Germany’s trucking industry is likely to take a major hit from a potential shortage of the essential diesel exhaust fluid, AdBlue, as one of the largest AdBlue suppliers – SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH, is about to run out of stock.
European industry is being pushed closer to breaking point as the region’s energy crisis worsens by the day. Power and gas prices are hitting fresh records almost daily, and some energy-intensive companies have temporarily shut operations because they’re becoming too expensive to run. As winter approaches and Europeans start to…
Successful Completion of the Project SKW Side Scraper 8 April 2021
FAM provided for SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH, Germany’s largest ammonia and urea producer, a side scraper of type KS 25.5 for reclaiming of urea fertilizers at a conveying rate of 25t/h. The side scraper was installed as part of the project aimed at increasing the storage capacities; its design allows to feed the material onto two existing belt conveyors. Additionally, the reverse operation of the scraper chain ensures optimum distribution of the urea within the working area.
The scope of supply included engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation and on-site commissioning. The success of the project can be rightly attributed to the in-house fabrication and pre-assembly of the components, a test run of the scraper boom performed in our own facility, as well as a highly skilled site installation team. On December 11, 2020, in compliance with the contract schedule, we turned the mac