KOCH Technology, Management The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®

and a Passion for Projects

KOCH
Transporttechnik GmbH

Karl-Koch-Straße 1
66787 Wadgassen/Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)68 34 / 470-0
2005/9, E5

Fax: +49 (0)68 34 / 470-339

E-Mail: info@kochtrans.de
www.pipeconveyor.de
The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®:
No.1 in the World

With more than 190 installed systems with more than 90 km

(56 miles) of conveying length located in 30 countries, the KOCH
®
Pipe Conveyor is clearly No. 1 in the world. No other pipe
conveyor system is so fully developed, installed in so many
applications and so successfully tested in operation.

®
KOCH Pipe Conveyor Systems: Setting New Standards.

KOCH Leading Pipe Conveyor Technology

The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®:
The Superior Features.

Conveying in tight spaces

®
KOCH Pipe Conveyors integrate optimally in existing plants, and
®
minimize conveying distances, regardless of the landscape parameters, KOCH Pipe Conveyors
– Overcoming the Spatial
thereby permitting cost effective line arrangements. Challenge:

I inclines up to 30°
Dust free with minimal noise emissions, securely I any desired horizontal and vertical
protected curves with minimal radii of up to
® 45 meters
KOCH Pipe Conveyors transport bulk materials dust free with low
noise emissions and totally enclosed over roads, tracks, waterways I 60% spatial savings in contrast with
conventional systems
or open seas, through existing plants, over public streets, in environ-
mentally protected zones. Even contaminated materials are conveyed ®
The KOCH Pipe Conveyor
without any negative environmental impact. – the Clean Alternative

I protects the environment from volatile

For all types of topography, flexible – and innovative
®
materials
KOCH Pipe Conveyors easily handle long distances and problematic
I clean conveying routes
topographic areas. Customized designs incorporate complex client
needs: downhill conveying in difficult topographies; conveying various I protects the conveyed material from
external contaminants
materials in one system. Whatever is technically possible, we can
implement based on our experience from 190 operating systems – ®
The Koch Pipe Conveyor :
and relying on the innovative competence of the market leader. A System without Limits

I axial spacings of 5 km and more without

Cost effective and reliable transfer stations
Limited spatial requirements, elimination of high cost and maintenance I simultaneous conveying on the feed
intensive transfer stations as well as secure conveyance without and return belt even of different materials
expensive housings assure the cost effectiveness of the KOCH Pipe I multiple feed points
®
Conveyor system. A high level of operating availability reflecting the
®
KOCH training program and KOCH service guarantees your invest- The KOCH Pipe Conveyor
ment decision. – Cost Effectiveness:

I high availability
I low investment costs
I reduced operating costs

KOCH Leading Pipe Conveyor Technology

The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®:
Fully Developed Technology,
Operationally Tested Details.

®
Each KOCH Pipe Conveyor incorporates extensive know how for
dealing with the most varied types of materials – and the experience
from implementing more than 190 systems.

Fully developed technology as well as the most state of the art

planning and design aids such as, for example, special software and
extensive data banks, form the basis for the success of the KOCH
®
Pipe Conveyor . Numerous specially developed design elements,
tested and optimized in actual operation, make all the difference.
Thus, to assure the highest level of reliability even with widely
fluctuating load factors, the belt construction of the KOCH Pipe
®
Conveyors is designed using the finite element method and computer
simulations. Using overload panels and a level monitor for the material
®
flow, the KOCH Pipe Conveyor in its base model provides a double In the material loading area, the conveying belt is open. At that point, the belt forms a sealed pipe for the entire The belt opens on its own before the material discharge Following the material discharge, the belt is closed again – this
guarantee against overfilling. Guide stations along the standard The conveyed material is supplied in the same way as conveying line. Thus, the content is protected against point and the material is discharged. excludes the possibility of contaminating the conveyor line with
in a conventional belt conveyor. Then special devices external influences while the environment is protected spilled material.
conveyor sections always hold the belt in the proper alignment enclose the belt carrying the conveyed material. The against any potential material losses. The flexible belt
diameter of the closed pipes can be selected depending pipe design allows for directional changes without requir-
along the entire line. The belt scale, which can be installed in the on the conveyed material between 150-850 mm for ing transfer stations – thereby enhancing both cost
conveying volumes up to 9,200 m3/h. effectiveness and operating reliability.
closed belt pipe section, was specifically developed for use in the
conventional discharge point
pipe conveyor.
Panel
ply: steel or fabric

A multitude of supplementary components – from spillage conveyors running side feed belt belt
feed belt loading point
carrying side
through belt turning stations for the simultaneous conveying of idlers
moulded edge
different materials – complete the offerings of the KOCH Pipe
® conveyed
Conveyor line and lay the foundation for the development of new material
closed pipe
conveying designs for new tasks, new materials, and new applications.
And do it reliably and according to time schedules – from the return belt
initial layout through the bid process, fabrication, erection and
commissioning.

