Blomkest, MN, USA – Available in six standard sizes from 200 to 600 MTPH single line capacity, SuperTowers are available with intake booms up to 30 meters long to discharge panamax and cape size vessels. Fanless Technology -- SuperTower fanless technology eliminates the use of conventional fan-type (sometimes referred to as "centrifugal" or "turbo-blower") prime movers to create suction for the unloader. SuperTowers utilize a positive displacement Roots®-type prime mover to create the main suction for the unloader. Fanless Advantages -- Fanless technology … [Read more...]
SuperTower™ Wins in Europe
Written on July 26, 2012
Blomkest, MN, USA – Christianson will supply two SuperTower and one SuperPortable Fanless Shipunloaders to East Point Holding Ltd./Silotrans S.A. for operation at their new grain terminal at Constanta Port, Romania. Scheduled to be operational in 1998, the SuperTower Model 405/22.5’s will be used to discharge wheat, corn, and soybeans from ships and barges into trucks and/or silo bound conveyor. The SuperPortable Model 200 Diesel will be used for transfer and clean-up operations. East Point Holding Ltd./Silotrans S.A. chose Christianson’s SuperTower and … [Read more...]
Algranel modernizes with SuperTower™
Written on July 26, 2012
Blomkest, MN, USA – Algranel C.A. is modernizing its existing grain terminal at Puerto Cabello - Venezuela’s largest grain receiving terminal. Algranel will replace two older pneumatic shipunloaders with two SuperTower Model 505/25 Fanless Shipunloaders from Christianson. Each SuperTower has a rated capacity of 500 MTPH and is equipped with a 25 meter intake boom for unloading up to Panamax vessels. The boom features a 5.0 MT lifting crane for hoisting skid steer loaders into the hold of the vessel during clean-up. The SuperTowers will discharge into trucks or to an … [Read more...]
SuperTower performing for Georgia Ports Authority
Written on July 26, 2012
Blomkest, MN, USA - Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) recently installed a SuperTower Fanless Shipunloader for operation at its Colonel’s Island Terminal agri-bulk facility at the Port of Brunswick, Georgia, USA. In early February, the first vessel to utilize the SuperTower was discharged. “We are very pleased to have our new vac system on-line and operational,” stated Charles L. Regini, GPA General Manager, Agri-Bulk and Barge Facilities. “The new system, while further enhancing a multitude of existing efficiencies at the terminal, will now provide port users with … [Read more...]