Pumping bedrock for more trains

Dewatering a big tunnel project demands both reliable pumps and carefully design of the sedimentation system, as this example from the project Ådalsbanan shows.

Posted in January 2009

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Adalsbanan_Eng.rtf	English	3,3 MB
Adalsbanan_SE.rtf	Swedish	3,3 MB

Application images

A Minor pump in a sedimentation tank

35 x 25 cm

Adalsbanan01.jpg
(5,9 MB)

A Midi pump in a sedimentation tank

35 x 25 cm

Adalsbanan02.jpg
(6,1 MB)

A Maxi H pump in a sedimentation tank. This pump model gives a delivery head of over 80 metres.

35 x 25 cm

Adalsbanan03.jpg
(8,1 MB)

A Major pump in a sedimentation tank

35 x 25 cm

Adalsbanan04.jpg
(7,3 MB)

A Maxi N pump in collection tank. From
here the water is pumped back to the
nearby river.

35 x 25 cm

Adalsbanan05.jpg
(6,3 MB)

A Maxi N pump in collection tank. From
here the water is pumped back to the
nearby river.

25 x 35 cm

Adalsbanan06.jpg
(8,9 MB)

A Maxi N pump in collection tank. From
here the water is pumped back to the
nearby river.

18 x 24 cm

Adalsbanan07.jpg
(3,8 MB)

Grindex pumps, ready for work.

35 x 25 cm

Adalsbanan08.jpg
(7,3 MB)

Christer Nordberg, Fredrik Hallberg and
Leif Pettersson at Lemminkäinen Infra
has been using Grindex pumps since
2006.

35 x 25 cm

Adalsbanan09.jpg
(8,3 MB)

View over the entrance to the Utansjö
tunnel, photo taken from the top of
Bjässholmsberget.

35 x 25 cm

Adalsbanan10.jpg
(10 MB)

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