The heart of the KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®: an elastic The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ® in Operation Ring distributed idlers guide the belt pipes in the KOCH
belt with special design characteristics to assure Pipe Conveyor ® to the discharge. A proprietary system
a long service life despite widely fluctuating loads. assures quiet operation. Special mechanisms guarantee
KOCH Leading Pipe Conveyor Technology that the belt pipes are not overloaded.
 The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®:
Customized Designs
for Every Application.
KOCH Pipe Conveyors® reliably transport the most diverse materials: wet and fly ash,
coal and substitute fuels from recycled industrial wastes, wood chips and raw material
pellets, filtered slurries and biomass, coarse overburden and the finest powders such as
gypsum or cement.

KOCH Pipe Conveyor ® handle conveying tasks in the basic industries and in power
plants, in lime mills and cement plants, in the paper products, particle board and synthetic
fiber industries, as well as in smelting plants – all in an environmentally secure system  
that protects the material conveyed while saving space and costs.

KOCH designs pipe conveyor systems for every conceivable application from small,
compact units to convey within a plant through kilometer long systems for overland
conveying. Designed individually based on the client’s requirements, adjusted carefully
in every detail to the environmental parameters as well as the characteristics of the
conveyed material.

 Kronospan Inc / Switzerland,  Deutsche Steinkohle AG, SBW Ensdorf /

Particle Board Plant
Secure conveying of wood chips directly across
roads and rail tracks. KOCH’s design to cross
rail tracks and roads without supports: a 57 m
long curved bridge with both horizontal and vertical
curves.
Germany, Bituminous Coal Mine
Difficult topography, steep inclines. This KOCH
Pipe Conveyor ® transports tailings over virtually
impassable terrain including a 28° incline to reach
the mine pile. The unit is designed to be mobile
in order to compensate for pile depressions

 Marti Inc / Switzerland,

Lötschberg Base Tunnel
Clean and secure in the tightest space: During
the construction of the Lötschberg Base tunnel
KOCH Pipe Conveyors ® transported overburden,
concrete gravel and quarry sand using a small
window gallery parallel to the rolling traffic of the
construction site. The system becomes extra
narrow for that purpose. Two of the conveyors
operate as a dual strand with one on top of the
other while the third runs transversely along the
tunnel ceiling – at times in 3 D curves with radii
ranging between 75 and 160 meters.
 Lenzing Inc / Austria,
Synthetic Fiber Production
Conveying remnant materials through a tight,
haphazard layout. The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®
handles the task brilliantly. To integrate the plant
seamlessly into the existing environment, the
conveyor runs a line at times 30 m high carried
by specially designed supports mounted on
existing buildings.
without any problems.  
 Famsa / Switzerland, Stone Quarry
Virtually impassable mountainous terrain with
inclines up to 29°, strict protective laws for flora,
fauna and residents: This KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®
successfully carries up to 500 tons of gravel in
an environmentally protective manner from the
quarry to the plant located 208 m lower – and
then carries up to 300 tons of slag back up on
its return. The plant also makes use of the eleva-
tion drop to generate electrical power.
CEZ a.s., Elektrarna Melnik /
Czech Republic, Power Plant
Transporting wet ash from the power plant to the
disposal area: The 2 km long KOCH Pipe Con-
veyor ® fulfills its task by winding its way through
the plant, the surrounding landscape and an
embankment using 3 horizontal and 4 vertical
curves. In order to be able later to return the ash  
for processing into the power plant, the conveyor
system is designed to be reversible – convertible
in 24 hours.

 Wismut Inc / Germany,

Malayan Cement / Malaysia,
Uranium Mining Stockpile
Transporting contaminated material for a distance
of 1.8 km over streets, a river and an intercity rail
line – passing inhabited areas. The KOCH Pipe
Conveyor ® successfully handles all its tasks at
no additional cost. Following a retrofit to increase
capacity after 7 years of reliable operation, the
system can now convey the increasingly common
clumpy material as well as the rolling bulk material.
Cement Production
In this unit, fresh cement is conveyed to a ship
loading station at sea – securely protected in the
KOCH Pipe Conveyor ® against the high humidity.
Since 1995, the system has proven to be highly
reliable and available for operation under extreme
conditions.

