put out in the fire engine. Schalke builds the machines and vehicles for both existing extinguishing systems. (Wet quenching in the quenching tower ( CSQ - Coke Stabilizing Quenching), dry quenching in a coke dry cooling system (KTK))
- Schwelgern coking plant
Filling car
Coke squeezing machine
Transfer machine
Fire truck
Locomotives
Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik GmbH used to build and develop rail vehicles.
In mining for underground use, Schalke developed a standard locomotive that was used in all mines of Ruhrkohle AG (RAG). For the copper producer Codelco , Schalke built ten 130-ton catenary locomotives that transport copper ore in the El Teniente mine . Schalke also builds the locomotives for the world's largest iron ore mine, the Kiruna iron ore mine .
In 2008, Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik GmbH started to design standard gauge locomotives for mainline railways. These locomotives have the designation SDE 1800 (S stands for SCHALKE, DE for diesel-electric and the number for the power in kW). The locomotive is 17 m long and 3 m wide and weighs 80 t, it has an MTU 12 V 4000 R 43 engine and the maximum speed is 120 km / h. In 2013 the first of four class 287 locomotives, the RhB Gmf 4/4 II , was delivered to the Rhaetian Railway.
Underground mining locomotive for RAG
Mining locomotive for Codelco; Data: 750 V DC, 1600 kW
Web links
- https://www.schalke.eu/en/2018/12/10/nordic-minesteel-technologies-acquires-high-performance-german-locomotive-assets/
- www.schalke.eu
- Overview of the locomotives produced for the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) on the Berlin traffic website
literature
- Stefan Karkowski: Locomotive specialties from Gelsenkirchen. Visit to Schalke . In: railway magazine . No. 7/2013 . Alba publication, July 2013, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 39-41 .