2024-05-17 12:50:34
Revealed17. Might 2024, 14:50
Heavy transportThis colossus drove by means of Zurich North final night time
On Friday night time, an enormous semi-trailer truck drove by means of Zurich North. He transported a transformer for the town of Zurich’s energy station.
The 82-meter-long semi-trailer truck maneuvering in Zurich-Oerlikon.
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On Friday night time, an enormous semi-trailer truck drove by means of Zurich North.
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A tough backwards maneuver needed to be carried out on the indoor stadium.
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The transformer is critical due to the growing demand for electrical energy within the rising metropolis of Zurich.
Spectacular motion on Friday night time Zurich-Oerlikon: A semi-trailer truck weighing over 525 tons and 82 meters lengthy needed to reverse maneuver from Thurgauerstrasse to Wallisellenstrasse close to the Hallenstadion.
The rationale for the logistical masterpiece: transporting a transformer for the town of Zurich’s energy station (EWZ).
From Auhafen Muttenz by way of Böttstein AG to Zurich-Nord
Based on the EWZ, meticulous planning and precision have been required to move the superlatives. “Numerous permits have been additionally essential for the heavy transport,” stated EWZ media spokesman Thöme Jeiziner. With a view to disrupt visitors circulation in Zurich as little as potential, the transformer, which weighs 331 tons and is 13 meters extensive, was transported in two phases and at night time.
After a primary stage from Auhafen Muttenz to Böttstein AG on Wednesday, the transport reached its intermediate vacation spot close to the EWZ substation in Auwiesen on Friday.
The ultimate transport takes place on Might twenty second: the transformer is reloaded on the Aubrugg visitors faculty after which tackles the final 200 meters to the EWZ substation in Auwiesen. Reloading the 331-ton transformer is critical to barter a decent 90-degree curve on the slender highway. It’s then dropped at its location – which it’s going to occupy for the subsequent 50 years or so – utilizing millimeter work.
Transformer for the rising inhabitants
The brand new transformer is critical for the rising inhabitants and the ensuing growing electrical energy consumption in addition to the growing decarbonization of the transport and heating sectors in Zurich, in line with the EWZ.
The transformer will convert electrical energy from energy vegetation and overseas from 220,000 volts to a excessive voltage of 150,000 volts earlier than the electrical energy in different substations and transformer stations is lowered to the usual family stage of 230 volts.
The town council authorised dedicated expenditure of 13 million francs for the complete mission – the planning, the execution, the transformer itself, the transport in addition to all civil and electrical techniques.
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