Communications

Kiruna Wagon has been commissioned to refurbish 50 bottom dumpers for raw material transport between LKAB sites. “This project calls for a lot of customisation, since we’re renovating and reusing undercarriages from old UADK wagons and fitting them with new baskets,” says Pawel Karas, Project Manager at Kiruna Wagon. The new basket is developed by LKAB, based on experiences with the basket of ore wagon F050, and is a challenging and innovative project in itself. Besides having steeper ends – 50 degrees rather than 40 degrees – the main new feature is that the entire basket will be made of [...]

Kiruna Wagon has delivered two out of four custom made apparatus wagons to the Swedish Transport Administration. The three-axle apparatus wagons will be used for transport and storage of instruments that are used during work at substations along the track. In the project, Kiruna Wagon has reconstructed the Swedish Transport Administration’s older model of apparatus wagon with new suspension equipment and running gear, among other things, to make the wagon compatible with modern wheel axles, bearings and springs, etc. For the body, modern lightweight materials in sandwich elements were chosen instead of a heavier welded construction. The wagon project was [...]

On April 4th – 6th 2017, the Intermodel Project Consortium, consisting of 14 selected partners from 8 different countries, gathered for a meeting in Kiruna. The consortium consists of 14 selected partners from 8 different countries, who work together with the goal of promoting BIM (Building Information Modelling) as tomorrow’s way of designing railway terminals. The main goal of the meeting was to discuss the work packages included in the project and to coordinate efforts. Kiruna Wagon’s role in the project is to provide information on rail transport and the possibilities provided by advanced and innovative systems to further improve [...]

The wagon and unloading station produced by Kiruna Wagon for ICL Iberia (Iberpotash) in the EU-funded HERMES project have undergone initial testing with excellent results. During the trials, the performance of the load carrier and unloading station was tested without the wagon’s undercarriage and bogie. Authentic trials of the complete wagon, loaded with Iberpotash salt commodity, will be carried out in April. The initial tests were very satisfying, said Kiruna Wagon’s supervising engineer, Martin Malmelöv: “We are very happy with the outcome. The mechanical principles operated entirely as expected and we will now be looking at details, such as adjusting [...]

Kiruna Wagon has won the tender for the manufacture of two apparatus wagons for the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket). Kiruna Wagon will build the chassis and bodies for the wagons that will accommodate and transport electrical equipment, including a transformer. The wagons will have three solo axles and a modernised design that is adapted to the new electrical engineering solution. Kiruna Wagon was chosen for the assignment due to its genuine rail expertise. “We have a strong team of engineers and skilled production personnel that allow us to be competitive and win new business. We are very pleased to welcome [...]

The new service agreement extends the previous agreement, initiated in 2010, and covers Boliden’s fleet of 47 Side Dumpers. "Since our first wagon order from Boliden in 2009, our relationship has strengthened and Boliden has developed from a client into a partner that is a great support in our continued product and service development work. We are happy to announce that we have continued confidence from Boliden by demonstrating a cost-effective maintenance," said Kiruna Wagon's Managing Director, Fredrik Kangas. Boliden’s Side Dumpers transport copper concentrate from the Aitik Mine, Sweden’s largest copper mine, to the Rönnskär smelter by [...]