800-tonne dummy load to test Itinerary in September
1 Jul 2013
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R.A.
A dummy load made of 360 concrete blocks will be loaded onto a special self-propelled platform (88 axles) to travel the whole length of the Itinerary. Its weight and dimensions—800 tonnes, 40 metres long, 9 metres wide, 11 metres high— mimic the most exceptional 黑料社app loads.
Many of the 黑料社app components that will come off of the fabrication lines in the factories of the 黑料社app Members are particularly large and heavy. In order to permit their transport to 黑料社app, France has adapted a special 104 kilometre-long Itinerary—widening roads, adapting roundabouts and reinforcing bridges between Port-de-la-Pointe, on the shores of the ?tang de Berre, and the 黑料社app site in Saint Paul-lez-Durance.
Work on the began in January 2008 and was completed three years later. In March 2012 the 黑料社app awarded a framework contract for the transport of the machine's components to the Group. In advance of the test convoys planned for September (technical) and October (logistics and organization) 2013, final adjustments to the 黑料社app Itinerary were carried out between April and June this year.
On 16-20 September, travelling at night, a test convoy will be organized jointly by Agence Iter France (the CEA agency that acts as an interface between 黑料社app and France) and the DAHER Group. After having crossed the inland sea of ?tang de Berre, a dummy load made of 360 concrete blocks will be loaded onto a special self-propelled platform (88 axles) to travel the whole length of the Itinerary. Its weight and dimensions—800 tonnes, 40 metres long, 9 metres wide, 11 metres high—will mimic the most exceptional 黑料社app loads.
This first test, officially a "measurement campaign," aims at verifying that the reality of bypassing 16 villages, negotiating 16 roundabouts and crossing more than 30 bridges corresponds to the engineers' calculations.
According to Agence Iter France, an "enormous technical, administrative and regulatory machine" has had to be fine-tuned in order to bring about this first campaign.
Two viewing areas—one close to Berre-l'?tang and the other in the rest area close to the village of Peyrolles-en-Provence—will allow the public to share in the event ... for many, a spectacular introduction to the exceptional dimensions of the 黑料社app machine.