16. April 2024
SCHADE Lagertechnik
SCHADE vintage 1953
50 tonnes of history in motion 7 September 1951, Westdeutsches Tageblatt: “Steel giant shifts 200 t per hour” The “salt scraper” developed by SCHADE in Dortmund was making headlines in the early fifties. With its 11 m long slewing boom the Reclaimer was able to dig out stored salt which had become a solid mass […]
Read more20. March 2024
AUMUND Group Field Service, SCHADE Lagertechnik
45 metres below zero
Inspection of a large excavator This bucket chain deep-dredger has been working continuously for a Danish cement plant for 45 years now. The chain-guided boom works at a steep angle of inclination of up to 50 degrees, achieving a reclaim height of 45m. The digger weighs about 1,200 tonnes and carries out its deep-cut operations […]
Read more15. March 2024
SCHADE Lagertechnik
Schade’s first giant
Back to the early 50s Steel is in its blood. Back in Gustav Schade’s lifetime, the former forging and fitting workshop was courageously entering new industrial territory. From 1919 when it relocated to its works premises of 50,000 m² in the Schüren area of Dortmund, SCHADE presented a wide product offering: crushing, blending, transportation and […]
Read more7. February 2024
SCHADE Lagertechnik
A breakthrough for SCHADE
It is 1919. The small forging and fitting workshop in Dortmund has developed into a flourishing business. Coalmining has become the most significant driver of product range expansion, and Gustav Schade’s “wheelbarrow” is sidelined in favour of conveying equipment for the mining of this black gold. The business grows exponentially and finds its second home […]
Read more4. January 2024
SCHADE Lagertechnik
Gustav’s Legacy
Do you know this gentleman? May we present Gustav Schade, the visionary and company founder. In 1879 in his forging and fitting workshop solid wrought-iron gates and rudimentary industrial steel structures were fashioned by his hand. He not only had a sense of what could be achieved, but he also possessed a decent helping of […]
Read more24. November 2023
SCHADE Lagertechnik
Giants of steel
SCHADE inspection in an Australian coalfield One stacker, two portal scraper reclaimers and one circular storage stockyard installed on the 3,800 hectare site. The coal mine in Australia has led a quiet life for almost 10 years and is now preparing for its second chance at operation. The open-cast mine is connected to good rail […]
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