The RHM Technical Center has been committed to developing lightweight and energy saving unloaders since the launch of the GENMA scraper ship unloader in June 2017. After two years of research and development (R&D) and testing, the maximum capacity of the GENMA scraper ship unloader has been improved by 25 per cent to 1,500 tonnes per hour, while energy consumption has been lowered by almost 30 per cent at 0.4 kWh per tonne, giving this product cost-competitive advantages.
On May 6, 2020, the performance of the GENMA scraper ship unloader made another key breakthrough. GENMA’s technical manager conducted further R&D under a different chain speed to test capacity change with energy consumption. The test recorded chain speed, capacity, current, bump pressure data, etc., which are important for performance optimisation. The technical manager then advised that the data record further proved the feasibility of the previous optimisation plan, especially with alloy chain applications and discrete element method analysis to reduce after-sales maintenance cost. The key benefits offered by the GENMA scraper ship unloader are high efficiency, energy savings, environment friendliness, flexible operations, high degree of automation and low maintenance.