FORTIS

Principal characteristics:

Name

FORTIS

Type

Demountable wheel dredger with direct driven submerged dredgepump

Year of construction

1994

Owner

Suhrborg & Co. GmbH

Builder

IHC Holland

Dimension

Length overall, approx.

35.5m

Length over pontoon

22.0m

Width

5.2m

Depth

1.2m

Maximum dredging depth (at 50º)

23.0m

Diameter suction pipe

350mm

Dredging wheel type

1.8m

Power and Speed

Total installed power

500kW

Wheel diameter

30kW

Submerged dredgepump

type

IHC 740-225-300

power at shaft

410kW

drive

direct by electric motor through reduction gearbox

Electric motor

500 kW, 1500 rpm, 3x 660V for drive of submerged dredgepump and hydraulics for wheel, ladder winch, 2 side winches and 3 Christmastree winches.

Transformers

main

630kVA 3x 10kV/3x 660V, 50Hz

aux

15kVA 3x 660V/3x 380/220V, 50Hz