United Wagon Company (UniWagon) and KuibyshevAzot, one of the leading companies of the Russian chemical industry, signed an agreement for the supply of 100 ammonia tank cars, set on bogies with increased axle load. The 15-6926 model tank car is manufactured by TikhvinChemMash, a part of UniWagon.
The tank car is characterized by an increased payload capacity of up to 60.2 tons and an increased volume of up to 92.7 m3, which makes it feasible to load an extra 9 tons into it compared to standard counterparts, thus reducing by 18% the required fleet.
The tank car is completed with shadow protection, which provides for ammonia transportation with below -25C filling temperature. The tank car also has bogies with an increased axle load, which allows to increase the warranty periods of between-repairs runs by up to 8 years (or 800 thousand km). The tank car’s service life is 40 years.
The tank cars will be used for the transportation of ammonia, which KuibyshevAzot will be producing in the new facilities to be commissioned in 2017. Shipment of the first batch of tank cars has already taken place. The rest of the tank cars will be delivered until the end of the first quarter of the current year.
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