Location
The Netherlands
Industry
Recycling
Safe, ergonomic maintenance restored
A custom hoisting solution enabled safe handling of the pump’s heavy wear components.
Better accessibility through a top‑mount drive upgrade
The redesigned drive configuration improved working angles and future service efficiency.
Upgrade completed within a single shift
All improvements, hoisting structure and drive system, were installed during an 8‑hour planned stop.
Challenge
In bottom ash recycling, abrasive slurries
and heavy-duty equipment require
regular maintenance to keep processes
running reliably. At one of our customer’s
sites, a Schegler Vigor 8x6 slurry pump
had become increasingly difficult to
service. A staircase added during earlier
plant modifications restricted access to
the pump to such an extent that lifting or
manoeuvring its heavy components was
no longer safe.
After four years of continuous service, a
full on‑site refurbishment was needed,
but the existing layout created
significant safety and accessibility
challenges, making maintenance more
difficult than necessary. Service
engineers had already flagged this
during earlier interventions: without a
safer and more accessible setup,
maintenance would continue to involve
unnecessary risk and time loss.
Solution
Together with the customer, we decided to tackle the issue during a scheduled maintenance stop. We engineered and installed a dedicated lifting tool that allows technicians to lift and service the pump components in a controlled and ergonomic way. At the same time, we replaced the corroded historical belt‑tensioning system and converted the pump’s drive to a top‑mount configuration.
The new setup provides a cleaner lifting angle and noticeably improves accessibility, consistent with the ergonomic benefits that top‑mounted configurations offer within the Schegler range. All work, from installing the lifting tool to upgrading the drive assembly, was completed within eight hours, keeping downtime to an absolute minimum.
Result
- Safer working conditions for service engineers
- Faster and more ergonomic servicing, reducing intervention time
- Improved long‑term accessibility for future inspections and wear‑part replacements
- Lower maintenance cost for the customer through shorter stops and smoother workflows