The telescopic loading head from the SMB International GmbH ensures that bags can be easily loaded into a ship’s hold. The loading head ensures convenient bag loading with a telescopic conveyor.
At the end of the spiral chute is a rotating plate with bag guide, which can rotate up to 270°. Up to three telescopic conveyors take the bags from here to the ship within a radius of seven metres. A telescopic rotating spiral chute can also be used, giving the loading head a full 360° capability. One operator moves the boom by remote control, while another guides the bags into the ship’s hold, without much physical effort. A further advantage is that the goods being loaded are guided very close to the final loading position, thereby enabling faster loading. This loading head is often used for larger ships.
 
CARTON LOADING – TELESCOPIC LOADING HEAD
A continuous-belt conveyor with a radius of seven metres transports the cartons into the ship’s hold. The telescopic head can be moved up and down, and can also rotate throughout up to 270°. This allows the loading of bags as well as cartons. The conveyor equipment can also work in the reverse direction, to convey cartons or bags upwards, making this loading system also suitable for unloading. Very fragile products can also be loaded in this way, since the loader does not work by gravity, but transports the products from beginning to end on a conveyor belt. This method of loading has today been largely replaced by container loading, although it is still very useful for special applications.
 
MAJOR CLIENTS
The SMB Group has clients in the logistic, processing, industry sectors with an international range, especially in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe.
 
RECENT CONTRACTS AWARDED/COMPLETED
For an Algerian fertilizer company, SMB International GmbH from Quickborn has designed two shiploading systems for the handling of urea. The shiploaders were installed directly at the Port of Arzew in Algerica, on the Mediterranean, near the city of Oran.
The company was asked to construct the complete connection to the quay: i.e. the take-up of the bulk cargo from the quayside belt right into the ships. With a reclaimer, the granules are brought from the silo warehouse to the conveyor technology and transported further to the SMB shiploader. This way, a fully-automated loading process can take place at any time of day and night and the material reaches the ship from the warehouse, in a protected manner.
The engineering designers also decided on a mobile system on
the quay with a pivoting superstructure. In this way, the ship can be loaded at all locations. With the loading of bulk cargo, it first reaches the tripper car via the conveyor belt system. The cargo then falls on the portal belt, is conveyed to a funnel, which is in the centre of the intermediate transfer point and reaches the boom conveyor and then into the cascade chute. This has several open cones inside it, arranged in an angled position across one another, so that the material ‘flows’ into the belly of the ship, in order to avoid material being destroyed. The outlet section of the slide is shaped around 360°.
 
THE SMB GROUP
The SMB Group offers a range of services that include the areas of filling and conveying equipment, shiploading, warehouse technology, level measuring technology and conductivity measurement. The main focus of the business lies in the planning, development, manufacture and worldwide distribution and service. The SMB Group has great expertise in highly complex installations as well as warehouse logistics as a complete system provider. Many years ago, SMB took a conscious decision to have a high level of in-house production at its facilities in Quickborn. Having a great deal of manufacturing expertise means that the company is able to ensure that it supplies its equipment to a high standard and in a timely manner. The installation and service team handles national as well as international projects. An extensive, worldwide operating distribution network enables a fast response and professional representation.
SMB Group ensures:
  • a high level of in-house production which is specialized with the company’s own engineering and manufacturing of mechanical and electric modules; y worldwide services and installations;
  • inexpensive commissioning; and
  • 24/7 standby service.
SMB allows for variety from a single source, with all of its products 100% made in Germany.