KOCH Leading Pipe Conveyor Technology

  VAI, Lime Plant Steyrling / Austria
Several sequential pipe conveyors to transport
lime dust and quick lime – over a heavily traf-
ficked federal highway and a rail line. The KOCH
design is all-inclusive right through the screening
system to distribute the material according to
particle sizes.
 Thyssen Steel Inc / Germany,
Smelting Industry
New avenues in steel plants: In this KOCH
system, for the first time a pipe conveyor trans-
ports the smelting sand from the pig iron pro-
duction process – guaranteeing low noise and
contaminants emissions. 3 post drying silos with
discharge belts, one distributor tower with a
 
 
PCLA / Slovak Republic,

reclaimer, sampling units, magnetic separators,
rotating chute to feed the material onto a
transverse belt conveyor to supply the adjoining
cement plant or onto a quay belt conveyor to
supply a mobile KOCH ship loading unit com-
plete this system.

Petrozuata / Venezuela, Refinery Terminal
A 2.3 km long KOCH Pipe Conveyor ® brings
moisture sensitive sulfur as well as petroleum
The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®:
coke dust free and safely to a loading platform
in the open sea. Aside from the ship loading Flexible and Expandable
with the loading quay, a 1.8 km long jetty and
a specially designed KOCH ship-loading unit,
this turnkey KOCH system includes a storage
– Right up to Turnkey
facility with complete infrastructure, stacker
and portal reclaimer. Industrial Systems.
 VCP Votorantim / Brazil, Paper Mill
2 KOCH Pipe Conveyors®, one to transport
wood chips and the other for biomass. The For larger tasks, the entire KOCH product line spanning all output
fact that the line passes over a settling pond
necessitates support spacings of at times 40 levels is available to supplement the pipe conveyor. Thus, we
meters with very small curve radii. KOCH belt design and supply customized conveying systems for any require-
conveyors supplement the system.
ment – right up to turnkey systems, for example, power plant coal
feeding systems or port loading and unloading facilities.
 Nuh Cimento / Turkey, Cement Production
The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ® as switch hitter:
This system conveys as needed clinker or Service for smooth operation and long service life
cement for harbor loading and simultaneously
brings back coal following the turnaround on KOCH Pipe Conveyors® are characterized by their long service life
the return belt to the factory. The unit passes
the public roads and places along its path in
and reliability. Each installation includes a thorough system training
an underground tunnel. The narrow con- cycle and comprehensive technical documentation to assure smooth
 struction design of the pipe conveyor minimizes
the tunneling costs. operation. A fully trained staff handles the start up and commissioning
and is always available during the service life of the unit: for main-
 MUEG / Germany, Lippendorf Coal Fired tenance and conditioned monitoring and servicing based on a
Power Plant special KOCH inspection program, either as express service or to
At a length of approximately 2.2 km, the longest
dual pipe conveyor in Europe is also one of adapt the system if the tasks or the parameters of operation change.
the most productive, conveying approximately
1.1 million tons of wet and dry ash, gypsum
and filter cakes as well as 125,000 tons of
REA water (in a parallel strand of fiberglass
pipes) per year. This pipe conveyor is part of The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®: The conveying system
a complete KOCH plant for power plant waste which can handle all challenges. When will you
disposal – including the innovative KOCH
“Reaction Belt” for the preparation of ashes challenge us?
and REA waters.
Heidelberger Zement AG, Beremendi
Zement / Hungary, Cement Production
Innovative design to simultaneously protect
the environment and the material: In this KOCH
circular blending system, we for the first time
installed a pipe conveyor to carry off the clay/
lime mix. The requisite even feed of the pipe
conveyor is assured by special mechanisms
such as a rotary disc and a proprietary elec-
tronic control.
Cement Production
A pipe conveyor for the dust free transport of
coal to the cement kiln – part of a complete
KOCH coal feeding system consisting of belt
conveyors, round blending pile, stacker, bridge
belt scales and a covered railcar dumping unit. KOCH Leading Pipe Conveyor Technology
KOCH Technology, Management The KOCH Pipe Conveyor ®
and a Passion for Projects

KOCH
Transporttechnik GmbH

Karl-Koch-Straße 1
66787 Wadgassen/Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)68 34 / 470-0
2005/9, E5

Fax: +49 (0)68 34 / 470-339

E-Mail: info@kochtrans.de
www.pipeconveyor.de