United Wagon Company has shipped the first batch of tank cars to the United Chemical Company Uralchem, under a contract to supply 30 cars. The contract, which was financed by Alfa Leasing, will be fully executed till the end of February 2018.
The tank cars, with a volume of 54.78 m3, are equipped with a bogie having increased axle load of 25 tf which ensures effective use of the 75 tonnes load capacity. This increases car loading by a third compared to tank cars on traditional bogies.
All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transport Technology was the developer of the new product for the company whereas the TikhvinChemMash plant served as the manufacturer of rolling stock, both companies are parts of UWC. Arconik SMZ, a Russian manufacturer of high-tech aluminum semi-finished products, became the supplier of corrosion-resistant aluminum plates whereas Sespel, the Cheboksary-based leading manufacturer of specialized machinery, took charge of the tank welding.
The tank car’s service life is 40 years, compared to 20 years of the currently used tanks, with the run between depot repairs reaching 800 thou km (or 8 years), as compared to 210 thou km (or 2 years) for cars on traditional bogies.
The current Russian tank car fleet for carrying concentrated nitric acid amounts to ca. 200 units whose average age is 32 years. Until 2022, up to 80% of the fleet will have been decommissioned.
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